This is a well-reported story in the news media about an IT specialist, Tim Shaddock, who decided to try and sail from Mexico to French Polynesia in a catamaran with his dog; a journey that went horribly wrong 1,200 miles off the coast where he …
On Twitter, people have been asking what this dog is thinking as he calmly sits on the beach allowing the incoming waves brush up against him and slosh over the lower part of his body. He looks very calm. Not a care in the world. …
In November 2023, admirers of the dog ‘Hachiko’ will celebrate the 100th year after his birth. Locals of his birthplace Odate, Akita Prefecture are organising Hachiko Week to mark a century since Hachiko was born in 1923. He died in 1933. He is regarded as …
A study has found that dog bites are more common in warmer weather. This correlates with the fact that humans generally are more aggressive during warmer weather (more boozing?!). It also correlates with revolutions anecdotally appearing to happen more in the summer (good weather makes …
This is a good feel story about two women and a Doberman dog. It starts off, for me, with Lucy Humphrey, 44, who was looking for a kidney donor because her kidneys were failing as a result of suffering from lupus, an autoimmune disease. The …
Nathan Winograd has been strongly arguing for some time now that it is immoral and ineffective to ban certain dog breeds and instead the focus should be on dog caregiving and ensuring that it is responsible so that individual dogs behave in an acceptable way. …
This is the story of a nervous, deaf Dalmatian who got into a spot of bother due to extreme separation anxiety leading to extreme destruction to the tune of £18,000 worth! The dog’s name is Lupin and he is all over the Internet in news …
The interesting aspect of this dog’s very positive ‘artificial’ smile is that it more or less exactly copies that of her owner who is smiling at her as she hovers near him while he cares for the baby. It appears that she wants to be …
The firework season is upon us. Poor us and the same goes for our dogs 😢. Dogs are more sensitive than cats to fireworks and cats are very sensitive to them. Personally, I hate fireworks so I must have been a dog in my former …
