Posts in Dog News

Here is an amazing story of survival from the Sydney Morning Herald website. A little cattle dog named "Sophie Tucker" fell off a baot and swam five nautical miles to survive four months before being reunited with its owners. We do love a good news story!

Here is a sad story form The Australian newspaper. A woman's poor liitle maltese terrier was eaten by a python! ------------------------------ By Rebekah Cavanagh "A PYTHON has devoured a Northern Territory woman's 5.8kg pet dog, including the collar and name tag. Patty Buntine's three-year-old maltese terrier-cross Bindi disappeared from her Katherine home last week. Ms Buntine said she was worried when Bindi failed to show up for her routine breakfast.

Another reminder that animals like children should not be left in cars. A guy from the West Midlands left his Red Setter named Trueman in the car for two hours and the poor dog died from heatstroke. He has only been banned from keeping a dog for a year! What's up with that, he should have gotten longer than that!

Cesar will be touring Australia in June and the you can register now for an exclusive pre-sale opportunity. Here is the link to the official tour website. Get in quick, his shows sell out all over America.

"Stump", a sussex spaniel came out of retirement to win the 133rd Annual Westminster Kennel Club Best In Show, becoming the oldest as well as the first sussex spaniel to win the award.

I have to say that I agree somewhat with the RSPCA Britain on this one. According to the Daily Mail website, the RSPCA in Britain has threatened legal action against pet owners who "overdress" their dogs.

After arresting nearly 1000 people last year, the Victoria Police Dog Squad is on the look out for more adult German Shepherds to help continue their fight against crime.

Whats it all coming to, British drug company Acura Pharma has bought the rights to two pills. The first being a Prozac-type pill that is meant to lesson the aggression shown by some dogs and and another acts on OCD, which can lead to excessive paw-licking, tailchasing and barking.

From Cesar Millan's website. For more tips and information visit www.cesarmillaninc.com it's a great site. I think its kinda like "The Nanny"...for dogs and their owners! The tips are more for the North American market but the majority of them a relevant to all countries.

Here is a interesting story from the Science Daily website which asses an experiment around the ease in which a cat in a family can adjust to having a puppy introduced. No real surprises here but its always good to have assumptions validated with science.