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*NEW* Ethical Dog Breeder Magazine Announced

K9 Media - publisher of K9 Magazine - is thrilled to announce the launch of a brand new, innovative magazine for dog breeders and puppy buyers.
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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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

Renting With Pets

Launch of Dogs Trust Lets with Pets campaign: Dogs Trust, the UK’s largest dog welfare charity, today launched a unique campaign to reduce the number of pets abandoned when owners are forced to move into rented accommodation.
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K9 Magazine is a lifestyle magazine for modern, forward thinking dog lovers. You can read world exclusive dog [...]

RSPCA Welcomes Dog Control Bill In The House of Lords

The RSPCA has welcomed the latest parliamentary reading of proposed new legislation that aims to replace the Dangerous Dogs Act.
Lord Redesdale’s Dog Control Bill places emphasis of responsibility on an animal’s owner, rather than penalising dogs purely for their breed.
He told his fellow peers that the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 was a knee-jerk reaction to [...]

DogMagazine.net Scheduled Maintenance

DogMagazine.net is undergoing a server upgrade due to a rapid and large increase in traffic over the past few weeks. The site may be unavailable for a short period between 29th and 30th of April whilst this work is undertaken.
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Ryan O’Meara is editor-in-chief of
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lifestyle magazine for dog lovers. He lives [...]

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 [...]

K9 Magazine Re-Wind: Send a Dog to Its Death in 240 Minutes

Dipping in to our (substantial) archives for a month-end, March re-wind we return to one of the most contentious stories from the DogMagazine.net blog. First published in February of last year, it seems apt to revisit this story in the wake of recently announced ‘ACPO Guidance on Dangerous Dogs’. We have to ask, will the [...]

Britain’s Pets are Getting Fatter

Government statistics show that human obesity has reached crisis point, with around two-thirds of people living in Britain either overweight or obese. The problem extends to our pets, one in three household pets is now overweight, which equates to a staggering seven million animals.
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Breaking: Britain’s Ban on Pit Bulls Extended to Previously Legal Breeds

An anti breed specific legislation group has reacted in horror to the confirmation that previously legal dog breeds and cross breeds are to be caught up in the net designed to outlaw ‘Pit Bull Terrier type dogs’.
Legislators in the UK have put together a piece of law which will ban previously legal breeds and cross [...]

Back From the Dead: 12″ Fudge Recovers from Horrific Dog Attack

Despite a broken neck, 12” Miniature Pinscher Fudge makes full recovery from horror dog attack
Pint-sized dog, Fudge, from Bradford, has defied the odds to walk again after a horrific dog attack left him fighting for life with a broken neck. Vets at PDSA, whose care and dedication helped him back to fitness, say they are [...]

Police: “It’s only a Rottweiler and they’re horrible dogs anyway”

John Andre is fulltime operational Fire-fighter and dog owner. A chance encounter with another walker lead John in to a brush with UK dog laws. A brush he won’t soon forget. Here he tells his story:
On Dec 7th last year my wife and I adopted a 3 year old male Rottie named Grizzly from our [...]

Can People Really Dance With Wolves?

Three of the world’s leading experts on wolf conservation will show how mankind and wolves are successfully co-existing in Europe at a special seminar on 10th May at the UK Wolf Conservation Trust in Beenham, near Reading.
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K9 Magazine is a lifestyle magazine for modern, forward thinking dog lovers. You can read world [...]

‘Marley and Me’ Behaviour Danger Warning

Boisterous ‘Marley’ behaviour is annoying and potentially dangerous, say vets. A three-step formula to help dog owners prevent anti-social habits such as jumping up has been recommended by vets.
With over-zealous pets currently in the spotlight thanks to films such as ‘Marley and Me’, leading veterinary charity PDSA has announced its simple formula to avoid the [...]

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