It could be a crime to allow your dog to bite a postal worker’s fingers through the letterbox
To be clear, it can be a crime if a dog owner allows their dog to bite a postman when delivering post through the letterbox in the UK.
Dogs
Winston Churchill’s last secretary recalled his love of animals
Winston Churchill is well-known for many things including his love of animals. He loved cats and dogs and budgerigars! His last secretary was Doreen Pugh. She did all kinds of things for him including secretarial duties during the last 10 years of his life. After …
Dogs can be sensitive to whether a person has true or false beliefs
Dogs can rely more on their own judgement than the directions of a human who is misleading them. In a recent study published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, researchers at the University of Vienna have concluded that dogs can rely on …
Beautiful puppy with spectacle eyes
Cute puppy with spectacle eyes: I have no idea of the breed, if indeed this individual is purebred although it looks like it. No more to say this morning.
Tips and tricks to avoid being scammed when buying a puppy from a breeder
UK (BUT MAYBE ELSEWHERE TOO): I’m going to think aloud. These are some thoughts about avoiding being scammed when buying a dog or cat from a breeder. Why am I doing this? You may have heard that there has been a massive upsurge in scams …
Identifying irresponsible dog owners through DNA profiling of dog poo
NEWS AND COMMENT-TEL AVIV: Tel Aviv-Jaffa City Council have taken a bold step in improving the standards of dog ownership. They say that as much as half a ton of dog poo is deposited on the streets of Tel Aviv every month. It is cleared …
13-year-old German shepherd abandoned by owner to animal rescue shelter
GARDENA, CALIFORNIA – NEWS AND COMMENT: A 13-year-old German shepherd has been abandoned to an animal shelter: Saving Carson Shelter Dogs. The dog’s name is Macho. The shelter has a Facebook page and on the page is a video. This story has caught the imagination …
Shelter dogs are generally still anxious after their first 12 days
A study from Utrecht University’s Faculty of Veterinary Medicine researched the extent of anxiety among dogs who been rescued and placed in animal shelters. They used night cameras and a small activity tracker on the dogs’ collars and cortisol measurements in the urine both of …
Woman’s fear of dogs was due to being sexually abused as a child
This is an interesting article by Gabrielle Cummins in The Irish Times online. She had a crippling irrational fear of dogs (cynophobia) and is brave enough to talk about it in public – good for her. It affected her life substantially. Her fear fed into …
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