Beauty comes at a breathtaking price for popular flat-faced breeds, as staggering statistics reveal that Battersea Dogs and Cats Home are performing more surgeries than ever before to help dogs with Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome (BOAS). Brachycephalic breeds, such as Pugs and French Bulldogs, have been hugely popular amongst celebrities and the public in the past few […]
Archives for March 2024
No change to Dangerous Dogs Act as pets sentenced to death
This is Bailey, a dog who came into the RSPCA’s care after being signed over by his owner in 2017. He was far from dangerous: he was a friendly, loveable dog who only needed a home – and instead he was killed solely because of his looks, due to a flawed piece of legislation that […]
Essential oil toxicity in dogs and cats
I feel compelled to write this post as I have just read an website that I found very upsetting. The article described the lingering death of a dog caused by xylitol that was very hard to read… but this can also happen with the misuse of essential oils, which I know to be incredibly widespread. Essential oils […]
‘A Dog’s Life: The Homeless Dogs of Romania’ launches
A Dog’s Life: The Homeless Dogs of Romania’ launches – watch the… is the second film in a series of documentaries uncovering the plight of dogs in Europe. British actor and animal advocate Peter Egan and veterinary surgeon Dr Roger Bralow MRCVS travelled across Romania to meet the stray dogs of the country. A Dog’s […]
Office Dogs
How may canine friends go to your workplace? An IT Software Solutions company in Ringwood, Hampshire, believes that they may have the highest number of dogs who join their owners to regularly work in their open-plan offices, considering their team is no larger than 27 staff. KFA Connect Ltd Operations Director Juliet Ward, who was […]