Dog New

Take part to our Great Debate: should we have a national dog warden service, away from local authority funding and control? It’s no mystery that dog warden services across the UK grapple with disparate rules and standards adopted by various authorities. Some dog wardens are better funded than others, resulting in different standards of welfare, different rules […]

Dr Matt Spiegle, Medical Director at Vetster, has warned pet owners against ‘pet-diagnosing’ at home… We know that the biggest concern for pet owners is for their animal’s health. As humans we often turn to self-diagnosing our symptoms. With the rise of AI (Artificial Intelligence) and breadth of information available online, pet owners may be […]

The first steps to making pet abduction an illegal offence passed their first hurdles in Parliament recently, meaning that people who steal pets will soon face hefty fines or jail time. But how can new dog owners keep their pets safe?  The experts at Petsure, have provided their top tips for dog owners to follow as petnapping goes […]

Animal rescue charity Spaniel Aid is celebrating a milestone: Bobbie (main image) is the 4000th dog rescued in nine years of activity by the charity, which is run entirely by volunteers. However, celebrations are dampened by the charity’s inability to help all dogs in need due to their limited resources and the huge number of […]

Bobi, a Rafeiro do Alentejo from Portugal who  2023, has been stripped of his title as world’s oldest ever dog following a review by Guinness World Records Believed to have been born in May 1992, Bobi became the holder of a double record as both the oldest dog alive, and the oldest dog ever recorded. However, […]