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Drug Trial Error ‘Killed Dog’ First

As 6 men lie seriously ill in hospital following a life-threatening reaction to a drug given to them in a clinical trial, it has been claimed that a dog died in an earlier testing stage of the drug. According to a lawyer representing one of the men currently on
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Crufts Report Sunday March 12th

So here we are, Best in Show day. Tails are-a-wagging, jaws are-a-flapping and thousands of cold noses are in attendance as their owners are eagerly awaiting to discover who’s going to be the big winner on Crufts Sunday. K9 Magazine is delighted to have reported from Crufts on all four days and we’ve had a [...]

Crufts Report Saturday March 11th

What is a utility dog? A group comprised with everything from the Dalmatian to the Bulldog, would it be fair to suggest this is a group made up of all the dogs that just don’t quite fit under their own header. Crufts has seen many a utility breed take its top prize but this year [...]

Crufts Report Friday March 10th

Today we discover who Crufts will crown the best Hound and Terrier in the show but we think we’ve already spotted one great Terrier today. This feisty little madam (below) only has three legs. She didn’t seem to care. She was with Gill Raddings’ stunt dogs display team and she totally bowled us over with [...]

Crufts Report Thursday March 9th

Today’s the day the working and pastoral groups strut their four legged stuff around the green carpets of the National Exhibition Centre.
Footfall appeared to be higher than normal for the opening day of Crufts and as we headed off to the exhibition halls on a shuttle bus we were joined by a young and eager [...]

Crufts Report Wed 8 March 2006

We’ve been to the NEC today and everything is being set up in readiness for the show - the newest feature appears to be a brand new TV studio, so expect the TV coverage to have a new backdrop.
 new Crufts TV studio?
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K9 Magazine @ Crufts 06

K9 Magazine will be reporting daily from Crufts at the NEC. We’ll be running a more diverse coverage than some of the other dog press. Full details here
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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 dogs, Mia [...]

Oscars Triumph For Dog and Dog Lovers

Hollywood’s golden night of the Oscars turned up trumps for celebrity dog lovers Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal. But even the two legged Academy award recipients couldn’t upstage Gromit, the canine star of the best animated picture. This canine super-hero takes most things in his stride but
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Did Sienna Miller Give Dogs Away as Revenge?

Actress Sienna Miller is reported to have given her two dogs back to former partner Jude Law as she was ‘too busy’ to look after them. Full story here
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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 [...]

ITV in Fight over O’Grady Dog Buster

Today’s Sun Newspaper is reporting that ITV is battling it’s former teatime chatshow host, Paul O’Grady over ownership rights to his famous nodding Buster dog models. O’Grady, who’s real dog Buster accompanies him on most of his shows, has reportedly be banned from having any more of the models
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Crufts - The Future?

K9 Magazine issue 16 (published March 9th) will be carrying a feature exploring what the future may hold for Crufts. We’ve gone to great lengths to ask what new breeds we may see at Crufts over the coming years and decades. What rule changes may occur and what the
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Dogs and Bird Flu

The World Health Organisation has released a statement assuring the general public that the recent infection of two domestic cats with avian influenza represents “no new threat” to humans. Fears that the deadly virus had mutated were allayed by the organisation, “While conclusions are premature… infection in cats is not
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