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Acquisitions Business Acquisitions (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Apr. 17, 2017	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2016
Business Combination Segment Allocation [Line Items]
Business Combination Acquisition And Integration Related Costs		$ 5.8	$ 8.0	$ 15.0	$ 31.2
Document Period End Date				Jun. 30, 2017
Goodwill		2,621.3		$ 2,621.3		$ 2,478.4
Hhi Business [Member]
Business Combination Segment Allocation [Line Items]
Business Combination Acquisition And Integration Related Costs		1.8	4.4	5.7	12.0
Petmatrix LLC [Member]
Business Combination Segment Allocation [Line Items]
Business Combination Acquisition And Integration Related Costs		1.7	0.0	2.0	0.0
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred	$ 255.2
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Cash and Equivalents		0.2		0.2
Goodwill		123.8		123.8
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Assets, Receivables		7.8		7.8
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Inventory		16.0		16.0
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Property, Plant, and Equipment		0.8		0.8
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill		110.4		110.4
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Other Noncurrent Assets		0.9		0.9
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Liabilities, Accounts Payable		(4.7)		(4.7)
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired, Goodwill, and Liabilities Assumed, Net		255.2		255.2
GloFish [Member]
Business Combination Segment Allocation [Line Items]
Business Combination Acquisition And Integration Related Costs		0.8	0.0	0.8	0.0
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross				49.7
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred				53.9
Goodwill		15.4		15.4
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Assets, Receivables		0.4		0.4
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Property, Plant, and Equipment		0.6		0.6
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill		37.8		37.8
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Liabilities, Accounts Payable		(0.3)		(0.3)
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired, Goodwill, and Liabilities Assumed, Net		53.9		53.9
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Liabilities Incurred				4.2
AAG Acquisition [Member]
Business Combination Segment Allocation [Line Items]
Business Combination Acquisition And Integration Related Costs		0.6	2.6	3.0	13.2
Shaser, Inc. [Member]
Business Combination Segment Allocation [Line Items]
Business Combination Acquisition And Integration Related Costs		0.2	0.0	$ 1.4	0.0
Business Combination, Step Acquisition, Equity Interest in Acquiree, Description				0.44
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred				$ 12.6
Others [Member]
Business Combination Segment Allocation [Line Items]
Business Combination Acquisition And Integration Related Costs		$ 0.7	$ 1.0	$ 2.1	$ 6.0

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