those people, collectively, who are interested in dogs
Word origin
[1850–55; dog + -dom]This word is first recorded in the period 1850–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: ethos, headhunting, muggins, overprint, segue-dom is a suffix forming nouns which refer to domain (kingdom), collection of persons (officialdom), rank or station (earldom), or general condition (freedom)
Examples of 'dogdom' in a sentence
dogdom
And yet here they are at the mecca of pedigree dogdom.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
As a puppy, he held the belief of the well-brought-up that dogdom was a most marvellous institution.