Marc the vet

Our Dogs Newspaper March 2009 Review

“What ever happened to white dog poo?” happens to be one of the commonest questions I’m constantly asked down my local - and rather ironically - dog-friendly pub.
There seem to be many online explanations to this question ranging from the faecal calcium-content from a predominantly bone-rich diet to the high-pitched frequency of 80s pop music [...]

They’re Back for 2009: It’s the Sussex Heights Peregrine Falcons!!

It’s great news for all wild-bird enthusiasts - both in Brighton and beyond - with a real online treat featuring coverage of these stunning birds of prey and available for us all to witness and beamed down for free from their Nest-box webcam!
This unique ‘Nestcam’ is already streaming live pictures from the nest box throughout the day - refreshed every minute [...]

Don’t Miss Normand Park Dog Show This Saturday!

If you’re in or around West London this Saturday 28th March and you love dogs then you’re more than invited to the first-ever Normand Park Dog Show.

So whether you are keen on King Charles Spaniels, love Labradors or simply adore Alsatians, then Normand Park in Fulham really is the place to be.

The event is being organised [...]

Goodbye Jade x

I just wanted to write a little note to say thank you and goodbye to Jade Goodey who tragically passed away this morning after losing her battle with cancer.
I had the pleasure of working with Jade a couple of years ago on an episode of the Paul O’Grady Show and we had a real laugh both [...]

Response to ‘Pets Undercover’

Firstly I’d like to thank everyone who’s contacted me with both their positive and negative comments about Monday night’s Tonight programme ‘Pets Undercover’.
An investigative programme like that was never going to go unnoticed and it seems to have ignited a discussion within the veterinary profession as well as the general public increasing widespread awareness of [...]

Meet the Nowzad Dogs!

It gave me great pleasure at this years’ Crufts to meet and spend time with the unique charity Nowzad Dogs.
Nowzad Dogs was formed as a charity by supporters who believed in what the Marines had started back in Southern Afghanistan and with the generous support of fellow dog owners the charity continues to help those [...]

‘Pets Undercover’ Tonight 8pm ITV1

I guess before Tonight’s Pets Undercover show is aired I just wanted to make sure my points are clear on this one. As you know one of my passions is pets and the longevity of responsible pet-ownership in this country and beyond.

In this Tonight programme, I wanted to highlight two major points:

Firstly that there are some fantastic [...]

‘Stray Dogs’ Radio Series Starts Today on BBC Gloucestershire

I’ve recently been contributing to this pre-recorded week-long radio series about stray dogs which will be broadcast on BBC Radio Gloucestershire all this week, starting today, Monday 16th March, at about 9:45 am each day.

As you may know already it’s our www.ThePet.net ‘Year of the Rescue Pet’, so this innovative series discusses rescue dog topics e.g. microchipping and rehoming, further shows [...]

Pinning the Tail on the Doggie at the National Pet Month Stand at CRUFTS 09

You can watch me making a proper fool of myself trying to pin the tail on the German Shepherd on this clip filmed at the National Pet Month Stand at Crufts last weekend…

My Interview with Glee’s Mary Clarke: ‘The Tail Wags the Dog’

(Taken from this week’s Glee e-newsletter)
In the past year, a national institution that has remained largely unchanged for over a century experienced a rapid transformation.
The catchphrase for Crufts this year was “happy, healthy dogs”; a motto the show’s organiser the Kennel Club has been working hard to live up to since the BBC documentary Pedigree [...]