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TV's Debbie Connolly and radio's Julie Hill discuss what's going on right now in the world of dogs in the UK, USA and internationally. A weekly discussion show that keeps you up to date and gives you vital insight into topical dog stories. If it's dog related Debbie and Julie have opinions on it, and they're not afraid to share them - from dangerous dogs to heart-warming rescue stories and everything in between.
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The Dog News Show brings an alarming special report of a dog set on fire by police when being seized from his home. The #tysonslaw campaign by Rockys Army seeks to stop this ever happening again. Tyson was seized by police from his home with only the minor daughter present. Tyson became agitated, was put in the garden, got back in and police used a…
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It's been another busy week in the dog world, and to make sure you're up to date listen to The Dog News Show's latest podcast in which TV's Debbie Connolly and radio's Julie Hill discuss the latest stories. All dissected and served up with a healthy portion of honesty and generously garnished with humour. The first story is the sad tale of Tia, the…
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The relaunch of The Dog News Show is a special episode about the tragic arson fire at Manchester and Cheshire Dogs Home. This horror, apparently committed by a 15 year old boy has captured the attention of the UK. Currently standing at almost £2 million, the donations fund has received contributions from celebrities too. Simon Cowell has donated a …
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Here's the Crufts 2014 special from The Dog News Show - the podcast where Debbie Connolly and Julie Hill discuss the latest dog news stories, exchanging strong opinions, often with more than a pinch of humour. In this show you can hear excerpts of the interviews the team did at Crufts, and all the full length interviews are also on the website. Fir…
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If you like news and you love dogs, this is the podcast for you. Debbie Connolly and Julie Hill discuss their pick of the dog related news stories of the week - the good, the bad, and the downright mad in some cases. If you'd like to comment on anything you hear in the show or suggest a story for inclusion, get in touch with us or contact us via Fa…
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If you're looking for a weekly dose of dog flavoured news, look no further then The Dog News Show, the podcast in which Debbie Connolly and Julie Hill present their pick of the dog related headlines, and discuss them with honesty and not infrequent humour. If you'd like to comment on anything you hear in the show, or suggest stories to be included,…
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In this episode of the podcast where Debbie Connolly and Julie Hill discuss the latest dog related news, there is a mix of stories. As usual, you can comment on anything you hear by emailing the show, or by going to the Twitter or Facebook page. Debbie revisits the tragic death of teenager Jade Lomas Anderson, who was killed by her friend's family …
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In this week's podcast where dogs meet news, Debbie and Julie discuss the distressing stories that have dominated this week's headlines. It's been a sad week in the dog world, and as ever if you have opinions about what you hear, or you'd like to suggest stories for next week, get in touch with the show. On the 26th March we had the extremely upset…
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Episode 42 is our Crufts 2013 special and was filmed at the most prestigious pedigree dog show in the world. Debbie Connolly and Julie Hill have been exploring, finding a variety of stories to bring to you. We assume that securing our dogs with a harness in the car will keep them safe, but Debbie talks to Alex Wilson from Xtra Dog about the alarmin…
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In this podcast Debbie Connolly and Julie Hill choose their pick of the week's dog news stories, and share their opinions of them. As usual there's a mixed bag of stories - and you can comment on anything you hear and suggest stories for discussion by getting in touch with the show via email, Facebook, Twitter or Google+. What would you do if your …
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In the podcast where dogs meet news, Debbie Connolly and Julie Hill discuss their pick of the dog related news stories from the last week. You can download the podcast or listen online, and if you'd like to comment on anything you hear, or suggest stories for inclusion in the next show, email the show or contact us on the Facebook or Twitter page. …
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As usual, Debbie and Julie have trawled through this week's headlines looking for the most interesting dog stories. In this podcast you can hear their choices and opinions. As ever if you wish to comment on anything you hear, or if you want to suggest a story for inclusion in the show, you can get in touch with the show. The first story this week i…
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In this week's dose of new and views you can hear Debbie and Julie discuss their pick of the dog stories that have hit the headlines. If you would like to participate in the podcast you can comment on any of the stories or suggest content for nest week's show by emailing Debbie@TheDogNewsShow.com or Julie@TheDogNewShow.com, or via the show's Twitte…
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It's been a week of varied week of dog news and Debbie and Julie discuss their pick of the stories in this podcast where dogs meet news. You can hear an interview in this episode with Jenny Brown whose dog Tiga hit the headlines this week. Having listened to all this, if you'd like to comment you can get in touch with the show in various ways, and …
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In this week's podcast you can hear Debbie and Julie talk about some of the more unusual stories that have hit the headlines recently. In the online radio show where dogs meet news you can listen to lively discussions of the latest goings on in the dog world. Views are expressed with honestly and candour - and if you'd like to comment or contribute…
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Listen to this week's show for an honest and humorous take on what's going on in the dog world around the world. Despite the snow there's been lots of dog news and Debbie and Julie discus and debate their chosen stories in the podcast where dogs meet news. Don't forget you can send us any interesting, controversial or heartwarming dog news story yo…
