Coventry

Just for Pets unveils rebrand as it looks to reengage with pet owners

Specialist pet retailer Just for Pets is putting knowledge and an energised customer experience top of its agenda as it prepares to unveil its refreshed market approach and new visual identity. Signalling the start of a two year, initial £1m, investment strategy − Just for Pets has overhauled its market…

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Council fines for not microchipping a dog vary by 500 percent

The fines issued to pet owners by councils to those who have failed to microchip their dog as legally required vary nationwide, with some councils fining individuals five times as much as in other areas. Ahead of the second anniversary of the compulsory microchipping law, Pets at Home submitted Freedom…

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Hilarious phone-calls to RSPCA released

The RSPCA receives one call every 27 seconds from animal-lovers concerned for a pet or wild animal. When emergency calls come into the RSPCA’s national control centre, specially-trained staff must quickly determine whether RSPCA officers are able to help or whether other advice or agencies are better placed to assist.…

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Just for Pets saved by Pedigree Wholesale

Just for Pets has been bought out of administration by Pedigree Wholesale. In addition to Just for Pets being rescued from administration, the company will maintain employment of nearly 200 staff from its head office and store operations in 18 locations across the country. The predominantly Midlands-based stores announced that…

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A quarter of dog owners don’t pick up after their pets

Around one in four of dog walkers confess they don’t pick up their pet’s faeces, www.animalfriends.co.uk claims. The number was especially high in Gloucester with half of owners admitting that they don’t bother clearing up their mutt’s mess. Despite people being more likely to pick up after their dog, Wrexham has…

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Ceva sponsors veterinary practice CPD meeting

Ceva Animal Health is sponsoring the APBC (Association of Pet Behaviour Counsellors) one-day CPD meeting on ‘Behaviour essentials for veterinary practices: effective strategies to support your canine clients throughout their lifetimes, from pups to pensioners’. Taking place on Wednesday 25 October at the Holiday Inn in Coventry, the informative meeting will…

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Fish4Dogs sponsors conference

Fish4Dogs will be the primary sponsor for the 2017 Canine Behaviour and Training Society (TCBTS) Conference, in Coventry, this October. Entitled, The Dog’s Nose Knows, the theme of the event will centre around dogs’ heightened sense of smell. It will ask how this can be used in general training and…

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Laughing Dog celebrates 80 years in business

Boston based company, Laughing Dog has been marking a very important occasion – its 80th birthday. Established in 1936, the dog food company oven bakes its entire range of dry dog food at its family-run farm in Lincolnshire. Originally formed in Dunchurch, Coventry, the well-loved brand joined Fold Hill Foods family…

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Delegates gather for this year’s BETA Conference

‘The Bottom Line’ was the theme of this year’s British Equestrian Trade Association Conference, held for the first time at the Woodland Grange Hotel, near Coventry, on Monday 7 November. Delegates from across the UK gathered to network with colleagues and listen to advice and handy tips from a panel…

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Cat gets head stuck in empty can

Former stray cat, Felix from Bedworth, has been rescued by the PDSA after trapping his head in an empty can of Whiskas. Owner, Sam Wellbank, believes the catastrophe took place when Felix searched a neighbour’s recycling bins. Sam said: “We picked him up but he was very stressed and trying to claw us.…

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