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Related Party Transactions (Details) (USD $)	Feb. 01, 2012	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Oct. 24, 2013
Related Party Transactions (Textual) [Abstract]
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Percentage Of Outstanding Preferred Stock Purchased		39.30%			39.30%
Pro rata share in revolving credit agreement					$ 471,600
Chief Executive Officer [Member]
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Chief Operating Officer [Member]
Related Party Transactions (Textual) [Abstract]
Percentage of ownership interest of Chief Operating Officer	8.00%
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer Feld [Member]
Related Party Transactions (Textual) [Abstract]
Business acquisition, total cost		900,000	400,000	600,000
VetSource [Member]
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Agreement term		5 years
Agreement renewal term		1 year
Agreement termination notice (at least)		120 days
Amount available in revolving credit agreement					1,200,000.0
Notes receivable, related parties			275,000
Think Pets Inc [Member]
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Percentage of Company acquired	100.00%
Payment to acquire business	21,000,000
Number of shares delivered as part of acquisition	473,389
Cash portion of business acquisition	10,500,000
Number of consecutive days used to compute daily volume weighted-average closing price	10 days