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Aug-2026
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Where to Buy
Dogwalkers is stocked at 930 licensed dispensaries across Illinois, New York, and 14 other states, 164 of them in Illinois, with the deepest coverage in Chicago, Springfield, Normal, Quincy, and Schaumburg. Search by ZIP code or city below to find the closest one, or filter by product type if you are after a specific format.
Market Insights Snapshot
Dogwalkers concentrated 99.94% of August 2026 sales in Pre-Roll while Flower accounted for just 0.06%, indicating an ultra-focused mix that shifted only marginally month over month as Pre-Roll share held near 99.94% and Flower rose from a negligible base. Within categories, Pre-Roll sales were down 2.08% year over year but edged up 0.25% month over month, whereas Flower surged 177.00% year over year and 906.49% month over month on minimal volume. With the brand down 2.05% year over year overall and average price down 1.45%, the mix stability plus a slight Pre-Roll uptick suggests the core is steady while tiny Flower gains are testing breadth rather than changing the model.
Positioning-wise, holding a Pre-Roll rank of 2 in Connecticut alongside a 0.25% month-over-month Pre-Roll lift points to durable placement even as the 2.08% year-over-year Pre-Roll dip and 1.45% average price decline imply more value-forward pricing. The 906.49% month-over-month spike in Flower versus a 0.06% total share, combined with a 176.99% year-over-year increase in that niche, signals exploratory extension rather than a pivot; the practical implication is that Dogwalkers remains a Pre-Roll-first brand optimizing for rank and share efficiency while using micro-scale Flower trials to probe incremental occasions without diluting the Pre-Roll identity.
Competitive Landscape
Dogwalkers ranks #2 in IL Pre-Roll for August 2026, down 1 position year over year from #1, and flat versus three months ago at #2; the brand’s peak at #1 in March 2026 contrasts with current momentum where RYTHM sits at #1 after rising from #2 year over year with a 14.0% sales increase, while Anthem climbed to #4 from #17 alongside a 674.9% YoY sales surge and High Supply / Supply slid to #5 from #5 a year ago amid a 17.6% sales decline; the pattern implies Dogwalkers is defending a high-share position but ceding the top slot to faster risers, making the #2 plateau a signal that retention, not ascent, is the near-term trajectory.
Notable Products
The steepest decline came from Big Dog - Afternoon Delight #4 Pre-Roll (0.75g), down 30.4% to rank 7 while Mini Dog - Brownie Scout Pre-Roll 5-Pack (1.75g) fell 16.7% at rank 4, indicating fragmentation within flavors that previously carried volume. Offsetting that, Mini Dog - Animal Face Pre-Roll 5-Pack (1.75g) rose 16.0% to rank 1 and Big Dog - Animal Face Pre-Roll (0.75g) climbed 25.7% to rank 3, concentrating momentum around Animal Face across both Mini and Big Dog formats. Eight of the top ten are Pre-Roll multi- or single-stick formats, and Mini Dog - Afternoon Delight #4 Pre-Roll 5-Pack (1.75g) slipped 8.0% at rank 2, implying format loyalty is intact while strain preference is rotating away from Afternoon Delight toward Animal Face. The pattern implies Dogwalkers is pivoting toward strain-led winners within the same formats, suggesting assortment decisions should amplify Animal Face while pruning weaker Afternoon Delight variants despite overall Pre-Roll dominance.
Top Selling Cannabis Brands
Data for this report comes from real-time sales reporting by participating cannabis retailers via their point-of-sale systems, which are linked up with Headset’s business intelligence software. Headset’s data is very reliable, as it comes digitally direct from our partner retailers. However, the potential does exist for misreporting in the instance of duplicates, incorrectly classified products, inaccurate entry of products into point-of-sale systems, or even simple human error at the point of purchase. Thus, there is a slight margin of error to consider. Brands listed on this page are ranked in the top twenty within the market and product category by total retail sales volume.
