The Blog For Dogs

A woman left heartbroken by the tragic death of her French bulldog who died in her arms having eating the poisonous sago palm house plant has issued a warning to pet owners.  Kate Wagner, from Wisconsin, says her ‘sweet baby’ Lily ate the toxic leaves from the plant before she was rushed to an emergency […]

When out for a walk, there’s nothing better than coming across a cute dog. But what happens when a cute dog crosses paths with another cute dog – and they realise they know each other? We can confirm that it results in the sweetest of moments. This happened recently to Cockapoos Monty and Rosie, who had been […]

A pack of dogs that trained to protect wildlife have already saved 45 rhinos from poachers in South Africa. The dogs, who range from a beagle to bloodhound, began training from birth and learnt how to handle all the pressures of real operations before working at 18 months-old. Sean Viljoen, who is based in Cape […]

A man who smashed a stranger’s car window to save a puppy has been told his actions were lawful. The unnamed rescuer told police officers he would break into the vehicle if they didn’t act after noticing the ‘distressed’ animal. So when he returned to an unchanged scene in the centre of Swindon, Wiltshire, he […]

Please do have a watch of this video by Beverley Cuddy, you don’t need to have Facebook to watch, it’s embedded into the post!

A FAMILY are “over the moon” after their missing pet dogs were found. Maya and Rye were discovered not far from their home in Coombes Road, Lancing, from where they “suddenly disappeared” seven weeks ago. Dragana Standing, 49, said her children were delighted and she thanked The Argus for help in the campaign to trace […]

A UK trial to see whether specialist medical sniffer dogs can detect coronavirus in humans is set to begin. The dogs are already trained to detect odours of certain cancers, malaria and Parkinson’s disease by the charity Medical Detection Dogs. The first phase of the trial will be led by the London School of Hygiene […]

The RSPCA has received around 1,600 reports of abandoned animals since the start of lockdown – averaging around 40 a day. And since the country went into lockdown on March 23, the RSPCA has received reports of 815 abandoned dogs. Staffies are the most likely to be abandoned with 15% of calls relating to the […]

Dog restrictions come into force on 12 of Cornwall’s beaches on Friday. They are beaches which have Blue Flag Status or Seaside Awards. Under new public space protection orders (PSPOs) agreed by Cornwall Council earlier this year dogs will not be allowed on the following beaches from 10:00 until 18:00 until 30 September: Carbis Bay […]

You want to stay up all night gaming, then sleep in until lunch. You don’t want to listen to your parents or do what you’re told. Adults keep nagging you but no-one understands you. It turns out your dog might. It could be going through the same thing. A study from a team of UK universities suggests […]

Thieves broke into the kennels at JustDogz in Upwell, near Downham Market, in the early hours of the morning. They stole cocker spaniels and cockerpoos and none of the puppies – worth more than £1,000 each – were old enough to leave their mothers.  Two men broke into the back of the building on New […]

A greedy puppy sent alarms ringing after swallowing a Chinese meditation ball which contained a bell. Nyxie the Labrador was rushed to the vets after her owners heard a muffled jangling sound coming from her when she bounded into the room. Stunned vets in Bletchingley, Surrey, were forced to carry out a two-hour procedure to […]

Youths who have had their collars felt are taking the lead in a pet project to train dogs. Well behaved teenage lags are learning new skills so they can teach bad dogs how to behave. The young offenders get the troublesome mutts to control their impulses and walk on a loose lead. The pooches also […]

Crufts is often associated with pampered poodles and well-trained terriers as dog owners compete to prove their pets are best in class. But one dog has taken this year’s event by storm for all the wrong reasons, and it’s not the first time he’s done it. Rescue dog Kratu has previous at the iconic dog […]

The following dogs are featured in the DogLost column in the current issue of The Countryman’s Weekly. For further details on each dog, enter the 6 digit DogLost ID in the search box on the website: https://www.doglost.co.uk/

Despite living in a caravan at the rescue during lockdown, Wayne is still accepting animals with no place to go. During the last 48 hours, out of the many animals taken in, there were two meerkats, many Siberian foxes, a Saluki and several birds. All these extra animals need feeding. If you believe you can help […]

The distraught owners of a dog which went missing from its Glasgow home at the weekend have been reunited with their beloved pet after it was found more than 60 miles away in a Fife village. Sylvia and Billy O’Neill had led a frantic search for Marley, the couple’s nine-year-old long haired Jack Russell, after […]

UPDATE: Boris was found in the horse shelter (which had been searched numerous times). Also he is not hungry so we made him to hot to handle. Boris is a male puppy, a black Labrador Retriever. Each of Boris feet have distinctive tiny white marks on the heels! Boris was STOLEN from his home in […]

As the saying almost goes: A dog is for life, not just for coronavirus. That’s the message coming from The Kennel Club, one of the UK’s biggest dog welfare organisations. It’s warning people the lockdown is not a time for impulse buying animals without considering their future.  The organisation says searches for puppies on their […]

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A distraught dog owner has been reunited with her beloved gundog after he was found trapped in a sinkhole two days after disappearing. Twenty-seven-year old Megan Moody was left devastated after her five-year-old working gundog Ralph disappeared while out walking in Swaledale in the Yorkshire Dales earlier this year. “My parents and I took the […]