“Out of the blue, it attacked for no reason”
When a dog attack is reported we will often hear the same old phrases bandied about.
“It came out of the blue”
“It was totally unprovoked”
“We didn’t see it coming”
“It was totally out of character”
Ring any bells? Well let’s try and understand how and why a dog might attack someone.
Dogs […]

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Former Labour party MP, now leader of the Respect party George Galloway has courted controversy by calling for the outright ban of all Staffordshire Bull Terriers.

The politician’s hardline stance has provoked outrage amongst dog lovers and the Kennel Club;
The Kennel Club has condemned the comments of George Galloway MP, who has called for all dogs […]

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The Liverpool Echo is running a campaign to coincide with the controversial dog amnesty to encourage people to contact the authorities if they suspect a neighbour to be keeping an illegal dog.
The campaign, which has been slammed by nearly all animal welfare groups as being a catch all, knee jerk reaction which lets dogs take […]

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A distraught dog owner has explained why she took the heart breaking decision to have her dog put down. It was reported on a website that reunites missing dogs with their owners, a site that had reunited this particular dog with it’s owner in the past, that a seizure was scheduled for the dog and […]

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It appears this modern dont` care throw away society has again stooped to a new low. The increase in the abandonment of animals reported in the media is unacceptable and could have been preventable if measures had been taken in the consultation for the new Animal Welfare bill had seen the RSPCA support a call […]

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Nick Mays is the chief report for Our Dogs newspaper. He tackled the issue of whether the dangerous dogs act was in need of revision in his blog column at the K9 Magazine blog  
FORMER HOME Secretary Kenneth Baker – now Lord Baker of Dorking – the architect of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 and thus originator of […]

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In light of the recent media coverage of another dog attack , this time a wee girl lost her life , Rest easy baby 
More public outcry and more proposals for BSL , its a sad day for all responsible dog owners and where will it end? The DDA of 1991 and the amendments of 1997 […]

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With dangerous dogs and the question of ‘what to do with them?’ in the news at the start of 2007, K9 Magazine would like to pay great thanks to BBC News, Sky News and in particular GMTV for giving the subject the reverance it deserves without feeling the need to jump on the ‘devil dogs’ […]

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by Neil Burton of NDWA 
The terrible incident in St Helens that resulted in the death of Ellie Lawrenson highlights yet again the risk of a dog (any dog) being owned by an irresponible dog owner.
There are several allegations regarding irresponsible behaviour on the part of the dogs owner and of at least two warning letters being sent by the Local […]

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When they get it right on animals (and they often do) we’re the first inline to pat them on the back and pay credit to Britain’s largest selling daily newspaper. But just lately they’ve got it so wrong something needs to be said.
The Sun’s campaign to highlight animal cruelty was noble. They dedicated entire front pages to the issue […]

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