Staff at the RSPCA couldn’t believe their eyes when Alaskan malamute Trojan arrived in November 2020. It is but the ten-year-old dog’s weight was unlike anything they had seen before: he weighted 101 kilos, roughly the same as a baby elephant. Kennel supervisor Nicola Anthony said, “Poor Trojan was in a terrible way when he arrived here a […]
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Good as Goldie: why senior Staffies make the best pets
Liz Hollis explains why senior Staffies make perfect pets, despite the breed’s fearsome and unfair reputation. She’s 14, a little bit deaf, and let’s be honest, sometimes a tiny bit smelly too – but Goldie the Staffordshire Bull Terrier is the perfect office dog. Goldie spends most of the day in her comfy bed in […]
National Mutt Day: meet the mutts needing a home
As 2 December marks, the RSPCA is highlighting the ones currently in their care – hopeful to find these ‘marvellous a loving home to settle into by Christmas. Charlie Charlie (above) was rescued alongside 44 other dogs after being found living in a run down outbuilding in Ceredigion, in Wales, in January. The five-year-old is […]
Disabled Lurcher pups thrown from car seek home
A pair of three-month-old Lurcher puppies, Wendy and Wilson, are in the care of Dogs Trust after being reportedly thrown from the window of a car on 18 October in London. This is sadly someone abandons a dog by throwing them out of a moving vehicle. As well as being both visually and hearing impaired the […]
Don’t buy flat-faced puppies this Christmas, welfare experts plead
The (BWG) is calling for the public to exercise “caution” when buying a puppy over the Christmas period – and most of all, to “stop and think before buying a flat-faced dog”. BWG was established to work for the welfare of brachycephalic (flat-faced) breeds such as pugs, French bulldogs, Boston terriers and English bulldogs. Its members […]