dogdom

[ dawg-duh m, dog- ]

/ ˈdɔg dəm, ˈdɒg- /

the category of all dogs.

the state of being a dog.

those people, collectively, who are interested in dogs.

Origin of dogdom

First recorded in 1850–55; dog + -dom

He has a long pedigree, a crooked tail and the drollest "phiz" in dogdom.

Story of My Life |Helen Keller
Each seems to think his place is best, the leader especially being particularly proud of his honored position in "Dogdom."

Hunting Dogs |Oliver Hartley
He is the Paquin of dogdom, and let no one think that he is not an artist.

In Vanity Fair |Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd
A more motley collection could not have been found in dogdom.

Buff: A Collie and other dog-stories |Albert Payson Terhune

There was no cunning about the fellow, and I fancy that in dogdom he was reckoned something of a fool.

Windfalls |(AKA Alpha of the Plough) Alfred George Gardiner