Puppy farms are horrendous places – truly cruel and disgusting – and yet the dog loving public seem to be unaware of the tortures that puppy farmed dogs face.

For the first time ever, dog lovers from around the globe including celebrities, musicians and sports stars will come together for a boutique music festival and dog show. This will take place on 19th September 2010 at Stanmer House, Brighton.
Celebrity vet Marc Abraham is working in conjunction with thepet.net team to educate dog owners about the truth behind puppy farming.
He explains …

The other day, whilst out walking my two nutters, we happened upon a lady and a little girl with their german shepherd puppy (on a guess about 6-8mths old) and a Jack Russell.
As soon as her german shepherd spied my two, he began barking and whining and pulling on the lead to get to them.
We walked straight past as my older boy can be a little funny with dogs who get a bit exuberant and carried on throwing the ball as normal (we always have a ball on us as …

This year, the Surrey County Show will take place on 31st May 2010 at Stoke Park, Guildford, from 9am to 6pm.
The show provides a huge variety of things to see and do at the show, including stunt riders, show jumpers and marching bands.
There are also livestock arenas as well as gundog displays, not forgetting the companion dog show!
There will be around 350 trade stands selling all kinds of weird and wonderful items for you to peruse.
Huxley’s Experience, a well known bird of prey centre will also be there, with a …

When you first get a puppy, one of the main things you learn is that puppies like to mouth and play bite. It is part of their natural behaviour – so what’s the problem? It doesn’t even hurt that much really. So we don’t need to teach them bite inhibition right? WRONG.
As renowned behaviourist Ian Dunbar states ‘teaching bite inhibition is the most important aspect of your puppy’s entire education.’ (Dunbar, 2007-2010) This is supported by another expert in the field, Karen Pryor, who confirms ‘If you teach your …

The first thing any reputable rescue, trainer, behaviourist, vet or indeed any good breeder will tell you when you first bring home your puppy is that socialisation is incredibly important. They need to get used to lots of strange people, dogs and situations…and even ‘scary’ objects such as bikes, hats, large coats and so on.
And being puppies, they tend to absorb everything like a sponge and can learn very quickly that lots of different people, children, adults, grandparents mean more treats and cuddles and aren’t very scary at all. Going …