The RSPCA rescue centre in Martlesham, Suffolk has had to postpone re-homing any dogs due to an outbreak of Kennel Cough, also known as ‘infectious bronchitis’. The disease is highly contagious for dogs, though other animals such as cats are not affected.
The dogs have had to go into quarantine for several weeks until the illness passes. (more…)
It’s every dog owner’s worst fear; you lose your dog only to find he’s been found by the dog’s home and re-homed to someone else. What happens then, can you get him back or will the new owners be able to keep him?
This is exactly what happened to Tango the Chihuahua. He was lost by his owners, Joyce and Billy Grieveson, from Newcastle upon-Tyne. They contacted the dog’s home, only to find that he had been recovered and re-homed. Tango now lived with a new couple, Malcolm Bradbury and Sheila Henderson. They’d paid the dog’s home £80 for the little dog, and had taken him back to their home in Northumberland. (more…)
It seems these days you’re unable to take dogs anywhere. They’re banned from many town centres, retail outlets, beaches, pubs… now they’re even being banned from playing fields and parks, in Bolton at least.
Bolton Council is proposing plans to ban dogs from over 100 different children’s play areas. Any dog owner who breaks the rules faces a £75 fine. This new plan is coming after the region spent a substantial amount of money investing in children’s play facilities. (more…)
The RSPCA have requested that dog owners seek help if they find their vet bills too expensive, rather than staying quiet and allowing their dogs to suffer. This warning has come after the RSPCA found two dogs dead in a shed in Carmarthenshire. The dogs’ owner, Elizabeth Evans, have received a 26-week suspended sentence for animal cruelty.
The bodies of the dogs were found in a bag in the shed of Mrs Evans’ home by an RSPCA inspector. She has now been banned for life from keeping any animals, has to pay £1,000 in costs and carry out 200 hours of community service. (more…)
At the time of writing, the Shih Tzu (pronounced shi-zoo), is one of the most popular family dogs in the UK. It is also referred to as the chrysanthemum dog, because of the shape formed around the nose and mouth when the fur first starts to grow, which resembles the flower. The plural of ‘shih tzu’ is also ‘shih tzu’.
General Shih Tzu Information:
This dog breed is generally good natured, non aggressive and just loves being with its owners. They are very cuddly and fluffy, and they are known as non-shedding, so are often suitable for those who suffer from pet allergies. Actually, the shih tzu is not completely non-shedding – see the below Grooming section for more detail.
Typical Shih Tzu
Height: 9 – 11 inches
Weight: 7 – 8 lbs
Average Litter Size: Around 3 – 5 puppies
Life Expectancy: 12 – 14 years, although known to live up to 18 years
Good with Children: Yes
Kennel Club Classification: Utility Group (more…)
Everyone knows that when you yawn, someone else seeing you do it can also feel compelled to yawn as well. We can catch yawns from others, it’s contagious!
It’s been proven now however that dogs can also catch yawns from their owners, showing that your pet dog can empathise with your tired stated. It was believed that only humans and primates were able to ‘catch’ yawns from others around them, but now we know that dogs are capable of it as well.
The finding was discovered by a research team from Birkbeck College in the University of London.
Dr Atsushi Senju led the research to find out if dogs were capable of empathising with humans, and tested 29 dogs. (more…)
Fifty-seven-year-old Bernann McKinney is ecstatic after South Korean scientists cloned her pet dog ‘Booger’, a pit bull terrier, and provided her with five identical puppies. The clones represent the first ever commercial cloning in the world, and cost Ms McKinney a cool £25,000 (£5,000 per puppy).
She’s delighted with her purchase though as Booger, who died of old age two years ago, once saved her life from an attack from another dog. (more…)
Pyrenean dogs have been introduced to the French Alps to protect the sheep from wild wolves, but it’s not just the sheep they seem to be turning their attentions towards.
Jean-Luc Renaud was interviewed by the Times, as he saw a Belgian tourist who had been ravaged by a Pyrenean mountain dog. He told the Times that the tourist was staggering towards him, covered in blood: (more…)
You don’t expect dogs to get in the way of training for the Olympics, however that’s just what happened to Virgilijus Alekna, a two-time Olympic champion in the discuss. He was training for the Beijing Olympic games in Lithuania at the weekend, but had to stop because the practise venue he was using was covered in dog mess. (more…)
In a story that should make you glad you live in the UK, police in the USA, in the small town of Berwyn Heights, shot dead a man’s Labrador dogs when they raided his home. It wasn’t just any man mind you, he was the Mayor of the town, and the police suspected his wife of dealing drugs.
They raided his house after the family took receipt of a package of marijuana, that has already been identified as such by a police sniffer dog before it had been delivered. The police burst into the Mayor’s home, and upon being confronted with the two black Labrador dogs (one of them a puppy) they shot them dead. (more…)
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