All news on the topic: Dogs

Paul O'Grady suffered his fair share of animal heartbreaks over the years, but it never stopped him from opening up his heart and home to more dogs in need of love

Away from the spotlight and cameras, comedian and actor Paul O'Grady shared his home with a menagerie of pets - including many rescue dogs, lovable pigs and alpacas

A terrier-type dog whose coat hadn't been 'cut for months' has undergone a dramatic transformation after an inspection from RSPCA workers who gave him a 'full shave'

The couple thought they'd bought a white German Shepherd dog, but after doing a DNA test, realised that her lineage was a lot more varied than they'd anticipated

A dad heard growling before seeing his dog biting into his two-year-old girl's face at around 1.30pm local time (2.30am GMT) in Osborne, Port Adelaide, Australia - and immediately surrendered the hound later that day

Three-year-old Kenzo is six feet tall when he stands on his hind legs, and weighs a whopping 85 kilos - the average weight of a fully grown man

Six-year-old Pointer Pip is described as a playful pooch who loves charging around after toys and cuddles but RSPCA staff have struggled to find her a new forever home

A clip filmed at Pollok Country in Glasgow by a passer-by shows a dog attacking Highland cows, biting the tail and legs of one of them, before being called back by its owner

Yasmine Haezaert's French bulldog, Havoc, vanished from her home in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, US, on January 13, while her mother was looking after him

Veterinary expert Dr Sean McCormack is advising pet owners to wash their dog's food bowl every single day, as it can cause potentially harmful bacteria to spread among humans

One in ten tenants are currently hiding an animal from their landlord, and a quarter have done so in the past - with cats and dogs the most common

In this week's Pet Club, Freddie the three-legged pooch is back playing ball with a prosthetic paw, a bus driver welcomed a runaway sheep on board and Bugsy the lost cat reappeared seven years later

A mum claims she's been 'duped' into adopting a pit bull when she thought it was a Labrador Rottweiler mix, and has come to the 'devastating' decision she'll have to rehome the 10-week-old puppy

Owner Selby, from Cincinnati, Ohio, couldn't help but laugh when her naughty labrador was kicked out of doggy day care after just 20 minutes - but hopes he won't be so adventurous at his next placement

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES. Rebekka Bolline said three-year-old daughter Emily was delighted when the family adopted a rescue puppy but within 24 hours the new pet savagely attacked the child

A woman who claims her neighbour repeatedly let her dog make its mess in her garden eventually decided enough was enough, and handed her back a bag of poo in person, telling her 'that belongs to you'

A woman fears her relationship is at risk unless she can come to a compromise with her husband over the pet dog she no longer wants to welcome inside their home

A mum who'd only nipped out of the house for an hour returned to find her two cheeky labradors had ripped apart her £500 sofa, leaving piles of duck feathers everywhere

Darren Pritchard has appeared at Dudley Magistrates' Court after being charged with two counts of having two dogs dangerously out of control. Pensioner Lucille Downer was killed in April 2021

Officers Liam Vernon and Luke Howie stopped on the A689 when they saw a man swinging a bag around his head which he then dumped in his car, inside which they found six tiny puppies

A swarm of Africanised honey bees attacked two dogs and a group of people in Texas, US, on Thursday morning. The "highly unusual" mauling left a pet owner completely devastated

Surrey County Council has been trialling 'poo bag trees' in a bid to reduce rubbish in the past year, but some residents were not that happy and criticised the move

The two pitbull type dogs are believed to have got in through a hole in the fence and attacked Lucille Downer in her own garden

Kristin Potter died after she was mauled to death by two Great Danes as her young son ran for help in Centre Township, Pennsylvania, US

RSPCA officers in Merseyside say the dog had clear wounds showing attempts to remove her microchip when her body was discovered at Bidston Hill in Wirral