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Taking a puppy out is one of the activities that new pet owners are most excited for! Walkies are not only fun but also improve dog-owner relationships and are an essential part of puppies’ socialisation period. So what…

If you keep up to speed with the news you may have heard of the metaldehyde slug pellet ban, introduced at the end of March 2022. To gardeners, this might cause some alarm, after all, slugs are troublesome pests that del…

We’ve had a very interesting question raised recently: does it matter what a dog’s name is? At first glance, you can be forgiven for thinking there is an obvious answer: ‘no!’. But then we got thinking and realised that…

Taking on a rescue cat is a wonderful thing to do. Providing a forever home is hugely rewarding for both the cat and the owner. Rescue cats can have very different needs to kittens, though, so being prepared to take some…

Tail docking is the amputation of all or part of an animal’s tail. But a dog’s tail is an integral part of their body, so why on earth would we do it? Well, it turns out that this practice is steeped in history, supersti…

Palliative care can be a controversial topic, even in human health; however, in a survey conducted in 2019 by Public Opinion, on behalf of Centre to Advanced Palliative Care (CAPC), more than eight in ten consumers state…