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We have almost finished with our planning for our new courses. As from the end of the term (Easter) our new courses will start running. The actual start dates, fees and course content will be announced in the next two weeks. In addition to Puppy classes and agility our courses will be: Beginner’s Obedience Intermediate Obedience (equal [...]

Best in show, that most coveted of all honors at the famed Westminster dog show, went to … how should we describe it? A fallen cloud? A hair ball? A pug stuck inside a pom pom? Let’s just call it what it is: a Pekingese named Malachy. The 4-year-old champion at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog [...]

Do you wonder if your dog could be a sheep herder? Lynda Montignies  took her Rotties to Sarah Gee to try a paw at sheep herding   Your dog initially works around a pen of sheep with you in the pen moving the sheep around. Sarah then assess the dog and will brief you as [...]

By MELISSA FAY GREENE Published: February 2, 2012   In May 1999, Donnie Kanter Winokur, 43, a writer and multimedia producer, and her husband, Rabbi Harvey Winokur, 49, beheld the son of their dreams, the child infertility denied them. Andrey, a pale dark-eyed 1-year-old in a cotton onesie, held in a standing position by a [...]

  Kyle Dyer (Right) was bitten shortly after petting Max, an Argentine mastiff who was rescued from an icy river in Dever, Colo. (KUSA-TV) DENVER – A television anchor who was bitten in the face by an 85-pound Argentine Mastiff during a live broadcast was released from a hospital on Thursday.  Kyle Dyer of KUSA-TV was [...]

No one at the Ohio chapter of The Nature Conservancy enjoys going to meetings more than Annie. Once, she was even disciplined for attending a meeting to which she was not invited. Mary Altaffer, AP In this photo, Sally, a 4-year old beagle sits on Jamie Silverman’s lap as she works with Jared Shechtman at [...]

We will be restructuring our entire obedience side to better accommodate the changing needs of our members. After the Easter weekend, our current obedience programme will fall away to be replaced by new courses. The duration of each course will most likely be similar to a school term i.e. 8 – 10 weeks. (Don’t panic if [...]

  Animal Rescue Organisation We are in urgent need of collars for animals that are admitted to the hospital, very often they arrive with ropes or wire as make shift collars – please help us to help them and donate a collar today. For further information contact 021 396 5511 or jessica@animalrescue.org.za  Thank you so [...]

Canine bodies are designed to keep moving   By Joan Klucha, Special to North Shore News February 5, 2012 10:03 AM     WHENEVER I talk about the importance of exercising a dog I always feel like it is a redundant conversation. I mean, who doesn’t know that providing exercise for your dog is one [...]

  Cesar Millan, the self-proclaimed “Dog Whisperer” of reality-TV fame, has a bone to pick with American dog owners. People who insist on treating dogs like spoiled children don’t do their pets — or themselves — any favors, according to the star of Dog Whisperer With Cesar Millan. The show, which premiered in 2004 on [...]

Beware of fraudulent scams and indiscriminate puppy farmers  The sale of puppies advertised on internet websites, has increased dramatically over the recent past. The relative anonymity that certain websites offer, is unfortunately being exploited by opportunists,  who use these websites to dupe the public into paying money into a bank account for puppies that are [...]

The Rottweiler that attacked a two-year-old girl on a Clifton beach last month has been put down. Neil Arendse, the city’s law enforcement spokesman, said the dog “D” was put down at a private vet chosen by its owner, James Lech, at 3pm on Wednesday. Lech runs a dog training and rehabilitation centre in Camps [...]

7 years old neutered male lost in Malmesbury 1/2/2012. Friendly and ball crazy. Liver with a bit of white on chest.  R1500 Reward Contact Joline van Zyl  021 807 8700 Cell: 082 372 5318 joline.vanzyl@meadowcape.co.za

THE owner of the dog that mauled a two-year-old girl on Clifton beach last month has decided to have the animal “privately euthanased” rather than city officials having to put the dog down. “I can state… that I am labouring under severe personal anguish. I understand the pain of the little girl, her family and [...]

When we share our lives with pets, we know going into it that we will only have them a short time. Most dogs’ life span is 12 to 14 years. Sometimes cats live into their late teens. We can count ourselves lucky if we are able to have our pets around for longer than that. [...]

By Gina Spadafori www.vetstreet.com What compels people get a dog only to keep it isolated outside, away from the family? I have often wondered this as I walk my dogs down streets lined with fences behind which lonely outdoor dogs bark as we go by. I don’t know what they look like and can only [...]

Research to help dogs recover from spinal cord injuries could help humans, too. (Courtesy Jonathan Levine/Texas A&M University)    By KATIE MOISSE (@katiemoisse) Jan. 27, 2012  An experimental drug being tested in dogs with spinal cord injuries could one day help humans, too. In a study funded by the U.S. Department of Defense, researchers are [...]

January 27 2012 at 01:24pm By SIBUSISO NKOMO   INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS Camps Bay Dog Whisperer James Lech with his rottweiler. Photo: Jennifer Bruce   Related Stories TV’s dog whisperer denies link to ‘shaman’ Camps Bay “Dog Whisperer” James Lech has been instructed to remove “misleading, untruthful and deceitful” information from his website linking him to [...]

