Dog Book Reviews
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703Modern Dog Breeds Were Victorian Inventions
I am a historian of science and medicine who became interested in dogs through studying rabies in Britain in the century before...
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2.2KThinking of Getting a New Dog? Read This First
I decided at about the age of seven that I wanted to be a vet. There were quite a few people in...
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962What Breed of Dog Would Play Your Hero?
I’ve owned six dogs in my life. Two Labradors, Chloe and Jackson, a crafty Cocker Spaniel called Bonnie, two Rottweilers, Chris and...
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1.8KHow to Communicate With Dogs
The recent research from the University of York showing that “baby-talk” improves our bond with dogs didn’t surprise me at all. In...
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4.9K1If You Owned a Dog in Ancient Rome, It Revealed Quite a Lot About You
The pages of history are littered with dogs from all walks of life. Pub quizzers among you will no doubt have heard...
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11.2KWhat the Dog Knows: Understanding How Dogs Perceive the World
At K9 Magazine we're kind of obsessed about what dogs know that we don't yet know they know, if you know what...
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2.3KHow One Dog Opened Her Owner’s Eyes to a Whole New World
Ten years ago, if you’d told me I’d ever write a book about dogs or animal rescue, I’d have said you were...
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4.7KMeet the Labrador Who Helped Us Learn Dogs Could Detect Cancer
We often hear stories about dogs who have changed their owners lives and at K9 Magazine we love a story that tells...
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2.4KIs There a Reason Our Favourite Books, TV Shows & Movies Include a Dog?
Have you ever noticed how often dogs appear in your favourite stories? We have. In movies and TV shows there’s an unwritten...
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4.6KSimple Homemade Christmas Treats Your Dog Will Love
As Christmas approaches, we try to think of ways to show our pets just how much they mean to us involving them...
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4.3KWhy We Need to Teach Children About Puppy Farming to Save Future Dogs
Puppy farming is a subject which has gathered much deserved (and needed) momentum to educate more dog lovers in recent years. But...
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2.0KBook Club: Abandoned Puppy Helped to Heal the Wounds of War
For most of my adult life I’ve owned, trained, bred, shown and loved dogs. At first it was Irish Red Setters, including...
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5.1K1This Dog Saved His Owner’s Life After She Had a Breakdown, Now She’s Sharing Their Story to Honour Their Bond
I first tried to write my memoir Dog Medicine as a novel. As I was writing, I slowly began to realize that...
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2.8KBook Club: Dogs Have Taught Me About More Than Animal Behaviour, They’ve Taught Me About People Too
Very often it is assumed that those who are 'dog mad' as adults must have grown up around animals. But this isn't...
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2.0KBook Club: A Soldier’s Best Friend
I have put my life in a dog’s paws. More than once, I have entrusted life and limb to one of our...
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4.5KArthur – The Story of One Man & His Dog Bonded by Love & Adventure
Swedish athlete Mikael Lindnord grew up to be – above all other things – tough. He trained himself to do without sleep,...
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3.0KBook Club: The Story of Napal, a Dog Who Saved the Life of a Wounded Soldier
When special ops warrior Jason Morgan parachuted into the Central American jungle, he figured this would be no different from countless other...
