There are many varieties of food on the market for a puppy, and so choosing the correct food for a puppy can be confusing.
Your puppy will require a food that will help his or her bones and muscles to grow strong and healthy.
One consideration to take into account is (more…)
One animal shelter in Derby has been forced to announced it will no longer be able to care of or accept dogs due to a financial crisis.
The Abbey Street RSPCA centre in Derby costs £5,500 per week to run and the managers have said that as a result they can now only take in or care for cats and other small animals. This means any dogs already (more…)
A new application for the iPhone claims it can help dog owners to train their dog.
This iPhone app was designed in the UK and is already available worldwide. The ‘Dog Remote’ promises to (more…)
The customs service in South Korea has announced the world’s first cloned sniffer dogs, six Labrador puppies, have now been put to work checking for drugs in the airport and at the border controls.
The pups were cloned from a (more…)
An article in the Telegraph stated the study is due to be published in the journal Science where scientists studied DNA from 835 dogs, 95 of which had short legs.
This new scientific discovery gives clues about the basic of evolution and how species have different physical attributes. It is hope it may even lead to new discoveries and understanding of diseases such as cancer and human dwarfism.
Reportedly, in short legged dog breeds, the growth of (more…)
An eleven year old dog with two paralysed limbs has got a new lease of life thanks to her very own dog wheelchair.
Rio lives in New Zealand and her two back legs were paralysed just three months ago following a complication during an operation on a compressed disc in her back, but thanks to her owners, she now has a set of wheels to keep her going. According to Rio’s vet, Alan Probert, this is (more…)
Wouldn’t life be so much simpler if your dog could speak to you? Well, Japanese toy manufacturer Takara Tomy announced this week it would launch a new version of the Bowlingual (like what they did there?) gadget that would ‘talk’ and translate a dog’s bark into human words.
This new gadget will (more…)
One article in the Independent of Ireland and The Times today will have been sure to get dog lovers cooing and aahing, as they published pictures of a mongrel dog adopting two red panda cubs in northern China.
The two little pandas were abandoned by their mother at birth, and it was a surprise to everybody as reportedly no-one at Tautyuan Zoo knew she was pregnant. Usually, a panda will (more…)
It wasn’t that long ago that we published an article on Tilly, the 15 inch little dog that may become Britain’s smallest dog. However, now we might be looking at a new contender for the world’s smallest dog – so meet Scooter, a Maltese puppy whose owner believes may be the world’s smallest dog, if he’s stopped growing that is.
Scooter lives in New Zealand with his owner Cheryl McKnight and currently, at six months old, he is only a mere (more…)
If you have a cat, when you bring your puppy home it is important you properly introduce him or her to your cat:
Place your puppy on the floor. Do not leave them alone to get to know each other as that could be dangerous for both puppy and cat.
Put your puppy into a crate for a short time as this will allow the cat to eye him up and down at a safe distance without the cat feeling threatened.
If the puppy is used to a lead, try placing a lead on your puppy and walking him around the room while your cat is in the room, making sure your cat has a high place it can retreat to (more…)
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