All dogs to be insured in proposals on dangerous breeds
The BBC have reported that “Every dog owner in the UK would have to take out insurance against their pet attacking someone under government proposals to tackle dangerous breeds.” Is this a good idea considering that most people recognise that most dog owners in Britain look after their dogs and do not represent a danger to anyone. It is important to tackle the problem where dogs are raised to be vicious and used as a weapon, these same people are not going to give a damn about any legislation and will not insure their dogs, so why penalise everyone else. What is the answer? The answer is not to penalise everyone, penalise the people who are causing the problem.
Read more on the BBC website - Proposed changes to dangerous dog act
A new small animal hospital, probably the best in Europe has opened in Glasgow according to the BBC. This hospital has the leading technology to look after and help loved pets and while treatment is often expensive and may run into thousands of pounds it us usually covered by pet insurance.
Read the BBC news article on the New Small Animal Hospital, or visit the – Small Animal Hospital’s own website.
Chanel, a wire-haired dachshund, died on Friday aged 21 in human years and 147 in “dog years”.
Her owner believes that dogs are God’s angels on earth, sent to look after people and while that may not be completly true I understand how Denice and Karl feel, except I feel that we are here to look after dogs for God and not the other way around! If you get to know and love a pet then you are probably as close to God as you ever will get.
Read more about Chanel on various news websites – BBC Oldest Dog Dies while the Daily Mail reports that Chanel was adopted from a pet rescue when only 6 weeks old.
An excellent book I bought a while ago deals with looking after older dogs.
The Seven Ages of Your Dog
The Seven Ages of Your Dog:
More books by Jan Fennell on Amazon UK Shop (aStore).
It is also available from Amazon.com Book Store – The Seven Ages of Your Dog by Jan Fennell on Amazon aStore
And from Amazon Canada – Seven Ages of Your Dog by Jan Fennell
