Article Archive for January 2008
Have you ever seen an Arctic Wolf in a full hunting mode pursuing wildfowl? Well, unless you’ve ever spent some time wandering around the Canadian Arctic or Greenland you haven’t, because they’ve …
written by Andrew McInnis. Appearing in K9 Magazine issue 23 Celine Jacobs is a 37 year old dog warden, employed by South Gloucestershire Council. Up until very recently, she enjoyed her job. …
At the start of this week a man died on a British street. He wasn’t stabbed, shot or run over by a car. In fact, at the time of …
A recent meeting between Rottweiler breed club representatives and the Kennel Club produced a sensational claim that it was re-homed Rottweilers, placed into unsuitable homes that had ’caused most of the problems’ in relation to …
One of the leading auction houses for antiques and fine art, today announced the auctioning of a rare collection of Charles Schulz “Snoopy” and other “Peanuts” animations. Nineteen lots of Schulz’ material, from the collection …
Vets Now, an emergency out of hours veterinary clinic provider, has admitted an unusually high number of dogs recently who have been sniffing out the leftover Christmas chocolates, with almost fatal consequences.
The …
Retired Greyhound Trust (RGT) volunteer, Alison Bandurak, was chosen to receive an award for ‘services to retired greyhounds’ at this year’s British Greyhound Racing Board (BGRB) Awards ceremony. …
According to an interesting article in today’s Daily Telegraph newspaper, new research is suggesting cross breed dogs are smarter than their pedigreed counterparts:
A study by Dr David Smith of Aberdeen University’s department of animal sciences …
I am writing in response Alison Green’s article “what we have here is failure to communicate” , in which she comments on the proposed Control of Dogs (Scotland) Bill which I launched last week at …
A national pet owner survey released today at the North American Veterinary Conference showed that if financial issues caused pet owners to curtail their monthly expenses they are far more likely to cut back on …
US NFL footballer Michael Vick may be doing time, but three of his dogs are free at last, and enjoying their first taste of living in an Atlanta based foster care program. …
Reports in today’s media suggest the mother of tragic dog attack victim Archie-Lee Hirst has been attacked in the street by an angry mob. In an exclusive Daily Mirror story, the paper …
Fearing for public safety, Belfast City Council officials, took into their ‘care’ Irene Chamber’s two mongrels after complaints they were dangerous breeds. After a year long wait, her two dogs were returned …
What we have here is failure to communicate, writes Alison Green I have tried, really tried, for the last two days to make sense of the proposal for a Control …
A new year in the fight against rabies and animal suffering in Nepal 2008 will be our best year yet – that’s the confident prediction from staff at the Kathmandu Animal Treatment …
A prominent daily newspaper in Scotland is calling them ‘ASBOS for dangerous dogs’. The Kennel Club is calling it ‘A step in the right direction’. We’re calling it a …
A Dogue de Bordeaux has given birth to a spectacular litter of 16 puppies The bitch, named Echo, belongs to Paul Walsh of Essex.
When Denise McGranaghan met a fawn greyhound called McLeod she fell in love with his beautiful big eyes and soulful expression.
But she was stunned to learn he had spent four years in a cat and …
Experts estimate that between 25-40% of Europe’s dogs are overweight or obese and are therefore at risk of long-term health problems1. Research has shown that overweight dogs may live up to two years less than …
Not sure which sofa to buy? British families let their dogs decide A leading UK pet insurer has conducted a survey which supports what K9 Magazine has been saying for several years: …
A US based pet insurer has revealed a table of the most costly conditions affecting pets todays. Veterinary Pet Insurance (VPI) recently analyzed medical claims submitted in 2007 to find the most …
The funeral for the baby who was killed by his grandparent’s pet Rottweiler was held today, just hours after the police decided there was insufficient evidence to make a prosecution for the 13-month-old child’s death. …
Vets Now Saves Parvo Puppies Following Recent Outbreak in Teeside
Vets Now Middlesbrough was recently called upon to perform life saving emergency treatment on two extremely ill puppies under 10 weeks old who were rushed to …

