The Mayhew Animal Home, an animal welfare charity working at the forefront of this issue in London, welcomes the recognition that change to the Dangerous Dogs Act is long overdue, having witnessed firsthand the horrifying …

Yesterday, Home Secretary Alan Johnson announced the Government is prepared to listen to the public’s views on what we should do regarding dangerous dog legislation in the United Kingdom. This is your chance, and it …

Vets warn against dangerous dogs issue becoming party political
Vets have welcomed the Government consultation on reforming dangerous dogs legislation but called on politicians not to let the issue become a political football during the forthcoming …

Three people have been arrested and three pit-bull type dogs have been seized during a series of co-ordinated dawn raids across Birmingham today.

The infamous and failed dangerous dogs act has been in place for too long. It has quite clearly failed to prevent dog attacks and its time for it to go and go now. Pit bulls …

An interesting piece from The Guardian newspaper highlights the dangers of admitting liability on pet insurance claims. When a dog attacks a human, it is easy to point the finger and blame the dog (or …

Several Animal Behavior Experts from the ASPCA (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) will be in Parris Island, South Carolina from October 6-8 to conduct behavior assessments of over 100 dogs …

“Out of the blue, it attacked for no reason”
When a dog attack is reported we will often hear the same old phrases bandied about.
“It came out of the blue”
“It was totally unprovoked”
“We didn’t see it coming”
“It …

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 …

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 …

It’s estimated that 4.7 million people are bitten by dogs every year. Fortunately, most dog bites are preventable through appropriate pet selection, proper training, responsible approaches to animal control, and education of dog owners and …

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 …

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 …

He’s the world’s most recognised dog trainer, star of screen and best selling author, The Dog Whisperer, Cesar Millan is known to millions. He has spoken exclusively to K9 Magazine about a number of key …

Today we learn from a national newspaper that there has been an astonishing rise in the number of dogs seized under the Dangerous Dogs Act. The slant is – as usual – focused on so-called …

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 …

Children, warm weather, and dogs, even family dogs, don’t mix well, according to a study conducted by pediatric otolaryngologists from the University at Buffalo’s School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

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 …

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 …

The police and RSPCA say dog fighting is on the rise and they will tackle this. I don’t know if it’s on the increase but it doesn’t matter to me. They should go for …

It’s getting to the point now where a very worrying trend is developing. Dogs are dying, weekly, in police care – more dogs are being seized as ‘pit bull type’ which actually look nothing more …

A Cheshire dog owner has spoken of his horror at being asked to consider killing his friendly family pet dog, Gina after she was wrongly accused of being an illegal “pit bull type”.
Jay, owner of …

London dog owner Glynis Walker has told of her anger at finding out no action will be taken against police and kennels involved in the “care” of her pet dog Kodee who was returned to …