Have you ever wondered how purebred dog breeders plan and have litters? Responsible breeders stick to proven dog breeding practices to produce the best companion dogs for future families. Their puppies are treated as part of the family, and many…
Stacy Squires / StuffGeoff Bowers has lost a business in the canine industry but is pursuing another.Geoff Bowers lost around $900,000 of his own money and left over $1 million in debt in the collapse of his Christchurch kennel business.…
Dogs at the Kenya Society for the Protection and Care of Animals (KSPCA) in Bamburi, Mombasa County. [Kelvin Karani, Standard] The dog trade is slowly gaining popularity. I have received many inquiries about dog breeds, breeding and business income. So…
Preserving and improving the genetic diversity of dog breeds is set to be explored at an upcoming virtual educational conference. Scheduled for February 15-16, Embark Veterinary's Canine Health Summit will feature presentations, panel discussions and interactive sessions presented by various…
DOG breeding is considered by many to be unethical and irresponsible, but like any profession, some people have great intentions, others have bad ones. There are plenty of dogs in shelters and shelters in Sabah and breeding dogs means that…
The Chronicle Mashudu Netsianda, Senior ReporterSINCE time immemorial, dogs have been known to be man's best friend. Naturally, human beings fall in love with dogs for different reasons, based on their varied skills and characteristics. Some of these pets are…
Sled dogs have well-known roots in human prehistory. A 12,500-year-old tool found at an arctic site hints at its possible use on sleds. And archaeological research at a well-known site on the island of Zhokov in the Siberian Sea has…
Tattom / iStock Humans and dogs share a long, intertwined history; we've been breeding our best floofy buds for thousands of years. All this tinkering with dog DNA has led to a plethora of diverse pooches, from the Great Dane…
The Old English Sheepdog is facing extinction, the Kennel Club warned today.Bosses of the organisation, set up in 1873 and which runs the National Purebred Dog Registry in the UK, said just 98 puppy registrations for the dog - popularly…
In the first edition of On the Origin of Species, Charles Darwin mentions dogs 54 times. He does this mainly because the extraordinary variation between dog breeds wonderfully illustrates the power of selection. For most of the approximately 15,000 years…
Like commercial poultry farming, dog farming has been seen by experts as a sustainable business with the potential to create job opportunities for the unemployed. Dog breeding, according to some veterinarians, is becoming increasingly rewarding due to the growing insecurity…
I look forward to the birth of a German Shepherd litter in California. My own GSD, Zoey, passed away last March, and I've been patiently (well, maybe not all patiently!) while waiting for a new puppy. My pup's father, Dante,…
For years, dog breeders have worked outside the law. They raise foreign dogs in filthy conditions, mate brother to sister, father to daughter, bring hundreds of sickly puppies into the world with questionable temperaments, sell them to people who buy…
Anais, the daughter of Noel Gallagher, has written to an Oasis-inspired kennel in Finland asking them to stop breeding purebred dogs. Anaïs, the 14-year-old daughter of Noel and his ex-wife Meg Matthews, has joined People for the Ethical Treatment of…