Category: March 2018

The Mighty Texas Dog Walk will tackle a Guinness World Record for the World’s Largest Cake for Dogs with a titanic treat.  Continue reading “Dog organization attempts Guinness World Record for largest dog cake”

“At Amazon, bring-your-dog-to-work day is every day—a long-standing tradition that both Amazonians and their four-legged friends enjoy” the post states.  Continue reading “Amazon’s dog-friendly headquarters is 6,000 pups strong”

In one of the biggest campaigns of its kind in South Africa, a huge reward is being offered for a Port Elizabeth woman’s stolen Australian cattle dog Marco.  Continue reading “R25 000 reward for ‘most-searched-for dog in the world’”

As many as 27,000 dogs will pass through the doors of the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Birmingham between March 8 and Sunday, March 11.  Continue reading “Crufts 2018 in pictures: Best photos of adorable dogs at world’s biggest canine show”

A story will melt your heart, about children welcoming a guide dog in training and showering the Guide Dog Foundation with donations.  Continue reading “Students give warm welcome to Sully, guide dog in training”

3-5 pet suffocation’s get reported every week and 42% of those occur while the owner is in the next room. It only takes about 3 minutes for their oxygen to drop to fatal levels.  Continue reading “Dog suffocates after getting head stuck in bag of tortilla chips”

The Companion Animal Capital Fund is the first state-funded program in the nation to support critical improvement projects at New York shelters.  Continue reading “New York State Companion Animal Capital Fund awards  a total of $5 million dollars to help with renovations, adoptions & more”

Cloning animals is hardly new. The first major success was Dolly the sheep, born in 1996 as the first mammal cloned from an adult cell. In 2005, researchers in South Korea cloned the first dog.  Continue reading “Cloning dogs and cats is not just for celebrities anymore”

The UK has 220 pedigree dog breeds, but the top six – Labrador, French Bulldog, Cocker Spaniel, Pug and English Springer Spaniel and Bulldog – account for more registrations between them than the remaining 214 breeds.  Continue reading “Take a good hard look at this dog breed because it’s going extinct”

In recent years, pugs have become an extremely popular dog breed, with nine out of ten vets reporting an increase in the number of flat-faced dogs being bought in the last three years.  Continue reading “One in three pugs may suffer from  walking problems, study finds”