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Shock collars have been a controversial part of pet behavioural training for a while now, with animal welfare groups campaigning against them as a heavy handed and barbaric way to discipline unruly animals which could easily be replaced by better training methods. Now, the Welsh Assembly has voted in favour of a complete ban of [...]

If you’ve ever had to take a pet abroad, you will know the amount of effort which has to go into planning your trip in order to satisfy quarantine requirements. Since pet passports were introduced along with microchipping, travel within the EU is much simpler as long as you still plan ahead to a certain [...]

As I mentioned in my most recent post, the UK Government wished to introduce a law making it mandatory for all dog owners  to pay for third-party liability insurance for their pets. This was supposedly to help with the damage caused by illegal breeds of dog on other people and the costs of dealing with [...]

The UK government is one of those funny institutions. If you’ve ever seen Father Ted, you’ll know what I mean when I compare it to Father Jack – the old guy, covered in his own filth, who every so often pipes up to come out with some inflammatory comment before slipping back into his stupefied [...]

Dogs have a sense of humour. We all know it – there is just something about them. So it should come as no surprise that when a couple from Scotland who owned a dog decided to get tickets for a dog training show, the hound would inevitably find a way to work against them!
The dog, [...]