January 2010

Not the usual advert for Toyota, this TV advert for the Toyota Fortuner stars its very own talking Boxer called Buddy. Buddy is just one of many talking dogs that have made an appearance on television adverts over the years. [read more]

Pepsi have been known for their great advertisements in the past and have used animals, and particularly dogs, in many of them.

Here, Pepsi exploit the dog versus cat relationship in this great television advertisement. If you own both a dog and a cat, are you sure who you can blame when something isn’t quite right? [read more]

This TV advert just goes to prove your dog doesn’t need to perform a lot of tricks or use computer-generated action to get a laugh. This is one of our favourite Black & Decker’s TV adverts. [read more]

Bud Light have used dogs in several of their TV adverts and always seem to get people talking. This particular television advert could have got a dog trainer quite a lot of work as no doubt there are plenty of men that would love their dog to do at least one of these tricks.. [read more]

It seems the some advertisers think dancing dogs will sell anything – and for some dog owners, perhaps it might.

WINK Bingo is one of the UK’s largest online bingo providers and this week were celebrating a large win of a progressive jackpot, £8,400, by one of their players on the 20th January.

Below you can watch [read more]

Some television commercials using dogs require the dog to do very little; others require the dog to sit or look the right way and a few, like this TV advert for Traveler’s Insurance, ask the dog to be pretty talented. He even gets the look on his face right when another dog goes past as he buries his bone!

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Dogs are used to advertise all sorts of things – things relative to dogs like dog food and dog insurance, but also things that have nothing to do with dogs at all. They say that you should never work with animals or children, but sometimes using a dog, animal or child in an advert is more effective at getting a message across – even a serious one. [read more]

There are a couple of easy ways to stop your dog from suffering a certain amount of pain by taking time to give your pet a home health check.

The dew claw is like a thumb that is located on the side of your dog’s front legs and on some occasions on their back legs too.

The dew claw is part of natural history and a dog’s evolution. Sometimes they can grow inward and cause your pet to be in pain and will need removing. [read more]

The Dogs’ Trust is a charity that does a great deal of good, but the harsh winter weather has not proved to be an easy one for all their re-homing centres. As recently reported in The Andover Advertiser, a re-homing centre in Newton Tony has been compelled to make an urgent appeal for additional bedding. [read more]