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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
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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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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 [...]

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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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Is My Vet Ripping Me Off?

There’s a lot of talk about recently about whether vets are ‘fleecing’ their trusting, loyal customers aka you and me, ordinary dog owners.
An ITV programme this week left many in little doubt, vets are profiting from the nation’s animal lovers.
Well I wanted to just try and condense my feelings on this issue because I think [...]

Stan Rawlinson (Doglistener) Caught Out in Credentials Deception

Stan Rawlinson, the man who refers to himself as ‘Doglistener’ amongst several other (not always male) identities, has been caught up in yet another row about his self created ‘credentials’.
Rawlinson, well known to K9 Magazine readers for previous serious indiscretions, was, as recently as last week, claiming to be a ’spokesperson’ for a number of [...]

You’re Not an Arsehole, Are You?

How do we stop puppy farming in the UK?
An interesting topic for discussion. I fear we (I’m talking about we as in us, the media) have possibly skirted the heart of the issue on this one. I also fear we’ve been too kind and too soft on the main underlying cause of puppy farms in [...]

The Scandal of Dogs Dying in Police ‘Care’ - It Must Stop, Right Now

Yesterday we ran a piece telling how dog owner Glynis Walker had reacted angrily to hearing that no action would be taken against the police and kennels involved in the “care” of her pet dog Kodee who was returned to her cut, sore, smelling and riddled with worms.
Shockingly, the item reveals that:
Freedom of Information [...]

Children and Dogs: Why Children Shouldn’t be Around ‘Dogs Like That’

It seems not a month, or even a week, goes by without an incident involving a child and a dog. These encounters tend to provoke a backlash from well meaning people who labour under the misapprehension that their personal opinion on the relative merits of children’s proximity to dogs is an established [...]

Kennel Club’s Decision to Ban Incest: Just a PR Stunt?

In a revealing interview with dog newspaper Dog World, Caroline Kisko of the Kennel Club answered questions in relation to the hard-hitting independent report on pedigree dog health.
In an amazing set of responses, sure to draw astonishment from animal welfare campaigners, Ms Kisko made a series of stunning claims:
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Ryan O’Meara is editor-in-chief of
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Dogs Who Kill: Should We Kill Them Immediately?

Following the fourth fatal dog attack in the UK in the past four years debate has raged about what we can do to reduce the incidence of serious or fatal collisions between canine and human.
It is my belief that what we should NOT be doing is putting those dogs to sleep summararily without spending the [...]

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