Leading pet food manufacturer, Burgess Pet Care, has expanded its successful Burgess Excel product range for small animals with the addition of Mature Guinea Pig Nuggets with Cranberry & Mint, which has been specially formulated for guinea pigs aged four and above. Research from the University of Liverpool, supported by Burgess,...

With Christmas just around the corner, plans will no doubt be in motion for entertaining friends and extended family over the festive period.   While you’re still making those last-minute decorative decisions, and deciding which side of the table Uncle Frank sits, PDSA Vet Nurse Nina Downing shares top tips for...

Christmas is a truly special time of the year to spend with friends, family, and loved ones — and like many pet owners out there, we consider our dogs to be all three. So, what better way to include them in the festivities than making them their very own...

A man from South Shields has been sentenced after failing to seek vet treatment for his pet cat’s injured and infected eye. Saleh Ali of Coquet Avenue, South Shields, was sentenced at South Tyneside Magistrates' Court on November 12. In May this year, Inspector Helen Nedley attended Mr Ali’s home following...

Cat owners are being urged to keep Christmas snow globes well away from their pets as the liquid inside them can cause kidney failure and death. Cats Protection says cats are naturally attracted to any decorative and shiny object but the merest crack in a snow globe will allow ethylene...

From Wednesday 18 – Sunday 22 December, ten Kennel Club dog agility competitions, including The Kennel Club Agility Stakes and qualifiers for Crufts 2025, will take place at this year’s London International Horse Show, at London ExCeL. The Kennel Club Agility Stakes Finals, held in association with Skinner’s, are among the...

Why Christmas can be a dangerous time of the year for delivery and postal workers with dog attacks on the rise as Royal Mail direct mail campaign to UK households advises dog owners to install safety gates on their front doors. Horsham- based The Dog G8 Company, the inventers of...

New statistics released by The Kennel Club shows that dogs being treated for eating toxic chocolate soars in December and January, compared to the rest of the year. The sweet treat can be deadly for dogs and, as such, the organisation is urging pet owners to be vigilant this festive...

The team at Dogs Trust Merseyside are celebrating after a deaf dog who waited three years for a home to call her own, is spending Christmas with her new family.  Five-year-old American Bulldog, Skye, arrived at the Huyton-based rehoming centre in August 2021 after her owners could no longer care...

A dog lover has topped ten years of volunteering at Dogs Trust Manchester having walked thousands of miles with four-legged friends, cleaned hundreds of kennels and washed thousands of towels and dog beds.  Michelle Woolhead, who lives in Glossop, joined the team at the Denton rehoming centre within weeks of...