A letter to The Times highlights the dangers of chewing gum to dogs. It is likely that most people are unaware of the hazard. Christine… Read More »Artificial sweetener in chewing gum can kill dogs in hours
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… Read More »13-year-old German shepherd abandoned by owner to animal rescue shelter
A woman, is suing a dog rescue organisation because she contracted parasitic worms from the dog that she adopted from the rescue centre. She claims… Read More »Woman claims she expelled live worms from her mouth, vagina and anus after adopting infected rescue dog
The flat-faced dog breeds such as pugs and bulldogs are known to have health issues and The Telegraph reports that they struggle to reach old… Read More »Life expectancy of the dog breeds (list)
COMMENT: Prince Andrew bought for his mother a couple of dorgis, which are dachshund-corgi hybrids. Sadly, one of them, Fergus, died at five months old.… Read More »Was Fergus the Queen’s dorgi crushed in a reclining chair used by the Queen herself?
I was prompted to ask the question in the title because a person on Reddit.com had feverishly written, “HELP!! My dog ate a weed muffin.”… Read More »Can marijuana kill dogs?
It’s all over the Internet so I am not going to go over old ground, however, the problem with dogs eating chocolate is that they… Read More »Chocolate poisons dogs because of theobromine
Showing struvite crystals in the urine of a 3.5 year old dog. The photograph is published with the kind permission of Cuyahoga Falls Veterinary Clinic.… Read More »Picture of struvite crystals in the urine of a 3.5 year old dog
Well, if you want to know what a tick looks like when it is embedded into the skin of your dog or cat, this picture… Read More »Picture of tick embedded into a dog
Vet busts myth on dog-human age equivalence: @dr.hunterfinn♬ Steven Universe – L.Dre Note: sometimes embedded videos like the one above stop working over time. If… Read More »Vet busts myth that 1 human year is 7 dog years
Joe Wicks, the fitness guru who achieved celebrity during these extensive coronavirus lockdowns while providing online exercise regimes on his YouTube channel, has made a… Read More »Joe Wicks unwisely promotes unhealthy French bulldog
Elisabeth Perlman writing in The Times newspaper provides readers with five useful tips on how to find a healthy puppy to adopt to which I… Read More »6 tips to find a healthy puppy to adopt
At one time it was thought that when dogs drag their rumps along the ground (scooting) they were scent marking because many other species of… Read More »6 reasons why dogs sometimes drag their bottoms along the ground
People enquire whether Ibuprofen can poison dogs. It doesn’t take long to research that it does indeed poison dogs. In fact, it is a drug… Read More »Emma Duncan, Times author, nearly lost her puppy to Ibuprofen poisoning
French Bulldogs are the most expensive breed to insure costing an average of £950 a year and they are also the most popular in the… Read More »UK’s most popular dog breed is the most expensive to insure
There is criticism of Lewis Hamilton feeding his British bulldog a vegan diet in line with his own diet. He very much supports veganism. He… Read More »Criticism of Lewis Hamilton feeding his dog a vegan diet needs to be discussed
NEWS AND VIEWS: Some people need to put a break on their desire to adopt a dog companion at the moment. Like many other countries,… Read More »Think twice before you adopt a dog during coronavirus lockdown
Like me, you might not have realised that porcupine quills can kill a dog. The problem is that dogs perhaps inquisitively go towards a porcupine… Read More »Porcupine quills can kill a dog
There appear to be two factors which has resulted in up to 20% of Britain’s 8 million dogs suffering from allergies and these are (1)… Read More »Up to 20% of Britain’s 8 million dogs suffer from allergies
A study concluded that 66% owners of brachycephalic (round-headed short-muzzled) dogs would recommend their dog breed to others and 93% would adopt another despite the… Read More »Short-muzzled dog owners are unconcerned about their dog’s health problems