This is an ancient superstition and by using the word “superstition” you can see where this brief article is going. A dog howling does not presage death. Dr Desmond Morris comes up with a plausible theory for the origin of this superstition. He refers to …
Discarded Diet Coke cans can become a serious wildlife and companion animal hazard. They are transformed into razor-sharp objects when cut and destroyed by lawnmowers. I’m referring to a story on the website Kent Online which reports shredded Diet Coke cans found along the Royal …
The title comes from Stan Rawlinson’s website. He is a dog behaviourist. He is referring to anxious dogs. He is talking about socialisation which is the way to make a dog confident in the presence of people. There are two parallel socialisation processes. One is …
It just isn’t worth being ambitious any more. The work ethic does not produce the desired result sufficiently often, which is success in the workplace. That appears to be the conclusion of the millennials in the UK. I’m referring to young people born after 2000. …
Although, in the UK, the chemical metaldehyde has been banned from slug pellets from the Spring of 2020, because it is just too toxic to animals, there will be old stocks of pellets in garden sheds which contain the chemical and I’m sure that in …
There is a sinister story in the newspapers today about the North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un declaring in July that pet ownership is a “tainted trend of bourgeois ideology”. It is reported on a Asian newspaper website that North Korea has launched a clampdown on …
CALIFORNIA, USA – NEWS AND VIEWS: This is an amazing video. The man, Jose Guzman, pushed past firefighters to get into the burning home of his grandparents who he was visiting with his family. His dog was inside and he was outside. As he pushed …
NEWS-VIEWS: It is reported that there has been a 65% increase in stolen dogs during the coronavirus pandemic lockdown compared to the same period last year. The report comes from the charity Doglost. And to compound the problem, it appears that some adopters of dogs …
Rudy Armstrong lives at a marina in Oriental, South Carolina, USA. He is a US Navy veteran. He adopted Bubu, his chihuahua 18 months ago when she was 6 weeks old. He was in his armchair when he woke up after a stroke. One arm …
