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Latest press release from Dogs Trust:
 
ANIMAL WELFARE CONFERENCE ATTRACTS RECORD NUMBER OF DELEGATES
The Association of Dogs and Cats Homes Conference (ADCH) has attracted the highest attendance in the conference’s 12 year history.
 

Barbara Sykes has organised For The Love of Dogs to encourage and enable everyone involved with dogs to get together and consider the future for dogs. You can find more details below, and this is a great opportunity for people representing many different areas of the dog world to exchange views.
 

There's a brand new dog podcast for you to listen to, it's called The Dog News Show and the first episode is out now. The show is presented by Debbie Connolly (SafePets UK, Dog Borstal) and Julie Hill (DogCast Radio) - which of course is me!

It's Mother's Day in the UK this Sunday and Dogs Trust are appealing for a new "Mom" for Libby the rough Collie:
 
78 % OF DEVOTED DOGS WILL SEND A MOTHERS DAY CARD THIS YEAR

But what about the Homeless hounds searching for Mutterly love?

Dogs Trust’s response to Pedigree Dogs Exposed – Three Years On
 
28th February 2012
 
Dogs Trust, the UK’s largest dog welfare charity, commends the BBC for further highlighting the health and welfare problems affecting pedigree dogs.
 

Exciting news!

Anything that gets dogs and owners out and about having fun together is great:
 
 
Beneful® Breaks Ground on Second $500,000 Dream Dog Park
 
Local Dog Owner’s Ideas Help Inspire Renovation
 

There are some great schemes around to help children treat dogs properly and approach them in the right way. Here's the latest from Dogs Trust:

Top Barks for Dogs Trust

New Dogs Trust Education Officer brings dog safety knowledge to local schools
 

Sad news from Dogs Trust:
 
A THIRD OF DOGS ARE STICKIES STUCK IN KENNELS
Dogs Trust Merseyside appeals on behalf of its overlooked dogs

Almost a third* of the dogs currently at Dogs Trust Merseyside are classed as ‘sticky’, meaning they have been in kennels for six months or more waiting to find a new home. The rehoming centre is making an appeal on behalf of two of its stickies, Dream & Dinky, to see if they can be ‘unstuck’!

Does your dog (or cat) damage or destroy toys? Well make the best of things, take a photo of the evidence and enter the competition that Ben & Bruce Fogle are running. Here's the information you need:

Bruce and Ben Fogle are delighted to announce the launch of a quirky competition for all dog and cat lovers in a bid to gather new friends for two important charities  - Dogs Trust and Hearing Dogs for Deaf People.

Pet people are being asked to send photos of creatively nibbled, torn, shredded, scratched, chewed, deconstructed or simply destuffed dog and cat toys to www.londonvetclinic.co.uk where they will be judged