Breed History- The dog is a descendant of the extinct French water dog. The French used it as a circus dog because of its intelligence. (more…)
Breed History – A working gun dog that is incredibly popular in its home country, the American Water Spaniel is slowly gaining recognition internationally. They are excellent at flushing and capturing game birds, and can even hunt fish if required. (more…)
A man from Birmingham has been charged with a 3 month jail sentence after RSPCA officers and police raided his home on the 24th February this year. Officers found two pittbull’s and one bull terrier in the back yard of his home that had obviously been trained for fighting purposes.
Chief inspector Ian Briggs from the RSPCA said “Mohammed Nasir is the latest dog fighter to find out that the courts take offences of this nature extremely seriously and that anyone caught can face time behind bars.” (more…)
Breed History – A very recent breed of dog, the Utonagan was created in 1987 from interbreeding a number of different species, including a German Sheppard, Siberian Husky and Alaskan Malamute, with the intention to create a dog that physically resembled a wolf. (more…)
Breed History – A working dog that is used as a scent hound, the Alpine Dachsbracke shares a similar heritage with its more famous cousin, the Dachshund. The breed originally comes from Austria, a country where it is still very popular, and has been used to hunt down a wide variety of animals – many of which are two or three times its size. (more…)
Breed History – The Akita is a large breed of dog of Japanese origin. It is one of the most ancient breeds of dog, and its ancestry can be traced back hundreds of years. The number of Akitas severely diminished during the Second World War because the Japanese used them as food and their fur used in clothing. However, numbers soon started to grow after the war ended and American servicemen started to take the dog back to the states with them… (more…)
A police dog from Derbyshire police force has been given an award for 9 years of long service. During his service Tommy the springer spaniel was used as a detection dog in some 700 firearms and drug searches.
Tommy’s career started when he was just a year old and within just four weeks he was out in the field. Within minutes on his first job Tommy had found cannabis stashed in a vacuum cleaner and in a freezer.
At that moment Tommy’s handler PC Phillips said: “I knew straight away he was going to be a good dog.
The spaniel’s ability to nose out evidence has helped Derbyshire police put many criminals behind bars. (more…)
