Book Club: Why I’m so Fascinated by the Canine Mind
For 14 years I had a beautiful white Cockapoo named Connor, a loyal friend and fur kid who kept me company through the day as I worked and never let me out of his sight. I viewed our life together…
Dog Book Club
Dog book reviews, author interviews & exclusive book extracts. We get our hands on all the latest dog books & we read them & speak to their authors so you can decide if you’d like to read them too.
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What 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 I mean. It seems like there isn’t a year that passes where we don’t learn something new about…
Teach Your Dog To Wipe Their Feet In 3 Easy Steps
If you want to teach your dog to wipe their feet before coming into the house, the good news is that it is very simple for you and your dog to learn how. Frustrated by mucky paw prints all over…
What’s It Like To Train Dogs For Harry Potter?
My name is Julie Tottman. I have been training animals for the movie industry for almost 30 years. I have worked on many productions a few to mention Harry Potter, Spectre, Mary Poppins, Paddington, Patrick, Chernobyl, Game of Thrones and…
Arthur – 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, to be super fit, to be able to climb, bike, trek in the toughest of competitive conditions, the…
Book Club: ‘My Rescue Dog Has Helped Me Overcome Life’s Hurdles’
Every morning when I wake up I can’t believe how lucky I am to have Buddy in my life. Since the day I found him back in April 2009 he’s been my best friend, and although I rescued him, in…
Book Club: ‘Everyone Is Guaranteed at Least Two Great Dogs in a Lifetime’
Dogs and stories are wound tightly through my life. And though they did not exactly save it they have made it infinitely richer, and – I think – made me a better person than I would have been without them,…
Book Club: Jack and Billy Puppy Tales
Dogs have been a huge part of my life since my childhood. I didn’t want to do anything except work with dogs when I left school and I was lucky enough to persuade my parents and school career officers that…
Briards Were the War Dogs of World War I Everyone Wanted: Here’s Why
If you’re like me, you love dogs – your own above all. In my case Eve, a mad little Briard with hair tumbling over her eyes. But why do we bond with dogs so deeply? I suspect it goes deeper than…
Modern 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 it was eliminated in 1902. Two questions were repeatedly asked by Victorians. Are some breeds more susceptible to…
Thinking 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 the years afterwards that tried to put me off, lower my expectations, suggest I thought of other things.…
What 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 Mia, and a Rotterman called Danny. Inspired by Nicky Stratton’s new book ‘The Haunting of Mount Cod’, which…
If 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 about the Russian dog, Laika who became the first animal to orbit the Earth in 1957, but have…
How 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 crazy. I was a food and travel writer, and not a natural born animal lover. I wished all…
Meet 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 the tale of a dog doing a ‘job’ and thriving in it, leading us to wonder what dogs…
Is 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 rule that if you want a character to be liked or loathed, put a dog in their way…
Why 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 while many adults are still learning how to spot the signs of a puppy farmer, how do you…
Book 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 my beloved Show Champion Sowerhill Sarong of Kingscott. After that I owned two German Shepherds, one of whom…