Insights, tips, and stories to help you better understand and communicate with your dog.
On July 24, 2026, Vet Times reported that veterinary leaders across the UK are calling proposed Competition and Markets Authority regulations a potential source of "chaos" for vet practices and their clients. The specific requirement causing alarm: clinics would be legally obliged to display posters telling owners they can buy the same medications cheaper online.
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The Royal Veterinary College published findings yesterday that will not surprise anyone who has lost a Saint Bernard at six years old, but that are still hard to read in black and white: giant dog breeds die younger, get sick more often, and carry a disproportionate burden of health problems compared to smaller dogs.
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A study published on July 20, 2026 in Royal Society Open Science looked at nearly 1,700 dogs and found that some of them aren't just enthusiastic about their toys. They're fixated in ways that look, behaviourally, a lot like addiction.
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Wet dog food left in a bowl for forty-five minutes on a warm afternoon isn't just unappetising. It's a genuine bacterial risk to your dog.
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Vets are calling it "thermal-induced renal stress," and most dogs showing it look completely fine to their owners.
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Your dog doesn't need more space. According to research covered by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram on July 8, 2026, what actually reduces anxiety in dogs is a yard with more smells, not more square footage.
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On July 6, 2026, a recall was issued for two specific lots of Pedigree High Protein Chopped Chicken & Duck Flavor canned dog food due to potential contamination with metal and plastic fragments.
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A University of Pennsylvania and Guide Dogs for the Blind study published July 1st found that structured, consent-based socialisation up to 20 weeks of age reduces adult fear and reactivity by 62%. Not 6 weeks. Not 12. Twenty.
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The Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association published a warning on June 26, 2026 that a lot of dog owners haven't seen yet, and it's about a drug that's become quietly routine in arthritis treatment.
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North Carolina State University published research on June 24, 2026 in Frontiers in Veterinary Science showing that dogs in cognitive decline take measurably shorter strides with their front limbs, and that this gait change may appear before the behavioural symptoms most owners think to watch for.
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A study published this week found something that will probably annoy a lot of dog owners: stroking your dog lifts your mood, but it doesn't reduce your stress.
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A dog in Massachusetts tested positive for New World Screwworm in mid-June 2026. If you haven't heard of this parasite before, that's not surprising. Most vets practising today have never seen a case. The US declared it eradicated domestically back in 1966, and until a recent outbreak began spreading northward through Mexico and parts of Central America, it was largely considered someone else's problem.
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