Doggy Stories

An alleged brutality in Canada raises questions about the suitability of dogs and tourism. It was with heavy hearts that the Dog Diaries team learned of the recent slaughter of over 100 sled-dogs in the Canadian skiing village of Whistler. In an unimaginable horror to anyone with...

The man who ‘created’ the Labradoodle is now wishing he hadn’t… In a recent interview with the Sydney Morning Herald, Wally Conron, the man who created the Labradoodle...

Think fake fur is acceptable? You may want to think again… You may think you’re doing all four-legged friends a favour by choosing faux fur garments instead of the real thing, but you may want to look a little closer at the next ‘fake’ fur coat you see – because you could...

Ricochet was originally trained for work as a service dog for people with disabilities, but despite her aptitude for learning and hard training from a young age, her obsession with chasing birds meant she wasn’t an ideal candidate for working with the disabled. This video shows how she ended up...

At Dog Diaries we love bringing you stories about the love and fun dogs can bring into our lives, but occasionally we have the much sadder task of reminding our readers that we humans don’t always treat our furry companions with the same respect. In the past few weeks, the media seems to have been...

At the end of a long, hard day, sometimes all you need is someone to vent to. You drop your bag in the hallway, kick off your shoes, pour yourself a glass of red and unleash all the day’s worries to your dearly beloved… who, for his part, sits still, listens dutifully – and when you’re finished,...

A new report shows that our four-legged friends are helping the national economy. Move over, Julia and Tony… make Fido prime minister!

The dust from the election is still yet to settle, but forget the make-up of the government, the biggest unanswered questions regard the futures of Jasper the cat and Abby the dog…