Last Friday, Kristina Guerrero, founder of TurboPUP, impressed the sharks on ABC’s Shark Tank with the news of her exclusive, national retail deal with PetSmart. The specialty pet store will carry her TurboPUP innovative portable meal bars for dogs in more than 900 PetSmart stores across the U.S. and Canada this year. Guerrero’s big idea […]
Luckily there are more and more animal protection campaigns trying to raise awareness about puppy farming and its effects, presenting it as something that must be fought against. Educating ordinary people about the existence of puppy mills and the damage they cause is really important. But is this information sufficiently complex and detailed enough to present the whole picture?
The AKC Canine Health Foundation (CHF), a nonprofit organization whose mission is to prevent, treat and cure diseases in all dogs, announces that 30 grants have been awarded in 2015 to researchers studying canine disease. These grants, totaling nearly $1.5 million, will continue to build on CHF-funded advances in veterinary medicine and biomedical science, impacting […]
Recognized as the host hotel for the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, New York’s Hotel Pennsylvania is all ready for another successful year of hosting canine hopefuls taking part in the 140th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show taking place on February 15th and 16th, 2016. The World’s Most ‘Pup-ular’ Hotel continues to be the […]
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by Kerry Rushby In the world of showdogs, the anticipation of the Crufts figures are on everyone’s mind early February. The Kennel Club announced that the show has 21,866 dogs making 24,462 entries for this year. Total breed entries can be found here – http://www.fossedata.co.uk/downloads/pdf/CRUFT_MAR_16PDF.pdf It’s an exciting time of year for the sport of […]
Amtrak announced today it has extended and expanded its pets program, allowing customers to continue traveling with their small pets on many eastern corridor trains. Amtrak has also added this service for trips up to 7 hours in length to most long distance trains beginning Tuesday, Feb. 16, and is starting a weekend-only pilot program onAcela […]
Fans at Home Could Win One Million Dollars by Predicting Winners Purina® Pro Plan® has fueled the last nine Westminster Kennel Club Best In Show winners* and knows what it takes to make a champion – do you? On Monday, February 15and Tuesday, February 16 more than 2,800 elite dogs from across the country will gather in New York […]
Almost 22,000 dogs will be heading to the NEC in Birmingham from 10th – 13th March, to compete at Crufts 2016, the 125th anniversary of the show. The Kennel Club figures show that 21,919 dogs will be taking part in breed judging, Gamekeepers’ classes and the Obedience and Agility Championships. The 2016 figure exceeds the […]
The AKC Canine Health Foundation (CHF), a nonprofit organization committed to prevent, treat, and cure diseases in all dogs, is pleased to announce that for the second consecutive year, more than $500,000 has been raised through the American Kennel Club (AKC) Donor Challenge program. The AKC Donor Challenge program matched contributions dollar-for-dollar made to CHF […]
