Dachshunds are particularly popular at the moment, during coronavirus lockdowns. But they’ve always been popular. The second reason is layered over the first. The short legs of the Dachshund have been created through selective breeding with tunnelling duties in mind. The name of this dog …
The names of the Queen’s dogs, 2021 are: Candy, an elderly dorgi; Fergus, a dorgi, named after her uncle Fergus Bowes-Lyon, who was killed as he led an attack on the Germans during the First World War and; Muick, pronounced “Mick”, a corgi named after …
Don’t judge a shelter dog by its cover. It is said that this unpopular shelter dog saved the life of the man who adopted her. Sadie, a six year old German shepherd had been ‘left on the shelf’ at the Ramapo-Bergen Animal Refuge in New …
NEWS AND COMMENT: While Lady Gaga was abroad shooting a film, Gucci, directed by Ridley Scott, dog walker Ryan Fischer – taking her three French bulldogs for a walk in Hollywood – was shot in the chest with a handgun by a man of colour …
There is a report in The Times today about dogs bought and adopted during the Covid pandemic lockdowns becoming fractious and difficult. They are showing signs of distress and they are starting to snap. We know that people have become fed up but is the …
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, William and Kate, should have adopted a rescue dog rather than an eight-month-old black female cocker spaniel, a gift from the Duchess’s brother James Middleton. It would have been so much better if they had adopted a dog from …
Joe Wicks, the fitness guru who achieved celebrity during these extensive coronavirus lockdowns while providing online exercise regimes on his YouTube channel, has made a bit of a blooper by promoting the French bulldog which is an inherently unhealthy animal. Joe Wicks’ father bought one …
NEWS AND COMMENT: Phoenix Rehoming are a dog rescue organisation with a presence online including on social media. They are based in Fareham, Hampshire, UK. On occasions they import what I believe to be rescue dogs from Romania. In their adoption contract they insist that …
President Macron has used his adopted rescue dog, Nemo, to urge the citizens of France to commit to caring for a companion animal for the life of the animal when adopting. In other words, he is asking people to think hard about it before adopting …
