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‘The dog ate it’ is a well known excuse for a great many things, usually offered by schoolboys as to the reason they haven’t completed their homework. However, sometimes the dog actually has eaten it, and when the ‘it’ in question is a pair of tickets to a dog training show, you have to wonder about the real intelligence of some dogs.

Mike and Morag Evans, a couple from East Lothian, in Scotland, had purchased tickets for a show in Nottingham from Cesar Millan; his ‘Dog Whisperer’ tour. The show covers many aspects of dog training, something that the couple’s dog ‘Islay’ wasn’t too keen on experiencing.

The dog whisperer tickets cost £40, but that didn’t stop the couple’s Labrador from setting about them in a blatant attempt to avoid the show altogether. Mike was concerned that because the tickets had been badly chewed up, including damage to the barcode, that they would be refused entry. Something which didn’t seem to concern Islay.

When Mike contacted the Nottingham Arena they [read more]

If your dog could wish you a happy Valentine’s Day, then no doubt he or she would but to your dog, today is no different than any other day and he loves you just as much as every other day.

A dog has been called ‘man’s best friend’ in the western world for what seems like forever – although of course it also means ‘woman’s best friend’. There are hundreds of millions of dogs across the world and they perform roles including the traditional herding, hunting and protection but also modern roles such as helping the handicapped.

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This TV advert for Kibbles n Bits dog food shows a dancing Basset intent on enjoying better dog food. Basset’s are full of character, which makes them ideal for TV commercials.

Of course, this Basset isn’t the [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]

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]

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]

In response to recent reports that Robbie Williams is going grey, Robbie got his dogs to help him decide what colour would best suit him if he dyes his hair.

The 35 year old ex-Take That singer placed three of his dogs on top of his head backwards as though they were wigs to see what suited him. Robbie writes [read more]

To keep your dog happy and exercised on cold and wet days play an indoors game that will keep them mentally alert. [read more]