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The future is bright for the dog treats market

Award-winning pet store makes customers 'stars for the day'

International certification for HOWND dog grooming products

Record sales for Wagg at Crufts

TV presenter Clare Balding is a big draw for Lily's Kitchen

Increasing number of dog owners turn to raw feeding

Overwhelming success for ORIJEN and ACANA

DOOG range proves a big hit with visitors to Crufts

No evidence of dogs being poisoned at Crufts, says the Kennel Club

Thousands of products and loads of great deals await PATS Sandown visitors next week

PIF to offer member ‘benefits surgeries’ at PATS

Ahead-of-the-game ideas on pet retailing

Animaware presents Animalarm and Animat for cool pets

Audit will ensure high standards of puppy selling in pet shops, claims PIF

OATA challenges MEP over ‘criminal activity’ remarks

Man steals koi carp from pet shop by stuffing them into his pockets

Former mayor and her daughter banned from keeping animals

Puppy smuggler sold designer dogs for £650 each from her London flat

Amanda Holden to host Give a Pet a Home

BVA welcomes RCVS decision on vets’ use of ‘Doctor’ title

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The future is bright for the dog treats market

Sales of dog treats have experienced healthy growth over the past few years, and this is set to continue this year with a more obvious focus being placed upon low-fat, healthy and nutritional treats, says leading brand 8in1...

Award-winning pet store makes customers 'stars for the day'

PetQuip Retailer of the Year, Betty & Butch, has put on the red carpet treatment for its customers, with four lucky people winning a photoshoot with their pets...

International certification for HOWND dog grooming products

Dog grooming product manufacturer HOWND has become the latest company to be certified by Cruelty Free International’s Leaping Bunny, which is the only international guarantee against animal testing...

Record sales for Wagg at Crufts

Wagg Foods has reported record sales and competition entries on its stand at Crufts...

TV presenter Clare Balding is a big draw for Lily's Kitchen

Celebrity Clare Balding took time out from her busy schedule presenting TV coverage of Crufts to spend time on the Lily's Kitchen stand on each day of the show...

Increasing number of dog owners turn to raw feeding

Interest in raw and natural feeding continues to increase, according to specialists Natures Menu, whose stand at Crufts was consistently busy through the four days of the show...

Overwhelming success for ORIJEN and ACANA

Being official sponsors of Crufts for the first time this year exceeded all expectations for family-owned Bern Pet Foods, exclusive importers and distributors of biologically appropriate ORIJEN and ACANA dog and cat foods...

DOOG range proves a big hit with visitors to Crufts

After successfully re-launching the Australian brand DOOG on to the UK market at Crufts, AmPet Products is hoping for a similar positive response from visiting retailers at PATS Sandown next week...

No evidence of dogs being poisoned at Crufts, says the Kennel Club

The Kennel Club has revealed there is currently no evidence to suggest that any dog has been poisoned at Crufts following the sudden death of Irish setter Jagger last Friday...

Thousands of products and loads of great deals await PATS Sandown visitors next week

Over 140 exhibitors will be showcasing thousands of products and offering great deals to visitors of PATS Sandown, which opens its doors on Tuesday next week...

PIF to offer member ‘benefits surgeries’ at PATS

The Pet Industry Federation (PIF) is looking forward to meeting members and the wider pet industry at PATS Sandown, where it will be hosting a number of activities as well as providing information on its products, services and events...

Ahead-of-the-game ideas on pet retailing

PATS Sandown has secured a strong line-up of speakers for two days of seminars designed to give pet retailers ahead-of-the-game ideas on new lines, new approaches and new profit potential...

Animaware presents Animalarm and Animat for cool pets

Gloucestershire-based Animaware will be showcasing both its innovative Animalarm and Animat at PATS Sandown...

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Audit will ensure high standards of puppy selling in pet shops, claims PIF

The Pet Industry Federation – the trade association for pet businesses – has put in place measures to ensure the highest standards are reached by pet shops when selling puppies...

OATA challenges MEP over ‘criminal activity’ remarks

OATA has written to MEP Catherine Bearder to challenge remarks she made about the ornamental fish industry at a European Union press conference, inferring that criminal activity was involved in taking fish from the wild...

Man steals koi carp from pet shop by stuffing them into his pockets

Watch the moment a man walks into a Swansea aquatic store and appears to take a fish from a tank before pocketing it...

Former mayor and her daughter banned from keeping animals

A former mayor and her daughter have been banned from owning animals after they kept almost 70 pets in squalid conditions at their home...

Puppy smuggler sold designer dogs for £650 each from her London flat

A woman who ran an illegal pet shop from her London flat, selling smuggled designer puppies, has been ordered to pay out thousands of pounds...

Amanda Holden to host Give a Pet a Home

Britain's Got Talent judge Amanda Holden will host new animal show Give a Pet a Home later this year...

BVA welcomes RCVS decision on vets’ use of ‘Doctor’ title

The British Veterinary Association has welcomed the decision by the Council of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons to permit veterinary surgeons in the UK to use the courtesy title ‘Doctor’...

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