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Recent K9 Magazine media coverage:
News Hounds by Ryan O’Meara | Dog News
Newshounds: The Wackiest Dog Stories from Around The World: Amazon ..
BBC – Nottingham – Features – One man’s doggy empire
Listen to our interview with Ryan O’Meara > … Two years later he launched K9 Magazine, Britain’s first ever lifestyle magazine for modern dog lovers. …
Ryan O’Meara – LinkedIn
Ryan O’Meara. K9 Media Ltd. Nottingham, United Kingdom … 2001 – Launched K9 Magazine, Britain’s first ever lifestyle magazine for modern dog lovers. ..
Elevator Pitch: Dogsblog does internet cute – with a purpose …
6 Jun 2008 … K9 Media employs ten people and was founded by Ryan O’Meara in 1999. … of DogsBlog.com and K9 Magazine yearly for the next five years. .
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Sue Marchant of BBC Radio Cambridgeshire interviews Ryan O’Meara of K9 Magazine, 24th July 2009, regarding the plight of Bruce, BSL and Dangerous Dogs Act ..
It’s Me or the Dog – Features – 5 Top Tips for Owners of Nervous …
8 Dec 2008 … K9 Editor in Chief – Ryan O’Meara … This article was reproduced from K9 Magazine, the lifestyle magazine for dog lovers which is available .
WalesOnline – News – Wales News – Pet laws in spotlight after …
But Ryan O’Meara, editor of K9 Magazine, said what was needed was “education rather than legislation”. The professional dog trainer is heading a campaign to …
Is it time for a new law on dangerous dogs? – News – Manchester …
2 Aug 2007 … Dog behaviour expert Ryan O’Meara warned of the dangers of leaving any breed … O’Meara, who is also editor of K9 Magazine, says no dog is
BBC – BBC Radio 2 Programmes – Chris Evans, 10/08/2009
10 Aug 2009 … Top Dog of K9 Magazine Ryan O’Meara said it’s true our mutts can run rings around our little ‘uns but they are so clever they can also …
Articles written by K9 Magazine’s Ryan O’Meara….
Dog fighting douchebag Michael Vick has got a new home. The Philadelphia Eagles have confirmed the signing of sicko-Vicko on a two-year deal. Way to go Eagles! Why stop there though? Rewarding Vick should be …
A personal, self-indulgent post today about some of the dog breeds that don’t get enough love from the public. I’m talking about the breeds who are the canine equivalent of Cinderella, they have so much …
In the past few years drugs companies, TV shows and book publishers have all made moves into a rapidly emerging area of the British dog ownership market. All are keen to tap into a growing …
Channel 4’s alternative broadcasting outlet, More4 is home to some genuinely brilliant shows such as Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Daily Show, The West Wing, The Sopranos and some incredible documentaries. It also has its fair …
Well, not much fanfare as the book has been on sale for a few weeks now and I forgot to launch it. Oh sure I happily blogged about someone else’s book launch and spent several …
In the week that niche broadcaster More 4 announced it would screen Crufts in a ‘new style’, head of the British Veterinary Association Nicky Paull said: “We welcome More 4’s commitment to screening Crufts as …
The comments coming from around the world on the desperate plight of Bruce, a dog condemned to die by the law for no other reason that the way he looks, have brought shame to the …
For those of you – like me – who like to casually thumb through your copy of K9 Magazine page by page rather than read each word on every page in a start to finish, …
Today, something different.
7 open ended questions that I’d be happy for anyone to tackle. They are aimed, primarily at those involved in the breeding or ‘regulation’ of breeding of dogs. Let’s go….
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Mars is relaunching its Pedigree dog food brand in a staggering £7m marketing blitz. The firm claimed the relaunch is designed at increasing “consumer trust” in the brand. The campaign tags the …
Yet again, DEFRA have weasled out of an opportunity for them to come forward and explain to the British public why we still have the most ineffective dog law, in the form of 1991’s Dangerous …
Following the BBC 3 programme aired last night ‘My Dog is My Weapon’ the issue of status dogs and ‘danger’ dogs has again been brought to public attention. But isn’t it about time we tried …
OK, so he decided not to adopt a rescue dog. Even the dog’s breeder has conceded it’s not a rescue dog, despite some poorly executed spin which amounts to nothing more than a contrived attempt …
With more and more ‘designer’ or hybrid dogs making the headlines featuring the likes of Puggles, Golden Doodles, Cockerpoos, Pome-Pekes and other elaborately titled canine crosses, it prompted us to wonder, exactly how did we …
There’s a lot of talk about recently about whether vets are ‘fleecing’ their trusting, loyal customers aka you and me, ordinary dog owners.
