Jennifer Aniston’s well-loved dog has passed away at 15 years of age.

Her beloved Welsh corgi-terrier mix, Norman, who accompanied the actress everywhere she went, including film shoots, has passed away due to complications with old age.

A spokesman for the star stated:

“He died a few weeks ago. He was an old dog and it was just his time.”

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Do you believe that your pet may have psychic powers? Has he ever put the wind up you by raising his hackles and growling at something unseen in the corner of your living room? Does he have the preternatural ability to tell when you’re coming home from work, displaying a dislocation in time and space beyond the comprehension of the piffling five senses possessed by mere mortals such as you and I? If so, Sky 1 HD may have just the program for you.

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Cheryl Cole, singer, dancer, model, talent show judge and shiller of shampoo now has a dubious honour to add to her long list of achievements: she is the celebrity that most people would like to name their pet dogs after.

The ex-Girls Aloud starlet beat off stiff competition to become the number one choice for bitches, including Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Victoria Beckham and Grace Kelly. Hold on – Grace Kelly?

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Singer Adele has lamented the price of fame, and revealed that her fans will do anything to get their hands on memorabilia, especially when she is out walking her dog.

For the majority of us, walking a pet dog is a pleasurable pastime; you both get important exercise and plenty of fresh air. However, for 22 year old singer Adele, things can (more…)

Scientists have revealed the results of a study that suggests dogs may be able to sniff out cancer in humans at an early stage.

Japanese boffins used a Labrador to smell the breath and stool samples from 300 volunteers, 48 of whom had bowel cancer, and were amazed when the dog’s ability to correctly identify those with the disease proved to be 95 per cent accurate, with a remarkable 98 per cent detection rate from stools.

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The BBC herded a pack of dogs into a residential street and encouraged them to foul the pavement as part of a television programme about council cuts.

The producers of the show, called The Street That Cut Everything, bussed in the dogs and their owners to a cul-de-sac in Fulwood, Preston, to see how its residents would cope if all council services, including street cleaners, were taken away from them.

The owners were not allowed to use poop scoopers to clean up after their pets.

Now, the BBC has drawn criticism from several quarters. Dorothy Kelk, speaking on behalf Central Lancashire Friends of the Earth, complained:

“Dog excrement fouling a road is unhygienic and can cause illness in young children. Everyone should be very concerned to learn of this action.”

“The action of the broadcaster seems extremely irresponsible.”

Residents living on the road in question, which has been renamed The Street for TV, were ordered by producers at North One Television, the company responsible for the programme, not to talk about the matter to reporters.

The Conservative leader of Preston Council, Ken Hudson, also weighed in:

“I think we have sufficient problems trying to regulate people to collect dog droppings without artificially manufacturing a programme which causes effluent on the streets.”

Adding that people living on the street had cleared the excrement up themselves, he said:

“The residents know there is not going to be any council services and the thing is it is almost like the Big Society.”

“It shows residents can get on and deal with things for themselves as a community group for the environment in which they live.”

“But there are just too many dogs for such a small area of the city but clearly if there had not been any dog muck there could not have been a programme.”

The programme will be no-one’s idea of ideal tea-time viewing, but it was defended by a BBC spokesman, who said:

“The filming of the dog-walking scene demonstrates in exaggerated form one of the challenges residents would face if street-cleaning services were cut.”

“The residents rose to the challenge and cleaned up the small amount of dog dirt extremely quickly.”

Merry Christmas from everyone at Dream Dogs on this fine Christmas morning. You’ve no doubt opened all of your presents by now and are either delighting in the gifts you’ve received, or are upset at not getting exactly what you wanted.

So, did you get the new DVD from Britain’s Got Talent finalists Tina and Chandi? If you did, that’s great; you can now watch the DVD with your dog and begin to teach your dog new tricks (because old dogs can most definitely learn new tricks).

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