Ohio’s 22-year-old dangerous-dog law defines a “vicious dog” to be one that has killed or seriously injured another person, has killed another dog, or belongs to a breed “commonly known as a pit bull dog.”
A bad rap
The United Kingdom, however, bans not only the “pit bull type,” but also the Dogo Argentina, the Japanese Tosa, [...]

Despite being nearly mistaken for a ‘dog whisperer’ this was a positive piece of coverage regarding my views on the great status dog / dangerous dogs act debate on London’s LBC Radio.

I’m trying to become more of a record keeper. I’m normally terrible at writing things down and keeping a track of things that have now passed. I prefer to look forward rather than back. However, I’ve decided that’s no excuse for poor record keeping so I’m going to try and change that. Starting with an [...]

Today I made my second appearance on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Woman’s Hour’ radio show.
The topic was related to the recent book ‘Dogs in Vogue’ which is, as it happens, a very nice book – amazing shots (as you’d expect) and in my opinion didn’t portray dogs as fashion accessories at all.

For some former print titles, the switch to digital edition is a step into the unknown, is not always done for the right reasons, and is done with little imagination. For K9 Magazine, a print title from an overwhelmingly digital stable, it was like coming home. Ryan O’Meara explains why they ditched their flagship print [...]

Today’s media has been two dog items for BBC Three Counties (always a pleasure) and 4FM, an Irish-based station which described itself to me as a ‘the offspring of what would happen if Jeremy Vine and Chris Evans had a baby’.
The Three Counties piece was an item on the importance and value of socialisation for [...]

News International? Time Warner?
Nope. Neither.
It’s…………
……JP Morgan Chase!
Knock me down with a feather. I would have never have got that question right in a pub quiz. But it’s true. Just heard it on Bloomberg.
What next? Am I going to find out that the largest manufacturer of running shoes is not Nike or Addidas but Barclays Bank?
Probably [...]

1) Give it a deliberately provocative name – check.
2) Position it with hot women showing much flesh – check.
3) Make it much bigger/stronger/faster than predeccors – check.
4) Wait for Mr Outraged from Hemel Hempstead to do the rest of your job for you – checkmate.
AN energy drink called Simply Cocaine was blasted by anti-drug campaigners [...]

The first business book I would like to mention as being truly inspirational is called “Ready, Fire, Aim” and is written by Michael Masterson.

The reason I particularly liked this book is because its key, central message is something I could relate to in myself and is something I can see – all too often – [...]

Independent Digital Media is a new company I’m involved with – and by involved with – I actually AM the company!

It’s a full service new media consultancy. Which sounds quite buzwordy, which I don’t like, so I have made sure that what the company does can be explained in simple, plain English:
We come to your [...]