Acquisitions (Details Textual)	0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended						0 Months Ended		12 Months Ended				0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		0 Months Ended		12 Months Ended	0 Months Ended					12 Months Ended				0 Months Ended		5 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 01, 2012	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) province	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Acquisitions, excluding AVC [Member] USD ($) Hospital	Dec. 31, 2013 Acquisitions, excluding AVC [Member] USD ($) Hospital	Dec. 31, 2012 Acquisitions, excluding AVC [Member] USD ($) Hospital	Jan. 31, 2012 AVC [Member] USD ($) Hospital	Jan. 31, 2012 AVC [Member] CAD	Dec. 31, 2014 AVC [Member] Hospital	Dec. 31, 2013 AVC [Member] Hospital	Dec. 31, 2012 AVC [Member] Hospital	Jan. 31, 2012 AVC [Member] USD ($)	Aug. 15, 2014 D.O.G. Enterprises, LLC [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 D.O.G. Enterprises, LLC [Member]	Aug. 15, 2014 D.O.G. Enterprises, LLC [Member] USD ($)	Feb. 01, 2012 Think Pets Inc [Member] USD ($)	Feb. 01, 2012 Think Pets Inc [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Customer Relationships [Member] Acquisitions, excluding AVC [Member]	Jan. 31, 2012 Customer Relationships [Member] AVC [Member]	Feb. 01, 2012 Customer Relationships [Member] Think Pets Inc [Member]	Jan. 31, 2012 Trademarks [Member] AVC [Member]	Feb. 01, 2012 Trademarks [Member] Think Pets Inc [Member]	Jan. 31, 2012 Noncompete Agreements [Member] AVC [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 Noncompete Agreements [Member] D.O.G. Enterprises, LLC [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 Franchise rights [Member] D.O.G. Enterprises, LLC [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 Existing Technology [Member] Acquisitions, excluding AVC [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 Existing Technology [Member] D.O.G. Enterprises, LLC [Member]	Feb. 01, 2012 Technology And Trademarks [Member] Think Pets Inc [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 Camp Bow Wow [Member] province State day_care_location	Dec. 31, 2014 Camp Bow Wow [Member] D.O.G. Enterprises, LLC [Member] USD ($) day_care_location	Dec. 31, 2013 Pro forma [Member] USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average amortization period of identifiable intangible assets					5 years			6 years	6 years						10 years		8 years		5 years	5 years	9 years	10 years	2 years	3 years	3 years	10 years	10 years	4 years	4 years
Number of Additional Facilities Acquired																															2
Amount of goodwill deducted for income tax purpose					$ 67,200,000	$ 15,000,000	$ 60,400,000						$ 400,000					$ 800,000
Cash payment made for acquisitions		9,017,000	5,328,000	5,337,000
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price in CAD									81,000,000
Payments to acquire business, in US dollars								81,000,000						17,000,000			21,000,000														500,000
Number of businesses acquired					47	20	35	44	44	0	0	44
Annualized Revenue At Acquisition CAD									95,000,000
US Annualized Revenue At Acquisition								95,000,000
Percentage of Company acquired																100.00%		100.00%
Maximum additional consideration to be earned																3,000,000
Additional consideration earned, period														3 years
Number of dog boarding and day care service locations operated																														129
Number of states in which the entity operates																														36
Number of Canadian Provinces in which entity operates		4																												1
Cash and equity interest issued																	21,000,000
Number of shares delivered as part of acquisition	473,389																473,389
Cash portion of business acquisition																		10,500,000
Acquisition related costs																																$ 200,000.0