            Dear Dog Lover We want to let you know what’s in store for Crufts 2012! The Kennel Club is proud to welcome visitors from all over the world at Crufts so we have arranged a lounge especially for visitors like you, click here for more information. We hope you can [...]

  A musher with his dogs arrives at the end of a stage of the Sedivackuv Long dog sled race near the village of Destne v Orlickych horach, Czech Republic, on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. Photo: Petr David Josek / AP A musher with his dogs arrives at the end of a stage of the… [...]

Turns out, humans aren’t the only ones who need to drop a few pounds “I was in denial,” said Lindsay Massengale, whose dog, Kona, gained 20 pounds when she switched his dog food. “Now when I look at pictures of him [before he slimmed down] I can see it,” she said. (Pat Greenhouse / Globe [...]

  By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK | Wed Jan 25, 2012 4:09pm EST NEW YORK (Reuters) – Six new breeds of dogs, including Mexico’s hairless Xoloitzcuintli, the Finnish Lapphund and the Norwegian Lundehund, will be competing in the 2012 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show next month. They will join other newcomers, the Cesky Terrier, the [...]

By Anne Divine Leavenworth Times Posted Jan 25, 2012 @ 07:30 AM Leavenworth — My discussion of the pros and mostly cons of keeping a pet dog outdoors exclusively comes with a caveat.  I stipulate that my thoughts do not apply to every dog’s circumstances.There are farm dogs whose greatest joy is being with their [...]

We are planning a major overhaul of our obedience classes for the second term. (This will not affect our Beginner’s Obedience, Puppy and Agility Classes.) After 17 years of following the same format, we feel we need to move with the times and relook at how we structure our classes and what we actually teach. [...]

The British Kennel Club has released a short film, narrated by Clare Balding, which focuses on the main issues that affect dog health and welfare, including hereditary diseases, issues created by breeding dogs for the way that they look, breeding with a closed gene pool, and the problem of cruel puppy farms which breed dogs [...]

  We are looking for people to assist in our puppy classes.  Mail info@capeprovincedogclub.co.za for more info.

BUYING A PUPPY?  BEWARE   One of the saddest things in private practice is witnessing the joy and delight of a new puppy turn to sorrow when, a few days after its purchase; it succumbs to a horrible disease like parvo virus or distemper. What makes it especially sad is that these diseases are preventable [...]

January 19 2012 at 01:40pm   NONTANDO MPOSO Staff Reporter THE OWNER of the Rottweiler that attacked a two-year-old girl at Clifton boasted on his website last week that he has spent time with animal behaviourist Cesar Millan. But Millan, the star of the National Geographic show The Dog Whisperer and who counts Oprah Winfrey [...]

Charlene Schaper, left, and Marie Mansfield encourage canine Audrey Gillies through an agility course during the Winter Canine Fitness Camp held Jan. 16-20 at Middlehope Veterinary Hospital and Pet N Play Resort in Newburgh.JEFF GOULDING/Times Herald-Record     NEWBURGH — Poor diet and lack of exercise contribute to more than half of all dogs and [...]

Jan 17, 2012 Bearded Wiseman <:section> James Lech, the dog whispering shaman, and so-called “dog behavioural specialist,” appears to be a wolf in sheep’s clothing. His pilot television series never made it to air, and a number of incidents of animal abuse have begun to emerge – all painting a dismal picture of the man. [...]

Amanda De Wet’s Flat Coated Retriever Angel died tragically after being bitten by a Cape Cobra. She asked that we spread the information in the link below as it seems that the vet who treated her dog made the mistake of adminstering anti- venom before putting Angel on a ventilator. Snake Bite Information

  NONTANDO MPOSO Staff Reporter THE OWNER of the Rottweiler that mauled a two-year-old toddler on Clifton’s First Beach on Wednesday is a self-styled “dog whisperer”. James Lech, of Camps Bay, owns a dog weight loss and rehabilitation clinic and claims on his website to be “a gifted and well-renowned dog behavioural specialist”. But the [...]

The City of Cape Town is investigating a dog behavioural specialist after his Rottweiler attacked a toddler on a Clifton beach earlier this week, according to the Cape Times. The City’s Specialised Law Enforcement Services is looking into James Lech, who describes himself on his website as the “Dog Shaman” and “number one” in his [...]

  A two-year-old girl has had emergency surgery after being attacked by a Rottweiler at one of Cape Town’s most popular beaches. What started as a fun day at Clifton’s First Beach for Meeka Riley and her aunt, Liska October, turned into a terrifying ordeal when one of three unleashed Rottweilers roaming the beach attacked [...]

Puppy classes have continued throughout the holidays but for “big” dogs we will be reopening on Saturday 14 January. Our first Beginner’s course of the year starts on 21 January at 3pm. All club fees are payable before you attend classes. The membership fees are: R250 per school term or part thereof  (Senior Citizens pay half) [...]