NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rather than spending Valentine's Day with their partner, one-fifth of adults would prefer to be with their pet, although the French still came top for romance, according to a joint global poll by Reuters/Ipsos. The survey of 2...

Over this weekend I have completed the migration of www.IrishDogs.ie from my old hosting provider to a new host with Blacknight Internet Solutions. Basically, register365 was my hosting provider for over seven years, but in recent months their servic...

Welcome to the new look for www.IrishDogs.ie which is in the process of undergoing a major facelift and redesign. This is currently at the Beta 1 stage and is due to go live by the end of January 2010. Major redesign features include a completely new...

Why use a crate: When used properly and not abused, crates are the fastest and most humane method of housebreaking dogs. Dogs are den animals that will instinctively seek out a small, cozy place to rest for shelter and security. Crates act on a dog's...

Keeping your dog’s coat healthy and clean is a very important to maintaining a healthy and happy dog. The largest organ on your dog’s body is his skin and hair. Keeping your dogs' coat in good health is paramount, after, of course, letting your d...

If choosing dog is such a straight forward process, and it is, how come so many puppies find their way into adoption centres every year? Well one reason is that people choose the wrong dog breed. Don't let your puppy become a statistic. Make it your...

Experts disagree on the exact number, but estimate there are more than 300 breeds of dogs. Each is valued by someone or by a group of people. In fact, they exist because they were bred to have characteristics that make them well suited for specific ...

So you have a female pedigree dog with papers, you want to make some extra cash, so you think you'll go ahead and mate her with a stud so she'll breed and have some puppies. Not so easy! Proper breeding needs time, education, experience and of course...

How many times have I hear fellow dog owners say, “I hate it when he barks non stop… or he utterly embarrassed me when he mounts people’s leg”. Dog owners usually have no problems to fill in tons of their dog behavioral problems into the abo...

Without agility, the most muscular person in the world couldn't win a fight against a fifth-grader. But did you know that for a dog agility is possibly even more important?With so many of a dog's happiest moments spent running, jumping, catching, an...

Aggression behaviour in a dog is a normal form of canine communication similar to human frustration or anger. Like human, aggressive behaviour occurs in every dog. The different lie in the level of aggression shown in them, and this is where dog br...

Domesticated dogs of every breed are fast following in the footsteps of their masters. The incidence of dog obesity is much higher among dogs owned by overweight people than those owned by healthy dog owners just as soft and easy living has made dog...

"Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring--it was peace." - Milan Kundera The idea of wearing jew...