11-stone dog from Derby breaks record
An 11-stone bullmastiff dog from Derby has become the fattest pet to enter an animal charity's fit club.
Assistance dog saves life of her partner
An assistance dog has saved the life of her Staffordshire partner after she pressed an emergency Lifeline button without being told to.
Dogs 'ripped out claws' in fear of fireworks
Dogs in a Birmingham pet home have ripped out their claws in fear of the recent fireworks.
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Dogs worth £9000 stolen from kennels in Lincolnshire
Police are appealing for information after puppies were stolen from kennels at Brant Broughton.
This incident took place sometime between 10pm last night and 4am this morning.
These are the stolen animals:
- Four Poodle puppies
- Two Mal-shi puppies
- Two Cockapoo puppies
- One Bichon Frise puppy
- One Chiwawa bitch and four puppies
- One chocolate Pomeranian bitch
Melon-sized tumour found in Jack Russell
Vets were stunned when they found a melon-sized tumour inside a small dog in Leicester.
Jessie, a nine-year-old Jack Russell underwent surgery after the growth caused her abdomen to swell.
The dog's owner, Mandy Cracknell, 44, took Jessie into the vets where she had an ultrasound scan and X-rays which revealed a non-cancerous tumour.
The tumour weighed more than 20% of the dog's weight at 1.6kg. The vet who performed the operation to remove the growth from the dog's ovaries said he was surprised to find a tumour so big in such a small dog, though he added he had removed tumours as big as basketballs previously in larger dogs.
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Puppy is Britain's youngest to get new hips
A cocker spaniel puppy has become the youngest dog in Britain to have a total hip replacement.
Stanley suffered from a rare bone disease which left him in excrutiating pain. But now that he has got a new hip he is back to full health and looking for a new home. Victoria Davies reports.
Puppy battles with reporter's microphone
The youngest dog to undergo a full hip operation in the UK is now 10-months-old and fully recovered.
Here he is steadfastly refusing to heed our reporter Victoria's requests to let go of part of her microphone.
"Stanley is the funniest dog"
Ray Dedicoat owns the Hollymees Animal Rescue Trust. That is where Stanley is now staying.
He describes what Stanley is like, now, after his operation.
Stanley plays after his hip replacement operation
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UK's youngest dog to undergo a hip replacement is looking for a new home
Stanley the 10-month-old cocker spaniel puppy is the youngest known dog to undergo a full hip replacement in the UK.
Vet Stephanie Tickale, based in Birmingham, found when he was aged just 5 and a half months old that he was suffering from a rare condition which meant his hip joints were slowly disintegrating, leaving him unable to walk and in a tremendous amount of pain.
Stanley underwent the successful operation and now is free from pain and not on any medication.
The puppy is also looking for a new home as his previous owners had to give him up due to a change in circumstances.
Ray Dedicoat from Hollytrees Animal Rescue Trust where Stanley is living described him as "the funniest dog we have had in, in a long time" he added that Stanley has an unusual habit of trying to sit on people's shoulders.
Anyone who wishes to offer Stanley a home should contact Hollytrees Animal Rescue Trust.
Puppy is Britain's youngest to undergo hip operation
At just fine and a half months old, Stanley a cocker spaniel from Birmingham is the youngest puppy to undergo a full hip replacement.
When his owners noticed he was limping they took him to Maypole Veterinary Clinic where vet Stephanie Tickale advised he had an x-ray.
The vet discovered Stanley had Legg-Calve-Perthes disease. A rare degenerative disorder which causes hip joints to disintegrate.
Usually a hip replacement would not be carried out until a puppy is fully grown but as vet Stephanie Tickale explains, Stanley was in too much pain to wait.
Millie, an assistance dog, at work with her partner
Millie saved the life of her partner by pressing an emergency Lifeline button when Paul became unconscious.
She is also trained to help him around the house with tasks like taking his shoes and socks off.
Paul McKenzie describes how Millie saved his life
Millie, Paul's assistance dog, saved his life after she pushed the emergency Lifeline button in his flat when he fell unconscious.
She is trained to help Paul around the house with small jobs and to push the button on command but when Paul fell unconscious she worked out she needed to raise the alarm and get help.
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