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There's never a shortage of shocking headlines and Debbie and Julie start off with a story sent in by friend of the show Wendy Morrell, who spotted an item about sausages laced with nails and apparently left for dogs to ingest in Abergavenny. Over the Christmas period there were warnings on social media sites that dogs were being put at risk by bei…
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We may only be a week into the new year, but there's been a lot of dog news already in 2013 - and not all of it good. In Belfast, the council has been considering banning dogs completely from all cemeteries, children's play parks and playing fields. The proposals have sparked outrage among local dog owners, with 1600 people signing a petition prote…
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In the last episode of The Dog News Show for 2012 Debbie gets things started with a story about a "furious" dog owner who wants his dog back. Roger Winter left his German Shepherd Frodo tied up outside a shop unattended in Banff, Scotland. He went outside to his dog when he heard Frodo barking and found two children he claims were taunting his dog.…
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Dog lovers were horrified recently when a raid on a puppy farm lead to over 80 puppies being taken into custody by the RSPCA. Four of the puppies were dead, including two callously dumped in a bucket in the foot well of a car. You'd think it couldn't get any worse than that, but a fake page was set up by heartless individuals trying to con money ou…
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The headlines this week proclaimed that up to one third of owners had been bitten by their own dog, based on a report brought out by the P.D.S.A. However, Debbie points out that the actual full report puts a slightly different spin on things from the rest of the media. One or two of the findings do make very worrying reading and it's clear that eve…
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In the U.K. we're used to Pitbulls hitting the news but this week a breeder of another banned breed had his home raided and his dogs confiscated. The Dogo Argentinos were taken from a house in Grimsby, and included a litter of puppies. Debbie points out how heartless it is to breed dogs of a breed that is banned and also the intricacies involved in…
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Debbie opens up the show with an interesting bit of news about dogs' freedom to move - move their joints that is. Many dogs have difficulty moving and walking as they grow older, but the great news is that the conditions that cause this can be managed and their affects reduced by simple measures, such as giving supplements, feeding a good diet and …
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Debbie opens the show with a news article from the London Dog Forum. The Blue Cross is asking whether the U.K. is still a nation of dog lovers. The charity has to deal with increasing numbers of dogs being abandoned, with more and more bitches coming into shelters pregnant. The charity is striving to make neutering the norm, and is hoping to change…
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Episode 26 opens with the exciting news that Debbie has appeared on the Alan Titchmarsh show. You can find a link to the show on the Bravo Working Dog Rescue website and in this episode of The Dog News Show you can hear how Debbie got on during her TV appearance. Plus why was Alan Titchmarsh a naughty host? The dog news discussion kicks off with co…
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We all like products that are good for our dogs, keep them occupied and are environmentally friendly too and the latest product to fit this description is the Stagbar. Glen and Deborah Campbell run Pure Dog, a company that turns deer antlers into dog chews and this seems to be a really clever idea. Stags grow new antlers every year, and shed them e…
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You've heard of buy-on-get-one-free offers, but an American realtor came up with a novel idea recently - rent the house, get the Pitbull for free and a reduction in rent! Sandy Zalagens offered a unit for rent at $950 in normal circumstances, but with a reduction down to $800 a month discount if the tenant adopted Big Louie, and 80 pound Pitbull. I…
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Vaccination - or lack of it - is the subject that starts Episode 23 of The Dog News Show. Debbie has a story of a young puppy who apparently went to his new home having already come into contact with Weils Disease. Weils Disease in usually caught from rats' urine and can prove fatal, but dogs can be vaccinated against it - the disease is referred t…
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In episode 22 of The Dog News Show Debbie gets the ball rolling with a story that's sure to provoke outrage. The Right Honorable David Blunkett is the Minister of Parliament for Brightside and Hillsborough; he also happens to be blind and have a guide dog. David and his dog Cosby, were on their way to their officially allotted seat at the Paralympi…
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The latest Internet craze of "dogshaming" is the story that kicks off Episode 21 of The Dog News Show - and it has divided opinion not just in the dog community but also in the presenters of the show too. One of them finds it funny, the other finds it unpleasant - can you guess which is which? But is it the dog's fault when he commits a "crime"? An…
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Episode 20 of The Dog News Shows sees a return to that perennial problem of poo. Taxpayers in Islington, North London, are outraged that their hard earned taxes have been wasted by the council on a scheme to clear the area of dog poo. However, although £134,000 has been spend to employ a team of 22 dog mess wardens, the project has only seen 26 fin…
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Episode 19 of The Dog News Show is a mix of the weird and wacky, alongside the wonderful and the very sad dog related news stories from the last week. Debbie starts the ball rolling with a story about sheep texting...no you didn't read that wrong, this really is a story about sheep texting. However, the texting is actually generated from a collar o…
