Articles
Jan
Home Alone – Understanding Your Pets’ Natural Behaviours
Understanding your pets’ natural behaviours is key to keeping them happy – even when you’re not around. No matter how much you love your pets, you can’t always be there to care for them 24/7. But even when you’re not around, there’s plenty you can do to keep them active and happy. Under current animal [...]
Dec
Is This Dog Even Real?
If there was an award for 'Dog who might possibly / very probably is real but looks most like a stuffed toy' then this little chap would likely run away with it.
Dec
Dog Training for Owners
Training a dog takes patience and compassion, but can build a lifelong bond between the owner and the dog. Kindness, consistency and motivational techniques can be used to train a new puppy or even an adult dog some new tricks, or at least some basic good manners and obedience responses, helping both the owner and [...]
Oct
Fireworks & Your Dog: Expert Advice & Free eBook!
Each year in the UK the skyline is set alight with rockets, Catherine wheels and Roman candles as celebrations take place to the accompanying sound of fireworks. Bangs, explosions and bright lights are partnered by screams, sirens and the occasional howling dog. Guy Fawkes may not have succeeded in blowing up the Houses of Parliament, [...]
Oct
The Importance Of Pet Insurance
With as many as one in three pets requiring an unexpected visit to the vet each year, pet insurance is an important part of responsible pet ownership, says Petplan the UK’s favourite pet insurance provider. Pet insurance is designed to provide pet owners with peace of mind and financial security so that in the event [...]
Sep
Budgeting For A Pet
Having a pet of your own is a wonderful experience. It can be a companion, a playmate, or even just a source of entertainment. But there can also be significant costs involved in pet ownership, and it’s vital that you understand the financial requirements before you welcome a new animal into your home.
Sep
What’s The Point of The Kennel Club?
Yesterday, BBC Radio 4 aired a 30 minute item entitled ‘What’s The Point of The Kennel Club?‘. Here, Karen Clark-Stapleton provides her personal reaction to the radio documentary. I found the topic interesting more-so as I was one of those people who contributed to APGAW in which I heavily criticised both the KC generally and [...]
Sep
Dog Deathtrap: Why Britain’s Greyhound Tracks are Inherently Lethal
The act of racing one greyhound against another is not necessarily hazardous for the dogs. View racing at Odense (Denmark) and rarely will you see an incident resulting in serious injury but Odense is one of the few tracks where greyhounds run on a straight course (over a 260 metre distance), writes Clive Ellis of [...]
Sep
Dutch Dog Bite Study Condemns Breed Specific Legislation
As many of you will know, the Netherlands once operated a dangerous dogs law that was closely modelled on the UK’s 1991 Dangerous Dogs Act, in that it attempted to combat the problem of dog attacks by banning certain ‘types’ of dogs. This concept is known as breed specific legislation. Well, ever the free thinkers [...]
Aug
The 5 Most Dangerous Dogs in the World
Undoubtedly it’s going to be controversial. Without fear of chicken counting, it will receive a lot of traffic. And without any element of doubt, it might cause ripples but it needs to be out there, for the public to know. We’ve decided to publicly name the five MOST dangerous dogs on the planet.
