A frighteningly large number of dogs are stolen every year in the UK. There are a number of things you can do to help prevent your precious pups being stolen. Some tips include the following; don’t leave dogs tied up outside shops or in your car, even for a short while. Make sure your dog’s microchip details are up to date at all times. Make sure your garden is secure and try and avoid leaving your dogs outside unattended. Take lots of photographs of your dog, including

The Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 doesn’t just deal with banned breeds such as Pit Bulls, it also covers any dog which is deemed to be dangerously out of control. While it may sound like this does not apply to us, there are many situations that us normal dog owners need to be careful to avoid. Your dog does not need to actually injure someone to be classed as dangerously out of control, the person only needs to reasonably fear injury. So for example if your dog charges up to som

Did you know that your dog only needs to be off lead in the same field as sheep for you to be committing an offence? Under The Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953 worrying is defined as attacking livestock, chasing livestock or simply being at large in a field or enclosure where there are sheep, meaning if your dog is not on a short, fixed lead an offence is being committed, regardless of whether your dog is bothering the sheep or not! The only exceptions are police dog

Contented Dogs cares about dogs, your dogs, but we also care about the owners too, you are our friends as well as our customers. So we plan to regularly provide you with useful information and advice.