This week's podcast starts with a light piece about some recent research which shows that a man is more appealing to women if he is accompanied by a small dog.
After a new outbreak of Parvovirus in the Dublin area, dog owners have been warned to keep their pets up to date with their vaccinations to ensure that they stay safe.
If a dog bites a person, the dog's owner is usually legally liable for damages, and sometimes they may be covered for this by insurance (either pet insurance or home insurance).
This week, a piece in the paper noted that insurance claims for dog bites were on the rise in Ireland.
I was interviewed by Spirit radio recently, and you can listen to the podcast here. We discussed the reason why dogs are not allowed on Blue Flag beaches.
This week, Pete discusses the common summer problem of heatstroke in pets: how can it be prevented, and what to do if your pet is affected. Click on the link below to listen.
This week, I was delighted to be interviewed by Andrea Hayes on East Coast Fm. I have worked with Andrea previously in a television series called Animal A&E.
A new report highlights that pugs are 54 times more likely to suffer from breathing issues compared to other types of dog. The report authors say that Pugs can "no longer be considered typical dogs".
There's an age old debate about which is the ideal pet: a dog or a cat?I wrote a piece about this recently in The Examiner, and the idea was taken up by Newstalk's Pat Kenny Show.
In my home town of Bray, Co Wicklow, a new bridge over a local river has been proposed.
Over 600 pets have been imported into Ireland in recent weeks as companions for refugees from Ukraine. To hear more about the details of how this is being organised, listen to this podcast.
With thanks to Spirit Radio, here's a short podcast outlining the essentials behind the serious issue of chocolate poisoning in dogs.
In this week’s podcast, we discuss puppy farms and online advertising of pets, the risk of dogs being poisoned by chocolate over Easter, and the background to the pets of Ukrainian refugees arri ..
I have written about this topic in today's Irish Examiner, and to hear me discuss the topic in more detail, listen to my weekly East Coast FM podcast by clicking on the play button below.
Ana Isabel, and her dog Teddy, create a regular Youtube podcast looking at different aspects of life with animals. She interviewed me for 40 mins, and you can watch the video here.
My weekly podcast from East Coast FM this week featured the common problems of asthma and chronic bronchitis in cats and dogs.
The Dogs Trust charity has reported a 73% increase in post-Christmas surrender requests for unwanted dogs, with eight requests per day to surrender dogs throughout the month of January 2022.
In news from Hong Kong, hamsters were blamed for the introduction of COVID from overseas. This podcast goes on to discuss the background to how COVID can affect - or not affect - different types of animals.
