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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NEWS AND OPINION: Yes, this man’s best friend shot him dead. Of course, it was an accident but what an accident! The ultimate kind of accident. And this has happened before. In this instance, Joseph Smith, 30, was sitting in the front passenger seat of a pickup truck. The sheriff said that a dog belonging …
NEWS AND COMMENT: Lourens Koetsier, an experienced horse rider, was riding a horse provided by a business, LJP Owen, on Druidston Beach in Haverfordwest, Wales, when Max, a small, elderly and gentle West Highland terrier, ran underneath his horse, Bonfire, causing the horse, who was stationary at the time, to buck violently and throw Mr …
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There is an interesting snippet of information in The Times today which caught my eye. It has been revealed that while Doris Day was playing with her dog in her penthouse apartment, using a ball which she bounced on the floor, her dog enthusiastically leapt out of the window and fell 21 floors to their …
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NEWS AND VIEWS (COMMENT): In a freak accident, Mrs Deborah Mary Roberts, 47, suffering from Huntington’s disease, was strangled to death when the rope leads of her two Staffordshire bull terriers became wrapped around her neck after she stumbled during a morning walk. The assistant coroner for North Wales recorded “accidental death” after hearing that …
NEWS AND VIEWS: David Crane, 70, successfully claimed compensation in court from the owner of a cocker spaniel, Carina Read, because the judge found that she was careless in the control of her dog, Felix, in failing to stop Felix from running into the path of Mr Crane’s bike as he cycled down a path …
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