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RSPCA advice to keep pets cool

Soaring temperatures can pose huge risks for our pets, wildlife and farm animals, and with forecasters predicting temperatures over 25 degrees and highs of up to 30 degrees across the country this week, many pet owners and animal lovers may be concerned about keeping animals safe during the heatwave.

Episode 234 - Treat Everyone Like a Dog with Karen London

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Released Sat May 1, 2021
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Trainer and behaviourist Karen London discusses her book, Treat Everyone Like a Dog: How a Dog Trainer's World View Can Improve Your Life. We know that positive training methods get the best results from our dogs - could positivity work with our friends and family? Karen says it does.

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Karen London knows positivity works

Being positive works with dogs - could it work with friends and family too?

Karen London says Treat everyone like a dog

Karen London says using positive training methods can improve your life.

Sick dog found splattered in red paint ready to find new home

Lurcher Percy was underweight and diagnosed with parvovirus but pulled through and is now ready for a new start.

A dog found wandering around someone’s garden sick, underweight and splattered in red paint is ready for a fresh start.

RSPCA inspector Mel Fisher was called to Luton in March after a member of the public found the skinny dog wandering around in their garden.

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Percy has been helped by the RSPCA

Lurcher Percy was underweight and diagnosed with parvovirus but pulled through and is now ready for a new start.

Percy before

Lurcher Percy was underweight and diagnosed with parvovirus but pulled through and is now ready for a new start.

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Lurcher Percy was underweight and diagnosed with parvovirus but pulled through and is now ready for a new start.

Percy

Lurcher Percy was underweight and diagnosed with parvovirus but pulled through and is now ready for a new start.

1 in 4 Brits will happily share bathroom with pet, new study shows


One in four Brits will happily share their bathroom with a pet, according to a new study by bathroom tile specialists Topps Tiles.

In the survey of bathroom habits, 25% of participants admitted to sharing their toilet time with an animal friend.

But are we getting too friendly with our pets? We asked dog expert Andrew Jones from Kennelstore to tell us about the pros and cons of letting animals share our bathroom space.

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187 - Muffins Halo and Chorley Fun Dog Show

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