NEWS AND VIEWS: Alan Leak, who is now 93-years-of-age living in a care home, had to give up his dog, Cap, because he was too infirm and he went into a care home at that time. He used to be … Continue reading →
Uber Australia conducted research which found that almost two thirds of Australians believe that having your companion animal in the workplace helps to boost mental health. I’m going to presume that they’re referring to dogs primarily because there are different … Continue reading →
NEWS AND VIEWS – MATLOCK, DERBYSHIRE UK: This is the sad tale of a “lost” dog whose name is Toby. He lives with a 93-year-old woman who called Derbyshire police twice over the weekend of October 10 and 11th in … Continue reading →
NEWS AND VIEWS – GREAT YARMOUTH, UK: Mr and Mrs Gant, 77 and 74 respectively, kept a pack of eight whippets. Neighbours recorded the dogs barking more than 900 times in one hour. As they had already been convicted by … Continue reading →
Staffordshire bull terriers are probably potentially more dangerous than mainstream domestic dogs because (1) “gameness” has been bred into many lines of this breed of dog and (2) the basic temperament is the same as for a pit bull and … Continue reading →
No, as an individual citizen of California it is illegal to own a purebred wolf (100% wolf DNA). I’m presuming that the question is being asked by an individual person who wants to keep a wolf as a pet. The … Continue reading →
Carrots are a perfectly good food for dogs. They are a low-calorie source of food, high in fibre to aid digestion and they can help prevent dental disease. It is recommended that you chop them up. I’m not sure that … Continue reading →
“Hot dog” was first coined by a sports cartoonist TA Dorgan who substituted the frankfurter in a bread roll for a sausage dog, the dachshund.
Continue reading →My research indicates that a dog should eat a minimum of 4% protein by weight but other sources tell me this figure should be nearer 18%.
Continue reading →“Dog tolling” refers to a dog dancing about in a strange fashion to fascinate ducks, to draw them nearer to allow a human duck-hunter to shoot the animal. The dogs who do this are called “tollers”. This form of canine … Continue reading →
We need to discuss why a Chow-Chow cross dog called Teddy attacked a 12-day-old baby and killed him after escaping from his pen. The parents of the child and the owner of the dog had been arrested on suspicion of … Continue reading →
The New Guinea singing dog is very rare. Apparently there are only 250 in captivity and all of them have been bred from two or eight (the information is unclear) foundation dogs which were captured in the 1970s. It is … Continue reading →
I’m not going to add any words except to say that sometimes videos like this disappear because they are pulled from their hosting website. It may happen for a number of reasons. I don’t know what they are normally. If … Continue reading →
Yes, dog tail wagging is involuntary. In other words it is a reflex, instinctive action over which the dog does not have control or has no desire to control. In fact domestic dogs don’t even think that they are tail-wagging … Continue reading →
This is a picture of a plaster cast of a dog at Pompeii. It is the right time to show it on this website. In A.D. 79, on this day, Mount Vesuvius erupted and destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum. It was … Continue reading →
Ben Francis is in the news today. He is a former Pizza Hut delivery driver who as a student learned the advantages of being disciplined, committed and having a good work ethic as a means to achieve success. He likes … Continue reading →
This is a really nice photograph of a dog on a motorcycle in Vietnam wearing a coronavirus face covering as is his human companion and his friend. Vietnam has a very low infection and death rate from this virus so … Continue reading →
Ricky Gervais is sad to be parting company with his co-star, a female bicoloured, predominantly black, German Shepherd whose real name is Anti. She is being retired at the end of his Netflix black comedy series After Life. The series … Continue reading →
BIRMINGHAM, UK: The value of a domestic dog for security purposes is highlighted in this story about Macey, a seven-year-old Staffordshire bull terrier who went downstairs to confront four armed burglars who had bashed down the front door; one was … Continue reading →
Buddy, a German Shepherd, has died. He was American’s first pet dog to test positive for Covid-19. He was aged seven and lived in New York. He first had the symptoms in mid-April. It took a month to get him … Continue reading →
