Canine and human troops perform stretching exercises on International Yoga Day
Canine and human troops perform stretching exercises on International Yoga Day.
Dogs
Pensioner fined £100 for walking his dying dog on a beach
Frank Ward, 73, took his dying dog, Henry, on the local beach for a final walk but was fined £100 for his efforts. He had breached the local bylaws. He was spotted by a local council worker who noticed that he was breaking a summer …
Witnesses said she pushed her golden retriever into a lake and watched it drown
A New Hampshire woman has been accused of pushing her 11-year-old dog, a golden retriever, into a lake and watching it drown. Her alleged crime was witnessed. Police were dispatched on June 8, 2018 to Wasserman park in the evening to work with the fire …
Researchers found that young children can stress and distress dogs
Young kids through inappropriate behaviour can make a dog stressed and distressed. The problem is that young children can do certain things which upset dogs. These are: children shouting and screaming, creating a noise and having tantrums, handling and interacting with dogs in an unprovoked …
Companion dogs mirror their owners’ stress
A companion dog’s stress levels are synchronised with the stress levels of his owner.
Dog leads should not be wrapped around the owner’s wrists, hands or fingers
Dog leads should not be wrapped around their owner’s wrists, hands or fingers and neither should they hook their fingers under their dog’s collar. This is the advice of veterinary surgeons in the UK and it has been offered to dog owners because incorrect usage …
Veterinary technician’s story of rescue and love of blind dog wins award
An award winning children’s book by a vet tech about her journey in rescuing and rehabilitating a blind, dwarf, nervous dog born in a puppy mill.
Electrician saves his Jack Russell from choking to death on cheese
A guy uses the Heimlich manoeuvre to get cheese out of his dog’s throat which was causing the dog to choke to death.
“He don’t bite” but dog scares the sh*t out of cowardy-custard delivery driver!
This is either amusing or irritating depending on the state of your mind. For me it shows a young woman who has little control over her dogs (there appears to be another inside her home barking). Also the delivery driver is a cowardy-custard. I mean …
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