What’s your stance on the next Great Debate? Owners of assistance dogs have reportedly been denied the ‘reasonable adjustments’ required by the Equality Act on the grounds that their assistance dog was not trained by a charity under the umbrella of ADUK (Assistance Dogs UK). This leaves dogs trained by charities or organisations outside ADUK at […]
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Keep Freshfields Dogs Dry
Freshfields Animal Rescue, based in Liverpool, is appealing for help as one of their kennels has started to leak. This makes it difficult to give all dogs in their care a warm, cosy and dry place to rest while waiting for their forever home. “The pitch of the current roof is insufficient, water sits on […]
Vet issues warning over viral dog TikTok
Dr. Anna Foreman, s in-house vet, has issued an urgent warning for pet owners as a TikTok trend has gone viral, where pet owners are throwing lemon slices into their dogs’ mouths and filming their reactions. The hashtag #DogVSLemon has amassed 20.1 million combined views on TikTok. In one recent video, which has had over […]
Great Debate: Is it ok to treat dogs as child substitutes?
he term ‘fur baby’ is used by some dog owners every day, but to others it’s a word that makes the skin crawl. More and more dog owners are treating their dogs as if they were children. It certainly means these dogs are given they very best, taken everywhere and showered with love – but […]
Give socks not dogs this Christmas
Mia the Husky stands proudly in front of the newly rebranded Socks Trust welcome desk at the Basildon rehoming centre as Dogs Trust takes a stand against impulse puppy purchasing by changing its name to Socks Trust, encouraging Brits to #GiveSocksNotDogs this Christmas. Championing the most conventional and possibly least returned Christmas present of all […]