Dogs & News

This week (20th Nov 2012) Gumtree announced changes to their 'Pets for sale' category after listening to feedback. Is it enough? What do you think?

Cutest Staffy competition. Win a photoshoot with a famous dog photographer and help give Staffies a better image. All donations go to abandoned Staffies.

Free twitter-based warning system to alert vets and dog owners of cases of canine parvovirus in their area. Check the feed for new parvo cases.

Oldies Club 2013 Desk Calendar is now available. 100% of the sale price of the calendars will go towards helping older dogs to find forever homes.

Dog scared by fireworks? A free audiobook, narrated by actor Simon Callow, hopes to relax the nation's dogs in time for Bonfire Night. Listen to it here.

Blue Cross Big Neutering Campaign aims to make neutering the norm; stamping out irresponsible breeding & raising awareness of the benefits of neutering.

Bid on the Symphonica dog wall signed by George Michael. Compilation of George's dogs and dogs owned by the Symphonica tour. Supports The Mayhew Animal Home.

Jack, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, has been crowned PDSA Pet Fit Club 2012 slimming champ 2012 after shedding nearly one third of his bodyweight.

Dogs Trust has announced the launch of its 2012 Junior Canine Carer competition with a nationwide search for the best photo capturing A Dog's Day.

The RSPCA urgently need your help to finish their new flagship Animal Hospital and Centre that will rescue, rehabilitate and rehome thousands more animals every year.

CARIAD 7 days event starts 15th Sept 2012. The founder will live as a puppy farmed dog for 7 days to highlight puppy farming horrors.

Paul O'Grady: For The Love Of Dogs is a brand new seven part series starting on ITV1 on Mondays from 3rd September 2012 at 8pm.

Owners of dogs dangerously out of control in England and Wales face tougher sentences under new Sentencing Council guidelines.

Seasonal Canine Illness can affect dogs of any size, shape or sex and it causes dogs to become very ill, very quickly after being walked in woodland.

Free UK leading dog app. Includes tips when out and about, locate dog friendly places, dog care advice, share photos and a lost pet alert.

Temperatures easily exceed 40 degrees in parked vehicles. Dogs could and do die within minutes, Dogs Trust new campaign warns.

Due to huge demand, PDSA urgently need to replace three PetAid hospitals that are becoming outdated and struggling to cope.

Clever tricks to delight your dog. Take the Wag n Train challenge. Easy to follow instructions plus photos and videos of some really great tricks.

Planning to visit or run a fun dog show this summer? Get the 'How To' for these unique and very British events courtesy of TV Vet Joe Inglis.

The UK's most heroic canines rubbed shoulders and paws with dog loving celebrities as the winners of the 2012 Dogs Trust Honours were revealed.

The RSPCA and BVA Animal Welfare Foundation have launched a new Puppy Information Pack (PIP) and contract to help educate and protect puppy buyers.

To prevent the number of dogs that end up visiting the vet with chocolate poisoning, Dogs Trust, the UK's largest dog welfare charity, is launching a new Chocs Away! awareness drive.

Be Lungworm Aware month, Luke Gamble and Peter Purves help dog owners spot the causes and symptoms of the potentially fatal lungworm parasite.

D for Dog is now on Pinterest, a virtual pinboard where you organise and share all your favourite things that you find on the web.

Where's Mum? anti-puppy farming campaign. TV Vet Marc Abraham is launching this new campaign to help the British public choose a healthy happy puppy.

The Paw 2 Door scheme is a bid to shorten the waiting lists of animals waiting to come into Wood Green and improve their chances of finding a home.

Paws For Progress UK prison-based dog training programme helps prisoners address their behaviour and increases the dog's chances of being rehomed.

The RSPCA have launched their Born to Suffer campaign which seeks an end to the breeding of dogs based on looks.

What are the best dog books of all time? You told us your favourites and we made a list of the best dog books, as voted by you. Your favourites are...

Don't just scrap or sell your old car. Giveacar organises the donation of unwanted cars to charity. Free collection and any vehicle wanted.