Posts Tagged ‘dogs’
Anyone that has ever lived in Dublin, or one of the big cities in Ireland, will know that Hallowe’en is a loud experience to say the least. Read the rest of this entry »
Scientists from Edinburgh University, are investigating how diet and exercise influences a Labrador’s susceptibility to illness.
Rather than buying a dog from a pet shop or breeder, many people choose to adopt a dog from a sanctuary.
Sanctuaries are often at stretching point: full of dogs, critically short of money, staff and resources.
Every year people buy dogs as Christmas presents, and just months later animal shelters are filled with the same dogs. Above 10,000 dogs were destroyed in Ireland in 2008. That’s the equivalent of 27 dogs every day.
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Writing in the Independant, Pete Wedderburn author of ‘My Dog Thinks He’s Human’ and ‘My Cat Is Ignoring Me’ gives us 10 reasons pets are the best medicine.
Dogs armed with global positioning systems (GPS) equipment are being used to help monitor rare birds in Scotland.