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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 [...]

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 [...]

Dog Warden Services - In House or Outsourced; Which Works Best?

Around the dog control world in the United Kingdom it is becoming apparent that a number of local authorities that contracted out their Dog Warden Services are now bringing those services back ‘in-house’. What can the reasons for this change of tack be?
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Neil Burton is a dog warden and chairman of the [...]

Regulation of Electronic Collars - Does Australia Have The Right Approach?

In the UK there has been much hotly contested debate on the use (and misuse) of electronic dog training collars, particularly those which emit a form of electric shock. Some groups have called for their complete ban while some dog owners have declared the tool to be a (literal) life saving device. Wales has banned [...]

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 [...]

Government Admits Dangerous Dogs Act Mistake

(just a shame they haven’t actually done anything to fix their error all these years on!)
Twelve years on and thousands of dogs later….
Today is a special day for anti BSL campaigners within England, Scotland and Wales as 12 years ago our government did something amazing. They held their hands up, said “We made a mistake” [...]

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 [...]

5 Things You Should Know Before Hitting Your Dog

I am often amazed at some of the search terms that bring people to this website. I was thinking it’d be fun to list just a handful of the more unusual/worrying ones and then I thought, would that be breaching someone’s privacy?  I mean, if you WERE the person who typed ‘best way to hit [...]

Trust Me, I’m an Expert (Or am I???)

What qualifies a person to be an expert? How long is it necessary to learn ‘the trade’ (whatever it may be) before you have the knowledge that really will qualify you to become an expert? asks K9 Magazine staff writer, Neil Burton…
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Neil Burton is a dog warden and chairman of the National Dog [...]

The Hypoallergenic Obama Dog Myth Brought to You By…The Kennel Club

OK, so he decided not to adopt a rescue dog. Even the dog’s breeder has conceded it’s not a rescue dog, despite some poorly executed spin which amounts to nothing more than a contrived attempt to convince people that it’s ’sort of’ a rescue dog. OK, his family, his choice, no probs, forgivable. But let’s [...]

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 [...]

Designer Dogs: Do You Know What a Pomapekeapatador Is?

With more and more ‘designer’ or hybrid dogs making the headlines featuring the likes of Puggles, Golden Doodles, Cockerpoos, Pome-Pekes and other elaborately titled canine crosses, it prompted us to wonder, exactly how did we arrive at Afghans, Airedales and Alaskan Malamutes when we started out with the animal known to most as the ‘ultimate [...]

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