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Condensed Financial Information of Registrant Condensed Financial Information of Registrant - Guarantee (Details) (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Aug. 31, 2011
Aug. 31, 2010
Condensed Financial Information of Parent Company Only Disclosure [Abstract]      
Maximum borrowing capacity under credit agreement $ 800,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity $ 125,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity $ 100,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
Voting equity guarantee on indebtedness, percentage 65.00%woof_DebtInstrumentGuaranteesPercentageofVotingEquity    
Non-voting guarantee on indebtedness, percentage 100.00%woof_DebtInstrumentGuaranteesPercentageofNonVotingEquity