When dogs attack

Firstly, dogs rarely bite out of the blue unless it’s a medical condition like a brain tumour or thyroid imbalance. Usually after a fact-finding conversation and observations from a trained profession

Just as our lives have changed dramatically over the past 50 years, so too has the existence of our dogs, says Carolyn Menteith

Q I’m so concerned about my Labrador getting arthritis. Our previous Lab had it and spent the last couple of years of his life taking medication; I think he also experienced a lot of discomfort. Our c

I wasn’t letting a dangerous criminal take my dogs without a fight

Waggy tails from around the county

Why does training slip? Why do the behaviours we thought were good become intermittent and then they fade into a distant memory? This can happen for a number of reasons – the technique we thought we h