My favourite dog articles, thoughts and opinions.
As I pen this article on World Animal Day 2023, a day dedicated to improving animal welfare standards globally, I am compelled to address an issue that is not only close to my heart but is a growing concern that undermines the very essence of animal welfare in the UK. It has been my great…
This dog, Buccleuch Avon (1855) is considered by most to be the founding sire of what is today’s Chocolate Labrador. As you can see, he is black himself. There are three official colours of Labrador, Black, Yellow, Chocolate – but as we know, many shades, particularly of the yellows. There’s quite a lot of debate…
Dog theft is rising. It’s been rising for every year since I began writing about dog theft back in 2000. But right now? Right now it’s really, really becoming a huge problem and a terrifying prospect for any dog owner. So I thought I’d give some of my thoughts on what you can do about…
For as long I can remember, I always wanted a dog. Probably like a lot of children who want a dog. Only I can safely say my desire for a dog was something much more integral to who I was as a person than an ordinary childhood desire for a pet. I wanted a dog…
I am often amazed at some of the search terms that bring people to the various websites we publish. I was thinking it’d be fun to list just a handful of the more unusual/worrying ones and then I thought, would that be breaching someone’s privacy? I mean, if you WERE the person who typed best…
I was once writing an article for K9 Magazine about how to stop dogs begging for food and why treat training (where the owner uses a food treat to ‘bribe’ the dog in to good behaviour all the time) can often be doomed to failure with certain dogs. It reminded me of one of my…
Over the past few years we’ve heard a number of alternative dangerous dog’ solutions proposed. Ways and means by which we can prevent dog attacks from occurring. Ideas and suggestions which can help us rid ourselves of the menace of dog attacks. One of the most common ideas put forward seems, on the face of…
As dog lovers, we must all, surely, feel a massive twang of pity and regret when we think of those puppies who have been bred for profit by breeders who are interested only in how to produce maximum volume of stock’ with scant regard for the welfare, health or temperament of the animals they churn…
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – this is the best dog training tool on earth… I explain my reasons as to why I think (spoiler) is by far the most useful piece of dog training equipment money can buy. And for the record, it’s not electrical, it doesn’t cost the earth…
Did some filming for ITV Calendar today with this awesome trio of dogs Frank – http://www.dogsblog.com/frank-26/ – this boy has been in rescue for some time. His age seems to be the main barrier we think for people, but we’d love to show there’s plenty of life, and love, left in him. Lizzie – http://www.dogsblog.com/lizzie-24/ – this lovely…