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Our Canine Cousins: The Dingo

Our Canine Cousins is an exclusive K9 Magazine editorial series documenting some of the animals that share ancestry, traits and many other similarities with our own, much loved, much domesticated canine friends. In this feature, we’re looking at our canine cousin, The Dingo.
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Rewind: The Kennel Club Accredited Breeder Scheme - Is it Just a Platform to Sell More Puppies?

The Kennel Club has, for more than a century, been the governing body of all things pedigree dog. They are seen, rightly or wrongly, as the bastion of the illustrious side of the canine world. From breeding and care to showing and even welfare.
For generations, British dog owners have looked upon the Kennel Club as [...]

Can Dogs Catch Swine Flu?

As the world gets to grip with the threat of a swine flue epidemic, we have received a number of emails from readers who are concerned as to whether their dog can catch this highly infectious strain of influenza.
As the news media has everyone on edge about the latest great health disaster winging its way [...]

Beating Natural Selection: How Two Dogs Worked Together to Overcome a Genetic Mishap

Nature wasn’t kind to Bing, a puppy born deaf, almost completely blind and very weak. Bing was born pure white – an ominous sign of the genetic problems he was to suffer in life. Perhaps the cruelest part of Bing’s story to date, is that when putting his limitations aside, he is almost a typical [...]

I Find Dead People - A Day in the Life of a Human Remains (Cadaver) Detection Dog

As many will have heard in the news recently, the police are deploying the skills of specially trained dogs in the hunt for human remains at a former children’s home on the island of Jersey. Dogs have also been used in the recent high profile searches for missing girl Madeleine McCann and West Yorkshire schoolgirl [...]

British Dog Breeds to Become ‘Extinct’? Don’t Believe The (Kennel Club) Hype

The Kennel Club have recently been on a bit of a PR offensive. This time it’s ‘endangered’ British pedigree dog breeds on the agenda. So concerned are they about the plight of some breeds a recent article in The Independent informs us that registrations are at an all time low for
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Merry Christmas from K9 Magazine

To all of our readers and dog lovers wherever you happen to be, we wish you a very merry Christmas period and hope you have a truly prosperous and new year Send this eCard to friends and family (along with other dog related eGreetings) at www.petcrash.com [...]

Is Former Home Secretary Biggest Threat To Public Safety In Dangerous Dogs Debate?

Lord Baker, the former Home Secretary who introduced the widely criticised Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 legislation has told the BBC that he believes “certain dogs are dangerous by nature”. Coming from a man that refers incorrectly to German Shepherd dogs as Alsatians, this will be a hard pill to swallow for the many who have [...]

Canine Identity Theft - It Really Can Happen

 A champion Poodle has become a rather unlikely victim of identity theft. The dog, named Blue has had his vital pedigree information pilfered from a website by a fraudster who is now using the impressive stats and figures to hike up the price of his own dogs. The con man was only caught on [...]

American Dog’s Life Spared - But Is This A Fate Worse Than Death?

A seven year old German Shepherd who attacked a child has been spared from death by a judge in New Jersey, who opted to sentence the dog to life imprisonment instead. Ozzy, the dog in question, who was due to be put down, will now live out the rest of his life in solitary confinement. [...]

When Will Negligent Dog Owners Learn? “It’s Not The Dog, It’s You!”

A Manchester dog owner was heavily criticised today after she allowed her dog to be left alone with a small child, resulting in the dog biting the child on the nose. Rather than accepting responsibility, she gave the dog away claiming that the safety of her children came first. Fortunately, the parents [...]

Crufts. There’s Good News And There’s Bad News

Good news first. Those of you attending Crufts will be pleased to know that this year’s event is bigger, better and badder than ever. It’s so big, the Kennel Club press office exclaims, that it’s quite litteraly “bursting at the seams” and has swallowed up, not just the National Exhibition Centre, but the Arena as [...]

Why Are Dogs In Hospitals A “Disaster Waiting To Happen”

Suffolk’s Ipswich hospital, which £24 million in debt, is set to become the first NHS  hospital to open its doors to animals in order to raise funds. The plans for dogs and cats to receive cancer treatment on weekends have been criticised however, and brander as a “hygiene disaster waiting
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Would You Let The Bailiff Take Your Dog

Can The Bailiff Repossess Your Dog?    By Neil Burton, National Dog Wardens Association A draft Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Bill that is being looked at by the government will entitle enforcement agents (Bailiffs) to break into private dwellings using a warrant, use force against occupiers, invite third parties
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Dog Warden Phone Call Leaves Good Samaritan Disillusioned

A disillusioned Lancashire woman is appealing for changes in the way the animal welfare system  operates after she found an abandoned dog on her doorstep. Sue Price, who lives in Leigh was horrified when she was advised to “turn the dog out” onto the streets so that the warden could collect her. Read Full [...]

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