• Congratulations to Pup Aid anti puppy farming campaign for getting today’s milestone Parliamentary debate on puppy farming.  This huge [...]

  Parliamentary Debate on Puppy Farming, Ban Sales of Puppies and Kittens, Pup Aid

  September 4, 2014
• Since the Dangerous Dogs Act was hastily rushed through in 1991 after a seeming increase in dog attacks it has been heavily criticised.  In the [...]

  Dangerous Dogs Act, dog breeding regulations,a Dog Charter?

  April 30, 2013
•  We all know TV can work wonders for good causes and many great documentaries have highlighted animal cruelty, the stray dog problem and much [...]

  Keith Lemon ITV show LemonAid and the Pug Puppy

  April 29, 2012
• Crufts 2012 introduced for the first time independent vet checks for 15 high profile breeds.  Because several failed, a huge amount of criticism [...]

  Do We Need an Alternative to the Canine Alliance?

  March 31, 2012

• The last three years have been one of criticism and turmoil for the world of pedigree dogs and in particular,  for the Kennel Club.  Arguments [...]

  Crufts, The Kennel Club and a Way Forward?

  March 18, 2012
• The Crufts 2012 Best in Show is a Lhasa Apso, Champion Zentarr Elizabeth. In a year of huge controversy after the introduction of vet checks for [...]

  Crufts 2012 winner,Best in Show, Lhasa Apso, a life in prison

  March 17, 2012
• Although I have seen many arguments and controversies over years of visiting Crufts, this year will stick in my mind for ever.  The introduction [...]

  Crufts 2012, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

  March 12, 2012
•  In 2008, the world of breeding and showing dogs was rocked by a documentary called Pedigree Dogs Exposed.  For the first time, film of dogs [...]

  Pedigree Dogs Exposed 2 – the unacceptable face of Pure Bred Dogs

  February 28, 2012