It’s holiday season and there’s nothing better than putting your dog in the car, with some friends, toys and Eskies and heading to the beach, mountains or -insert your favourite holiday place here-. But! NRMA says some 5,000 dogs are injured in car accidents every year so please be safe! Here’s an article from the…
Unlike some, I don’t particularly like running. I wish I did. It’s a convenient and inexpensive form of outdoor exercise that works both your muscles and your lungs, you can do it pretty much anywhere and often, like in Bondi, with a beautiful view.
Nguyen Tien Tung is just the sort of man you’d expect to run a Hanoi slaughterhouse: wiry, frenetic and filthy, his white T-shirt collaged with bloodstains, his jean shorts loose around taut, scratched-up legs, his feet squelching in plastic sandals. Hunched over his metal stall, between two hanging carcasses and an oversized tobacco pipe, the 42-year-old is …
For 13 years, the garden hose has been my dog’s favourite thing. There’s a tiny squeak when I turn on the tap, a sound he can hear through multiple closed doors. He could hear it from suburbs away. His ears swivel and he comes running, insisting that intermediate doors be opened. He stands on his…
Forty thousand years ago in Europe our ancestors formed a crucial and lasting alliance that enabled us to finish off our evolutionary cousins, the Neanderthals. Dogs are humanity’s oldest friends, renowned for their loyalty and abilities to guard, hunt and chase. But modern humans may owe even more to them than we previously realised. We…
Washington: Just when you were hoping there were no new ways for people to be racist, it turns out many may be racist against dogs – black dogs. Black Dog Syndrome is the name shelter workers have given to the tendency of dark-furred pups to languish in kennels while their lighter-furred brethren get adopted. “The effect is…
Cats and dogs could be replaced with the robotic kind in households worldwide by 2025, an Australian university professor predicts. Dr Jean-Loup Rault from the University of Melbourne says growth in the world’s population will make real animals available only for the super-rich. The future, he says, may lie in chips and circuits that mimic our…
SYDNEY: The Bondi Trattoria (or ‘The Tratt” as locals call it) is a local institution in Bondi and one of our (and Ruby’s) favourites! The food is fresh and delicious, with a varied menu that ensures there’s always something to suit your appetite and occasion. Located at the southern end of Bondi Beach, the views…
[wpdevart_youtube]LB8dD9c5AgA[/wpdevart_youtube] While this is an advertisement from the UK (for mobile company O2) the message about being “more dog” to have a happier life is spot on! This is one of our favourites – enjoy! And get out there and BE MORE DOG! Because life is AMAZING!
When a relationship ends, the division of assets begins. But who gets to keep the dog? Peter Munro reports for SMH on the increasingly common – and sometimes messy – custody disputes involving pets. They never fought nor raised their voices, even when dividing “ours” into “yours” and “mine”. They found a quietly sad way…
Scientists have found that dogs and owners experience surges in oxytocin, a hormone responsible for maternal caring, when they look into each other’s eyes a rush of hormone that helps people bond could explain why humans and dogs have been best friends for thousands of years, say researchers in Japan.
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