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Short leads are safer and better

Dog walkers are more at risk of serious injury when using a long lead

A study has found that dog walkers should use short leads when walking their dog to minimise the possibility of injury to themselves and their dog. They’ve revealed a link between traumatic brain injuries in people walking their dog and long leads. Brain injuries were the second most common form of injury occurring while walking …

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Ben the vet and the Dobermann of which if which more than 50% suffer from a serious heart disease

More than 50% of Dobermans suffer from dilated cardiomyopathy

Ben the vet on TikTok tells us that during his work he saw a Doberman Pinscher drop dead in front of his eyes. He said that it is enough by itself to not adopt a Dobermann (an alternative spelling). He found it traumatic. To an outsider, like me, it is shocking to hear that this …

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Dachshunds with hind leg paralysis due to selective breeding are taken to doggy park for a walk with wheels

Man gives paralyzed dachshunds a life by taking them to a doggy park for a walk with wheels

A man rescues dachshunds who’ve lost the use of their hind legs and takes them to the park for a doggy wheel walk. This is a special bloke who appears to have committed himself to rescuing and adopting dachshunds who’ve lost the use of their hind legs because of intervertebral disc disease (IVDD) to which …

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Mo Mountain Mutts

Alaskan dog walking service’s bus ride is an adorable must-see video

You’ll love this. You will like it even if you don’t particularly like dogs. It’s a video of dogs living in Alaska being taken for a bus ride to a location where they are then taken for a walk. It’s a dog walking service with a difference. What is so adorable is that Mo and …

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Dogs at the Chesterfield Square Animal Services Centre in Los Angeles. The photograph is by Wally Skalij of the Los Angeles Times.

Senior animal services staffer said he can manage small dogs because he can hit them

NEWS AND COMMENT-LOS ANGELES, USA: This story is interesting for two reasons. Firstly, the Los Angeles Times reports that a senior Animal Services staffer whose job it is to oversee the city’s dog walking program said that he was frightened of large dogs but not of small dogs because he can hit them. We don’t …

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