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Estimated Breeding Values (EBVs): A Way to Breed Away From Inherited Disease in all Dog Breeds?

The Fight To Save The Cavalier Breed
Groundbreaking research for dogs is taking place at the Animal Health Trust, under Dr Sarah Blott and Dr Tom Lewis, to provide Estimated Breeding Values (EBVs) for all Cavalier King Charles Spaniels in the UK, writes Carol Fowler.
The aim of this project is to develop strategies for breeders for [...]

More Than 30,000 Dogs Culled

A rabies outbreak involving 10 human cases, has prompted authorities in China’s northwest Shaanxi Province to order a cull that has already seen as many as 30,000 dogs brutally slaughtered on the streets of Hanzhong and surrounding areas. This is one in 10 of the city’s dogs and numbers are rising. The authorities have blindly [...]

Coping With the Loss of a Pet

Death Of The Family Pet: A Proper Goodbye To Your Faithful Friend: As the words of a sad, but sweet, eulogy was echoed over the loudspeaker of a public address system, a spotlight began to slowly illuminate an object in the center of the show ring: a leash, attached to an empty training collar.
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Kennel Hand Breaks Silence on What’s Happening to Dogs

Kennel Hand Speaks Out as the ‘Greyhound’s Voice’: A kennel hand has spoken out in sheer frustration and has published his video diaries and photographs, cataloguing the appalling level of greyhound welfare deemed acceptable by the Greyhound Board of Great Britain.
The trainer’s refusal to accept his offers of help and the indifference shown to a [...]

Triple Death at Greyhound Stadium Provokes Outrage From Welfare Campaigners

Greyhound protection campaigners have renewed their calls for the closure of the dog track at Manchester’s Belle Vue Stadium after three dogs were “put down” following serious injuries this past weekend.
On Friday evening, a greyhound called Happy Hawk fell badly while racing and was carried from the track.
Then, during Saturday night’s races, a greyhound called [...]

DEFRA’s Enforcement Guidelines on Dangerous Dogs Not so Sweet

Defra’s Spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down…In a most delightful way: Dangerous Dogs Law Guidance for Enforcers issued by DEFRA in April 2009 is a riveting read; at long last, with all the reports and meetings for dangerous dogs, dog attack reports, status dogs and yobs with dogs apparently lurking on every corner, [...]

Greyhound Awareness Week to Bring Plight of Greyhounds to Public Attention

Greyhound Awareness Week, organised by international greyhound protection group Greyhound Action, is an annual event, aimed at educating the public about the mass slaughter of dogs caused by the greyhound racing industry.
As in previous year’s, street stalls, demos outside greyhound tracks, betting shop pickets and other events will be taking place throughout the country.
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Should My Dog Attend My Wedding? - A Best Friend Dilemma

Should my best friend come to the wedding?
Written by Angela Steel-Thomson
‘Definitely no!’ my fiancé exclaimed ‘She’s just too crazy, her behaviour just wouldn’t be appropriate at our wedding!’
‘Plus’, my mother added, wrinkling her nose, ‘her hygiene leaves little to be desired, and…ahem…what about her flatulence problem?’
Of course both were right, but Susie WAS my best [...]

Fate of Thousands of Greyhound Puppies in Question

New survey brings into question the fate of thousands of greyhound pups, writes Clive Ellis
The breeding of greyhounds for the purpose of racing is a hit and miss affair at the best of times. Illness aside, both injury and temperament frequently dictate the fate of such dogs. Factor in the understandable desire for only the [...]

More DDA Dogs Die as Taxpayer Picks Up Astonishing £736,760 Bill (in a Credit Crunch)

More dead dogs and over seven hundred, thousand pounds.
A Freedom of Information (FOI) request has shown that dogs are still dying while in the care of the Metropolitan police service (MPS) as they attempt to enforce the draconian Dangerous Dogs Act - at a cost of more than £736,760 of taxpayer’s money in just a [...]

Rewind: UK Stray Dog Laws - The Facts!

The following in depth, informative article was written by Cuthbert Jackson in April of last year. It is a comprehensive insight in to UK stray dog laws - an area that seems to cause confusion even for people who work in the dog world professionally!
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Pet Food Myths Busted!

What you should and shouldn’t feed your pets
Many of us feed our pets what we think they like as opposed to what is right for them. The Pet Food Manufacturers Association are keen to dispel some of these common myths and set the record straight for pet owners everywhere.
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Dog Dumped in Forest is Captured

After six days on the run, a Border Collie dog dumped at Stoney Cross Plain was finally rescued by New Forest District Council and Hillcrest Kennels.
The seven month old female Collie was reported to NFDC on Wednesday 15 April. NFDC dog warden service teamed up with Samantha and Kieron Stuchfield of Hillcrest Kennels to catch [...]

Hey, Dog Owners - Ever Wondered What Non-Dog Owners Think of You?

Have you ever seen a flashy sports car whiz past and think certain thoughts about the driver? I’m sure I have before. And it probably was an inaccurate and potentially harmful stereotype. Like cars, dogs can say a lot about us. But increasingly, the mere act of dog ownership, as with car ownership, says something [...]

Pet Friendly Places: Chatsworth House

Chatsworth House is located in the heart of the Peak District. The family home of The Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, Chatsworth is not only steeped in wonderful history, for a dog owner it’s simply paradise.
The house itself is, as you would imagine, grand on the grandest of scales. The art collection housed here is [...]

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