An ITV programme this week left many in little doubt, vets are profiting …
Stan Rawlinson, the man who refers to himself as ‘Doglistener’ amongst several other (not always male) identities, has been caught up in yet another row about his self created ‘credentials’.
Rawlinson, well known to K9 Magazine …
How do we stop puppy farming in the UK?
An interesting topic for discussion. I fear we (I’m talking about we as in us, the media) have possibly skirted the heart of the issue on this …
Yesterday we ran a piece telling how dog owner Glynis Walker had reacted angrily to hearing that no action would be taken against the police and kennels involved in the “care” of her pet dog …
It seems not a month, or even a week, goes by without an incident involving a child and a dog. These encounters tend to provoke a backlash from well meaning people who labour …
In a revealing interview with dog newspaper Dog World, Caroline Kisko of the Kennel Club answered questions in relation to the hard-hitting independent report on pedigree dog health.
In an amazing set of responses, sure to …
Following the fourth fatal dog attack in the UK in the past four years debate has raged about what we can do to reduce the incidence of serious or fatal collisions between canine and human.
It …
…I can think of a few sure-fire gold medal contenders from the dog world.
Last year, via this blog, a little spat erupted between myself and the dog newspaper Our Dogs.
You can read all about it …
The Kennel Club has today released its annual registration figures.
Volumes are fairly static – 271,719 puppies registered in 2008 (at £12 per pup, that’s £3,260,628 in revenue – nice work if you can get it!)
The …
2008 was a tumultuous year in the organised world of dogdom.
The year began with dogs in the headlines as the fallout erupted following the late December death of tragic dog attack victim Archie – Lee …
I sometimes get accused of sensationalism and ‘going over the top’ in some of the blog posts I make here.
See, for example, the recent ‘Is the Kennel Club an Underground Cult?’ post I made. I …
Normally I wouldn’t need to ask such a bizarre question. But having just read the annual address from Kennel Club chairman Ronnie Irving I feel compelled to re-examine whether the Kennel Club is a simple, …
It’s just for fun. No expensive premium rate phone numbers and no prizes other than the self satisfaction of knowing that you’ve been paying attention. To make it even easier, the answer to every question …
As we have called for on these pages for several months now, the BBC has made the correct call. It is pleasing to see the biggest public service broadcaster taking to heart the feelings of …
According to some new research by scientists, they do.
Personally, I don’t believe they do and I’ll explain more about that in a moment. But first let us look at the new research done in the …
Imagine it.
Any day now, this is the headline you could be reading.
Of course, the alternative headline: The BBC Will Not Continue to Broadcast Crufts is also a possibility – as it stands the BBC is …
Ryan O’Meara is the managing director and founder of K9 Media Ltd and editor-in-chief/publisher of K9 Magazine.
Ryan began his career with animals at the age of 16 working as a dog training apprentice in Derbyshire under the tutelage of one of the UK’s most well-known kennel owners.
In 1994 he was given the opportunity to become a professional dog trainer under the employment of one of the world’s most successful and decorated canine experts. It was during this period that Ryan was given the chance to work with over a thousand dogs over the course of 5 eventful years where numerous accolades were achieved including becoming one of the youngest handlers of all-time to qualify for and compete in the British Spaniel Championships.
In 1999 Ryan established the company he now runs which is responsible for the UK’s first dog lifestyle publication, K9 Magazine as well as a network of more than 35 pet related media brands which have established a global audience of more than 6.3m pet lovers. Along with his role as K9 Media’s managing director, Ryan is also the editor-in-chief of K9 Magazine.
In 2006 Ryan became a behavioural assessor on the BBC THREE show ‘Dog Borstal’ as well as being commissioned to author his first book ‘Dogology’, published by Quarto Publishing.
When not writing about, commenting on or working with dogs Ryan enjoys spending time at home with his own two dogs, Mia and Chloe as well as following his two other passions, Wolverhampton Wanderers FC and old-fashioned rock music.