Bosses hope that allowing dogs in the office will lead to their owners coming back post-Covid. Clearly there is a reluctance among a sizeable percentage… Read More »Allowing dogs in the office to entice workers back post-Covid
Here is some more interesting information about dog thefts in the UK. This is a hot topic because of the pandemic which reportedly caused a… Read More »44 per cent of dog thefts in UK are by people known to the owner
This is an interesting article by Gabrielle Cummins in The Irish Times online. She had a crippling irrational fear of dogs (cynophobia) and is brave… Read More »Woman’s fear of dogs was due to being sexually abused as a child
The dog’s owner said that their golden retriever had the job of protecting their apple trees from deer who enjoyed eating the apples but it… Read More »Deer and golden retriever play together
COMMENT: It is difficult to believe but according to research scientists in New Zealand, dogs are more environmentally unfriendly than cars because their carbon footprint… Read More »Dogs have a bigger carbon footprint than cars
You may have read about the murder of a police community support officer, Julia James, in woodland in Kent while walking her Jack Russell dog.… Read More »Was the murder of a police community support officer a botched dog theft?
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?
NEWS AND COMMENT: Dan McClelland was the sheriff in Geauga County, Ohio, USA for 13 years and in the police force for 44 years. He… Read More »Sheriff’s dog dies hours after the sheriff
A little dog rescued from a hoarding situation is rehabilitated over a three-month period as she shakes in nervousness almost all the time and hides… Read More »Small scared dog rescued from hoarder and rehabilitated over 3 months
This is Poppy a goldendoodle before and after her haircut. Quite a transformation I think you will agree. In fact she looks like a different… Read More »Dogs desperate for haircuts after the long coronavirus lockdown
This dog is enormous. Unreal. But he is real. This is the video in a tweet. The trouble is that these embedded Twitter videos are… Read More »Whopping dog being groomed
NEWS AND VIEWS: Florida’s lawmakers are set to ban the tethering of pets and leaving them unsupervised. A bill is currently being debated: Senate Bill… Read More »Florida is set to ban pet tethering despite objections by the NRA
Inline with many recent news media stories about pet dogs being the new currency for criminals because they’ve become so valuable due to pressures on… Read More »83 stolen dogs seized by police on travellers’ site
NEWS AND COMMENT: This is an update on the viral news about the surge in dog thefts in the UK and I assume in other… Read More »Dog thieves tag targeted homes with UV paint
I hate using the word “pet” so I always use “companion animal” instead. I think it respects the animal more. I’ll try and be as… Read More »Information about Meghan Markle’s companion animals
If you are reading the newspapers from cover to cover as I do you would be unlikely to miss the almost weekly stories of dogs… Read More »Fightback from dog owners against the scourge of dog thefts in the UK
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
A recent study from Washington State University concluded that three factors influenced the success of the domestication of the dog. These are: The relationship between… Read More »3 factors which influenced the dog-human relationship
The intelligence of the domestic dog varies considerably. We know this because some clever dogs can quickly learn human words in large numbers while others… Read More »Dog intelligence varies and some dogs learn many words
Since the beginning of 2019 dog thefts have increased by a factor of 2.5. In one database of stolen dogs the increase is by a… Read More »Organised criminals cut microchips from stolen dogs