Pet Owners

What are the Nation’s Ideal Dog Traits?

A survey by FRONTLINE® Spot On Flea and Tick Protection, shows that UK pet owners buck trend and go ‘barking mad’ for more traditional British dog breeds. The celebrity ‘handbag’ dog trend appears to be a thing of the past according to a new survey of 2,000 UK dog owners, with…

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NOAH Launches its 2015 Pet Health Campaign, the Happy Healthy Pets Project

The National Office of Animal Health (NOAH) is setting out to create the biggest ever picture of UK pet health as part of its ‘I Heart My Pet’ 2015 campaign. The ‘Happy Healthy Pets Project’ is part of NOAH’s ongoing I Heart My Pet campaign and will launch next week…

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SuperDogs Live at the London Pet Show Is Looking For the UKs Most Talented Canines!

The search has began for the UK’s most talented, heroic and entertaining dogs to enter SuperDogs Live, a competition with winners participating in a spectacular show hosted by Channel 4’s Supervet Noel Fitzpatrick at the London Pet Show, sponsored by Gocompare.com, on 9-10 May at ExCeL London. Pet owners are…

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Charities and Public Unite to Re-Home Ex-Commercial Laying Hens

Over 230 plucky hens experienced sunshine for the first time this week, thanks to a remarkable partnership between Wood Green, The Animals Charity, and the British Hen Welfare Trust. Hen lovers from across the UK had responded to a rehoming appeal from the charities and were ready and waiting to…

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Four-Legged Friends Needed For Charity Sponsored Walk

Midlands children’s charity, Acorns Children’s Hospice, is calling on not only the humans but dogs too, to put their best paw forward as it announces the return of its furry fundraising event. The Acorns Dog Walk will see hundreds of fundraising pooches and their owners descend on Sutton Park, in Sutton…

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Rare ragdoll cat leaving charity £1,000 in the red and counting..

  Yorkshire Cat Rescue has been left with a four-figure vet bill after the charity stepped in to care for a beautiful Ragdoll cat that had previously been used for breeding and then suffered a dangerous infection of the womb. The five-year old breeding queen was relinquished to Yorkshire Cat…

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Benefits of Pets to Older People Celebrated at House of Lords

The way in which pets bring support to the lives of older people was celebrated at the National Office of Animal Health (NOAH)’s Pet Event last week at the House of Lords. But the event also highlighted some changes and improvements needed to allow this relationship to thrive, to the…

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Buyagift.com’s ‘Pet Elfie’ Competition Winner Revealed

Buyagift.com are making sure that aren’t the only ones getting on the Christmas jumper band wagon; our pets are getting in on the action too! Buyagift.com have long since known that one of their customers’ greatest loves is their pets and also taking pictures of them, so following on from the success of…

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National Christmas Jumper Day for Canine Companions Too!

  Today is National Christmas Jumper Day and who said this doesn’t include the nation’s furry friends? Definitely not, Wood Green, The Animals Charity, who are urging animal-lovers to showcase their Christmas jumper triumphs and fails (the less tasteful the better) alongside their pets, and donate just £5 to help…

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Have Yourself a Doggy Kind of Christmas

Here’s a seasonal story story to warm the cockles of your heart, which also shows just how much we count dog’s as part of the family here in the UK and that includes the family’s festivities too. Claire’s Comfy Canines, Doggy Day Care, Spa and Shop based in Burnham, Berkshire, held…

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