When is it too cold for your dog to walk? It’s not uncommon to wake up to temperatures below 0°C in winter. Temperatures around -4°C and below are too cold for short-haired dogs, while long-coated dogs can handle slightly lower temperatures, down to -9°C. Rodgers explains some of the signs to look out for […]
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A Line We Never Wanted to Cross
Debbie Hill, Chairman of the German Shepherd Dog Welfare Fund, explains how the sheer number of dogs in need of help is forcing them to make impossible decisions… Back in the May edition of GSD League Magazine we reported that we had over 80 dogs in our care. That number is now well over 110, with […]
Three-legged rescue to walk 100km before Christmas for cancer charity
Sunny Sandwich, the three-legged Bulgarian rescue, has embarked on a mammoth 100km walk around Bedford in aid of patients with incurable blood cancer. Sunny (for short) and owners Kat McGregor and Henry McGinty, from the Queens Park area, are tackling the 100km Lost in Lapland challenge in aid of Myeloma UK, a blood cancer charity […]
For She Is Old
She is beside me as I walk our woodland path. Climbing the stile, I hear the burble of running water, where she leaves me for a moment to drink her fill. I then wait for that familiar sound, pausing to watch her lap in the clear eddy of the slow flowing stream. Shaking her head, […]
Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome research seeks participants
The Kennel Club and the Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome (BOAS) Research Group at the University of Cambridge are calling for dog owners to participate in a study to identify the risk of respiratory disease in different brachycephalic breeds, with the aim to “improve the health and welfare of future generations”. Researchers at the University of […]