An good reason why it is important that your dog keeps you in his sights on walks:
Source: bbc.news.co.uk
A five-year-old dachshund is recovering after surviving six days trapped in a badger sett.
Lucy was out with her owners at Burley in the New Forest, Hampshire, when she went to explore the sett and disappeared 8ft (2.4m) down.
Her owners [...]

A dog from Shropshire has been crowned the world’s oldest canine, which his owners have put down to a “wholesome diet of Sunday dinners and vegetables”.
Otto Jones, a Dachshund terrier cross from Reabrook, Shrewsbury, is 20 years and eight months old.
He has been recognised as the oldest living dog by Guinness World Records and despite [...]

If you have considered it but haven’t yet adopted an older dog, I would personally recommend you do - so long as you can afford/budget for the  possible vet bills that might come along more frequently with these lovely golden oldies.  However, it is worth remembering some dogs homes pay for the veterinary treatment of their elderly re-homed dogs.
The 19th September 2009 saw [...]

A dog that gave birth to five puppies became the target of newspaper interest when she was mistaken for a human.
An announcement in the births section of The Times newspaper said Kate Pong had had “beautiful” quintuplets called Beyonce, Tyra, Bobbi, Barrack and Earl.
Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/shropshire/8241869.stm
Source: BBC website

Try to keep the same tone of voice when you give a command to your dog.  The tone of your voice is as important as the command word itself.
Keep in mind that your tone needs to be consistent in order to get a reliable response from the dog. Change the tone of your voice and [...]

Click on to Many Tear’s dog rescue site blow to find out about the RSPCA’s policy on euthanising dogs with a bolt gun! It’ll only take five minutes to read and sign a petition to protest this disgusting policy - but those five minutes will help thousands of dogs. 
www.freewebs.com/manytearsrescue/rspca.htm

Sourced: Daily Mail, 13th September 2009 
Let’s hope Kerry Katona remembers that dogs are for life, and not just for birthday presents.
The shamed reality star was given a cute puppy by husband Mark Croft for her 29th birthday last week and was spotted taking it for a walk on Friday.
But the mother-of-four would do well to keep the mutt [...]

Sultan, mum’s 16 and a half year old Tervuren Belgian Shepherd dog, pictured on this website, was sadly put to sleep today (Tuesday 28th July 2009).
With a ‘celebrity’ for a mum and sister, who both, consecutively, played Wellard in Eastenders, Sultan chose a very quiet, peaceful life. He was one of life’s lucky dogs who was walked twice a day, [...]

Thanks to all of you who braved the weather to turn up at this year’s South West Equine Protection (SWEP) dog show on Sunday 26th July.
There were lots of pretty, handsome, ‘good condition’ dogs with waggy tails, that I wanted to take home with me, but unfortunately only one dog could win per class, making [...]

Dogs communicate what they want and don’t want in different ways. 
One way they communicate with each other if they want to be left in peace, is by growling or snapping. Because dogs think we can understand them, this is how some dogs, sometimes communicate to us that they want to be left alone.
Unfortunately when this occurs the said dog normally gets labeled aggressive, even [...]