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We all know that dogs have a beneficial affect on us, but in episode 18 of The Dog News Show Debbie has a story of a dog who is helping a veteran with post traumatic stress syndrome. Raymond Galmiche had two deployments in Vietnam and has since suffered night time terrors and daytime flashbacks. Now thanks to a German Shepherd Dog called Dazzle, Ga…
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Dogs' ability to recognise and nurture the young of other species is the story that kicks off episode 17 of The Dog News Show. A Pointer-cross dog in a German zoo has been helping raise a lion cub whose mother rejected him. It doesn't seem to matter where it's playing with the children who live in the same house as them, and orphaned litter of kitt…
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It's Episode 16 of The Dog News Show already and Debbie has a sad tale of woe concerning a dog who was lost, found and then taken into custody. Sam Hanson-Fleming lost his Husky-Shepherd mix dog Chase, student Jordan Biggs found the dog, christened him Bear and kept him. Jordan had Bear trained as her asthma service dog, and they spent a happy year…
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In Episode 15 of The Dog News Show, Julie kicks things off with a story from Rachel Rounds how has written in the Daily Mail about her experiences of how her pregnancy has effected her dog. Rachel's seven year old Labrador Maxi has shown a sudden interest in her "bump" and apparently this is a documented phenomenon, if not a common one. Debbie has …
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There's a break with tradition in episode 14 of The Dog News Show because it's Debbie that's bringing the research to the discussion, not Julie. The latest research which was done in Finland indicates that babies who live in a household that includes a dog have far fewer health problems. Specifically, they have ear infections, coughs or runny noses…
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In Episode 13 of The Dog News Show Debbie has the story of the unhappy New York couple who are at war not over their dog, but over the website devoted to their dog. The dog in question is Pomeranian Sammy who inspired a website full of photos of him around New York called Sammy and the City. When his owners Scott Smith and Anna Camara were together…
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Before we get down to the serious business of the news featured in episode 12 of The Dog News Show, if you're intrigued by Debbie's photo of her cat with a look-alike piglet, simply click here to assuage your curiosity. Cute isn't it? However the colouring of Emma Watson's dog - or is it actually Emma's friend's dog? - has raised some eyebrows rath…
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In Episode 11 of The Dog News Show we open with a story that's been in the headlines a lot this week - the dreadful attack on toddler Keiron Guess. Keiron wandered into a garden where two Staffie type dogs lived and received serious injuries for which he had several hours' surgery, and was kept in an induced coma for a week. The teenaged owner of t…
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The tenth episode of The Dog News Show opens with a story that may divide opinion - although for once Debbie and Julie are in agreement, and neither of them are in favour of the latest trend for pampered pooches. This is a trend in America, and we can only hope it doesn't spread - a dog doesn't need his claws painted, so why should he go through th…
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In Episode 9 of The Dog News Show we start with very good news which will have a positive impact on the future of many breeds. The Kennel Club has announced that it will no longer register pups born from merle-to-merle matings. This will affect many breeds including Shetland Sheepdogs, Dachshunds, Beaucerons, Chihuahuas, Staffordshire Bull Terriers…
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In the eigth episode of The Dog News Show the first story up for discussion is the Cambridge woman who faces eviction because she has failed to cope with her barking dog. This is a worrying case, but Debbie would like to point out that eviction is a last resort for a council to take, and that dog owners would be given lots of warning and many chanc…
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In Episode 7 of The Dog News Show we start with the amazing story of a Pitbull, Lily, who pulled her unconscious owner off a train track in America. Lily is undoubtedly a hero - but is there more to this story than would first appear? The owner in question has a problem with alcohol. The dog sustained severe injuries when an oncoming train hit her,…
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In Episode 6 of The Dog News Show, Lemongate is still a hot topic! For those who haven't caught up with this story (where have you been?) here's the story so far: Keith Lemon (A.K.A. Leigh Francis) had three children who had been pestering their parents for a dog competing to win a dog on his Keith Lemon's Lemonaid show. When one little girl won th…
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In Episode 5 of The Dog News Show, the big question is should dogs be given as prizes in competitions. Now of course the answer is, "No!" but Keith Lemon (A.K.A. Leigh Francis) doesn't seem to realise this and on his show, Keith Lemon's Lemonaid, he had three children who had been pestering their parents for a dog competing to win a dog. When one l…
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In the fourth episode of The Dog News Show the hot topic is microchipping. Debbie and Julie discuss the story of the California Bichon Frise who was missing for six years and who was finally reunited with her owner thanks to her microchip. But where was she for those six years? Why wasn't her microchip scanned in all that time? How do we make sure …
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The third episode of The Dog News Show is packed with the latest news stories, and Debbie and Julie give their take on them. What do you make of the story that over 800 retiring army dogs have been put down as they were judged too fierce to spend their remaining years as a pet? Debbie Connolly has helped many ex-working dogs live happily as pets, a…
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In the second episode of The Dog News Show there are stories to make you smile, frown and maybe even shed a tear. There is a practice in America known as flipping dogs, which means buying a dog cheaply or acquiring it for free and then selling it on quickly for a profit. There is a petition you can sign if you think this practice should be stopped …
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