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Northern Ireland Shamed by Treatment of Death Row Dog, Bruce

The comments coming from around the world on the desperate plight of Bruce, a dog condemned to die by the law for no other reason that the way he looks, have brought shame to the United Kindom for its continued use of breed specific legislation.
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Ryan O’Meara is editor-in-chief of
K9 Magazine, the
lifestyle [...]

Pit Bulls: Show Them Respect or Something Inside Them Just Switches

Today’s headline from the crazy, crazy world of dog legislation. This quote comes from PC Mick Holland a so-called expert dog handler. A policeman from a force which wasn’t the one that has allowed two of its own dogs to fry to death in a hot car, but a policeman never the less. Here’s what [...]

Heatwave Alert: Did You Know The Sun Can Give Your Dog Solar Dermatitis

With the UK in the middle of a heatwave and warnings about too much sun exposure and high temperatures, leading veterinary charity PDSA is urging people to take care of their pets too.
Summer can be a wonderful for the nation’s pets to enjoy long walks, playtime in the park and lazing in the garden but [...]

RSPCA Welcomes MP’s Proposed Changes To Dog Legislation (K9 Magazine doesn’t!)

Dog owners could be made legally responsible for their pets being dangerously out of control in gardens and on private property, if a new parliamentary Bill is passed as law. The RSPCA is supporting the Ten Minute Rule Bill1 proposed by Angela Smith MP (Sheffield Hillsborough), which
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Ryan O’Meara is editor-in-chief [...]

K9 Magazine: Probably The Single Most Disgusting Thing I’ve Ever Seen

For those of you - like me - who like to casually thumb through your copy of K9 Magazine page by page rather than read each word on every page in a start to finish, orderly fashion, you may have experienced what I did if you have recently picked up
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Ryan O’Meara is editor-in-chief [...]

7 Questions For Dog Breeders and The Kennel Club

Today, something different.
7 open ended questions that I’d be happy for anyone to tackle. They are aimed, primarily at those involved in the breeding or ‘regulation’ of breeding of dogs. Let’s go….
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Ryan O’Meara is editor-in-chief of
K9 Magazine, the
lifestyle magazine for dog lovers. He lives in the East Midlands with his own two [...]

Merseyside Police Spend Nearly £1m of Tax Payer’s Money on ‘Dangerous Dog’ Campaign

According to figures obtained under Freedom of Information by Endangered Dogs Defence & Rescue (EDDR), Merseyside Police have spent a total of £963,167 on kenneling, vet treatment and legal bills associated with the seizure of dogs in relation to section 1 of the Dangerous Dogs Act.
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Ryan O’Meara is editor-in-chief of
K9 Magazine, the
lifestyle [...]

Can We Give You Some Brilliant Pet Products? Maybe a FREE Pet Friendly Holiday?

K9 Magazine would like to extend an opportunity for a small number of lucky, lucky owners (and their dogs) to join our select panel of pet product testers.
K9 Magazine has pledged to increase the number of pet products and services we review by more than 100% over the coming 12 months. This means we need [...]

10 Things I’d Tell Darwin

Well, not me! I have nothing really to say to Darwin other than to offer my sincere apologies to him on behalf of the people who have completely ignored his work and dismantled certain dog breeds to a point of crippled distress.
However, given the increased awareness and - more importantly - the desire to become [...]

Pedigree: Good, Honest Food (at £7m) But Will YOU Feed it Now?

Mars is relaunching its Pedigree dog food brand in a staggering £7m marketing blitz. The firm claimed the relaunch is designed at increasing “consumer trust” in the brand. The campaign tags the product as “Good Honest Food” and the firm is claiming it to be the biggest
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Ryan O’Meara is editor-in-chief [...]

If You See This Pit Bull, Please Seize It!!

On the loose, possibly in your location any day now, the latest edition of K9 Magazine is set to hit the streets very soon and its front cover sports a rather beautiful (and famous) Pit Bull and his equally famous owner…Dog Whisperer, Cesar Millan.
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Ryan O’Meara is editor-in-chief of
K9 Magazine, the
lifestyle magazine for [...]

The Japanese Tosa: Is it REALLY The Most Dangerous Dog In The World?

Remember people, we in the UK live in a land where dogs are determined ‘dangerous’ at birth. Our law states that. Our actual law of the land tells us that some dogs aren’t fit to breathe the same air as us as they are likely to eat our children, corrupt our souls and most likely [...]

Can You EVER Give Away a Do You Truly Love?

Goodbye, Homer
By Jon Katz
Homer was my good dog and everyone else’s, too. He was one of those dogs who fits most people’s image of what a great pet should be. He didn’t chew things he wasn’t supposed to chew or mount strange canine females. He wasn’t overly needy or intrusive, didn’t jump or slobber.
In other [...]

DEFRA: Why Are You So Ashamed of The Dangerous Dogs Act?

Yet again, DEFRA have weasled out of an opportunity for them to come forward and explain to the British public why we still have the most ineffective dog law, in the form of 1991’s Dangerous Dogs Act.
A debate on BBC Radio WM today was set up a full week ago. I was asked if I [...]

Dangerous Dogs & Status Dogs Look Past The Hype & See The Truth

Following the BBC 3 programme aired last night ‘My Dog is My Weapon’ the issue of status dogs and ‘danger’ dogs has again been brought to public attention. But isn’t it about time we tried to learn our lessons from the 1991 Dangerous Dogs Act? Haven’t we now swapped our ideology of blaming a type [...]

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