Ever feel like you’re living with a furry whirlwind? Krissy Bradfield reveals how to reinstate calm dog behaviour. Vicki Miller knows what it’s like to live with an energetic dog. After adopting Bo, her Border Collie-cross, she quickly found that nothing would wear him out. “I exercised Bo for an hour in the morning and […]
Thanks to a $20,000 upgrade from Purina Australia and Woolworths, Frys Park Reserve Dog Park, on the border of Rockdale and Kogarah, officially reopened on Saturday, 27 July after 12 months of hard work. Its upgrade took place after Arncliffe resident, Michelle Doring and Missy, her beloved five-year-old Silky Terrier, won a Purina competition last […]
A new six-part documentary series chronicling the highs and lows of eight Murdoch University Veterinary Science students will run on ABC1 starting Friday, July 26 at 8pm. Vet School follows the year-four and year-five students as they go through the gruelling, difficult and intensive university course in order to pursue their dreams of becoming vets. […]
Looking for a new dog training activity for your active and inquisitive pooch? Tim Falk profiles five new and exciting dog sports. Dock diving Does your pooch love swimming? Is he full of beans and does he love retrieving? If you answered yes to these questions, the sport of dock diving could be for you. […]
It sounds like the perfect job for dog lovers: teaching our four-legged friends to be well-behaved members of society. Laura Greaves finds out what it takes to be a dog trainer. Before he became a professional dog trainer, Melbourne’s Hans van Heesbeen spent 30 years working in the hospitality industry. He says his former career […]
Not sure what to feed your active dog? Krissy Bradfield serves up some doggy diet advice for healthy dog care. As a dog owner, one of the greatest responsibilities you have is choosing what food to put in front of your dog. There are lots of considerations — meals need to be nutritious, palatable, digestible […]
Hundreds of dog lovers from around NSW are expected to march from Hyde Park to Martin Place in Sydney on Saturday, July 13 to voice their NO to breed specific legislation (BSL), which has resulted in hundreds of family pets being killed by lethal injection in Victoria because of their appearance. The Sydney rally has […]
For our new editor’s first photo shoot for Dogs Life magazine, everything was going smoothly until our cheeky ‘Chief Canine Officer’ Rusty arrived in the studio. See below for some of the behind the scenes images from our July/Aug photo shoot!
Forget sitting, shaking hands or rolling over — Tim Falk learns some new and exciting dog tricks that’ll be sure to impress your friends. Riding a skateboard 1. First you need to teach your dog to target a stationary object of your choice, such as a thick book, with his two front feet. “You will […]
If you’ve ever observed your four-legged friends’ behaviour and thought “Huh?” you’re not alone. Danielle Chenery decodes some of this dog behaviour. Howling Dogs can howl for a lot of reasons, but the most common are as a response to similar sounds such as alarms and sirens, to communicate with other dogs, or because of […]
