The SPCA is completely overwhelmed with the “unprecedented” (yep, that word is rearing its ugly head again) amount of pit bulls being surrendered in SA.
For those who plan on heading to St Francis Bay this December, and especially those taking their dogs along, there’s a change worth taking note of.
I know it’s cute and guaranteed to score a few extra likes on the ‘Gram, but maybe that’s not the most important thing here.
SA pit bull pet ban. Massive sales for Elon’s perfume. Drunk fans in Qatar will go to ‘special zones’. Scarlett J’s awkward scene with Joaquin Phoenix.
It’s well-known that dogs release tears as an eye-cleaning mechanism, but it is the first time that a study has linked emotion to the release of tears in any non-human animal.
The title of ‘Good Boy’ must be bestowed upon a dog in Durban for chasing four would-be robbers off of its property.
A new study has found that dogs’ sense of smell and sense of vision are closely linked in their brains, which means that they can basically “see” with their noses.
The dogs we love may look freakin’ cute, but under the surface, those characteristics, or the inbreeding needed to create them, make for a host of high-risk health problems.
The 17-year-old Chinese crested-Chihuahua mix was crowned at the contest on Saturday in Petaluma, California.
The UK’s Royal Veterinary College analysed data from more than 30 000 dogs in Britain that died between 2016 and the middle of 2020 and calculated the life expectancy of various breeds at birth.
One report estimated that in the UK, 3,5 million dogs were purchased during the pandemic, bringing the total number of dogs owned to 12,5 million in 2021.
Gerhardt Thiart is making history as the first South African to race in the world’s premier sled dog race.
We love our hounds in this country. Those who train certain breeds to track down crooks are fine-tuning the methods used to get the best results.
Cape dogfight bust. BoJo’s strange song choice. SA terror twins cut a deal. Inside Dresden’s infamous heist. Jimmy Carr Holocaust joke controversy.
Titan is usually just a happy canine passenger. This time, he found himself behind the wheel.
Lisette Lombard’s Jack Russel went missing after a run on Table Mountain this past Saturday and now she is warning everyone that there might be a “syndicate of dog kidnappers operating in the area”.
Six pooches mastered a series of live-streamed experiments known as the Genius Dog Challenge, showing an extraordinary grasp of human language.
Tom Hanks, a trusty dog, and a robot that he built to protect them all team up for a new end of the world movie.
Besides those taking to the skies in private planes, more travellers have also started taking their pets with them on board.
Losing your ball to the slobbery clutches of a dog is one of the many hazards of garden cricket, but you don’t expect it to happen during an official T20 match.
A new study out of Germany suggests that dogs understand human intent, which is a far bigger step forward than you may realise.
ESPN, which is used to showing muscular bodies doing sporty things, instead showed the wobble-butts on a couple of corgis who were competing in the annual Corgi Races.
A very tired foster family made a hilarious adoption website for Hank, a dog who is “54 pounds of pure, unadulterated, kinetic energy with eyes like the ocean”.
Wasabi the Pekingese won Best in Show at the Westminster Dog Show on Sunday, except critics on Twitter have a few bones to pick.
During the trial, which took place in Paris, the hounds were able to detect the presence of the virus with 97% accuracy, and correctly identify negative samples 91% of the time.
Bunny the “Sheepadoodle/ Existentialist”, famous on TikTok and Instagram, is known for talking by pressing buttons that correlate with words. Recently, she’s been asking some hard-hitting questions.
Got a tissue nearby? You’ll need it after watching this heartwarming video of a rescue Staffie saving her Pomeranian friend from drowning in a pool.
Inspired by the grief of losing her childhood pet, documentary filmmaker Elizabeth Lo decided to tell the story of three stray dogs.
An incredibly disturbing home surveillance video shows the moment that Lady Gaga’s dog walker was attacked and shot, and two of her French bulldogs stolen.
For the first time in four years, dogs have returned to the White House, with one making history as the first shelter dog to call it home.