Ben Fogle

Battersea Dogs & Cats Home is offering a walk in the park with a top Hollywood movie star, an international supermodel, or a stroll with a chart-topping singer with an incredible eBay auction www.collarsandcoats.org.uk/ebay offering bidders the money can’t buy experience of going on a dog walk with some of the UK’s biggest names from stage, screen, and catwalk.

"Is it wrong to mourn a dog?" was the question I was asked onto the Tony Livesey show on Radio 5 Live to discuss yesterday. Of course my answer to that question is, "No."

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