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Bella, Buddy, and Max are some of the nation’s top pet names – as Bristol, Edinburgh and Manchester emerge as the UK’s pet capitals

The new Post Office Pet Study found pet owners consider the most expensive breeds to be German Shepherds, Bernese Mountain Dogs and Bulldogs.
Pet ownership is on the rise with the new study finding that 67 percent of the nation now owns a pet – with almost six in 10 (59 percent) saying that companionship is the main reason for getting one.
Dogs come out on top as the nation's favourite pets