The Blog For Dogs

Jayne Hayes, Founder of DogLost and co-founder of SAMPA said: “I am thrilled that after all the years of campaigning we have finally succeeded in getting a specific crime for ‘Pet Abduction’, which will give the courts access to hand out the appropriate sentencing to work as a deterrent. Well done to Debbie Mathews and […]

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: http://www.doglost.co.uk

A Royal Marine veteran who founded an animal sanctuary in Afghanistan has promised not to leave the country without his staff. Former Commando Paul ‘Pen’ Farthing said his wife tried to escape at Kabul Airport yesterday, but she became ‘crushed’ in the uncontrolled crowd. He has now urged the British Government to help his staff, […]

Doglost is building a new website and needs your help! If you think you have the skills or know anyone who does then let us know via the link at the end. As you may know the doglost website has not changed much in recent years and it’s starting to get a bit long in […]

Doglost has been running a blog at https://blog.doglost.co.uk/ for many years and the existing hosting is starting to creak a bit. As part of plans to modernize Doglost’s technology we need to get the blog moved onto new hosting. We currently don’t have enough volunteer power on the side to get the job done so […]

‘World turned upside down’: therapy dog stolen from boy, five Elvis, Tony and Remy…read the article here… ‘World turned upside down’: therapy dog stolen from boy, five | UK news | The Guardian

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: http://www.doglost.co.uk

EXCLUSIVE: Young Henry Beckett and his four-year-old brother Archie, have been left ‘inconsolable’ since their Cavapoos Marnie and Rockie were taken by callous thieves A little boy left heartbroken after his two puppies were stolen has told his mum: “If they don’t come home, I will cry forever”. Henry Beckett, seven, and his four year […]

The farmers dog is now sending out details of our missing dogs on their packages estimated to be a couple of thousand a month…Thank you to them for featuring our missing dogs.

17-year-old Connor Telford from Dundee had only been in Wales a few hours when the drama happened. A teenage tourist from Scotland turned hero within hours of arriving in Swansea for a holiday. Connor Telford from Dundee had gone to visit to Penllergare Valley Woods yesterday afternoon when a dog that had gone into the lake to […]

Meet the mastermind behind the Facebook group called Drone SAR for Lost Dogs UK which has helped locate thousands of lost pets. Graham Burton from Pontypridd started the group in 2017 after hearing of a lady in Devon who was being asked for £800 per day from a drone pilot to look for her missing […]

Ministers are considering plans for a DNA database for dogs to help tackle a surge in pet thefts. A Whitehall source said there was growing interest in mimicking the National DNA Database, which has revolutionised crime fighting since its introduction in the mid-1990s. The new system would require owners to supply a DNA swab from a pet’s mouth […]

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: http://www.doglost.co.uk

Ten-year-old labradoodle Monty always loved going for hikes up hills and mountains. So when his beloved pet became sick, Carlos Fresco knew that the dog would need one last trek. The pair had visited the Brecon Beacons multiple times over the years, even summiting the three peaks together. It was clearly a favourite spot for […]

Jack is owned by Mark and Nicola Blease and Nicola said: “He was upgraded from missing to stolen on Thursday last week. “He was in our yard last Tuesday morning and he just vanished. We don’t know if anyone has come up to him or if he has managed to get out and someone has […]

There are sadly many lost dogs in Wales who all have families that are incredibly determined to be reunited with their four-legged best friend. One such dog that has caught our attention is Scruffy, the Yorkshire Terrier from Bangor who went missing in Maesgeirchan on 26 June. He was wearing a red collar at the […]

A very adventurous dog has found a rather unique vantage point for barking: a roof. Medical secretary Cari Edwards regularly sees the as-yet-unnamed lurcher, who belongs to a neighbour, hanging out on the top of the homes in Aberdare, Wales. The dog balances neatly on the ridge of the triangular roof, and it’s a total […]

Graham Burton, from South Wales, launched ‘Drone SAR for Lost Dogs UK’ in July 2017 – a volunteer group of over 1,700 drone pilots and more than 1,600 ground searchers who have helped reunite over 2000 lost dogs with their owners. As a keen amateur drone pilot, Graham started the group in his rural area […]

When he was born, Peabody the horse was rejected by his mum because he was too tiny to reach her udder. Now six weeks old, he’s still smaller than most dogs and weighs just 19 pounds. To help him, owner Faith Smith moved him indoors and he now lives a life of luxury alongside her three pooches. […]

(From the Helensburgh Advertiser) A DESPERATE dog owner is pleading for help finding her missing pet after he disappeared during a hill walk in Arrochar. Natalie Crawford lost three-year-old Staffordshire bull terrier cross Gizmo last Thursday, June 17 while climbing Beinn Ime, the highest mountain in the Arrochar Alps. The Paisley woman has been out searching […]

Update from Christine CLODA’S HOME! I had a call from a lovely lady at 5.40 this morning saying she had Cloda at home. Her “Ring” doorbell went off in the early hours then when it went off a second time, she thought she would investigate. Lo and behold, there was Cloda on the drive! This […]