Ice lolly anyone? Five top tips to ensure your pets enjoy the current heatwave
With temperatures above 20 degrees forecast for the week ahead, many are out enjoying the sunshine – however, this oppressive heat poses a serious threat to our pets.
MM’s guide to keeping your dog safe in the winter
Many people know how to make sure their dog stays safe in the summer: give them a bowl of water, keep them in the shade and don’t keep them in a car on hot days.
Twilight bark! Call for all pet owners to get their pooches microchipped for FREE at Dogs Trust Manchester event
You’ll be able to get your canine companion microchipped for free at Dogs Trust Manchester this weekend in the lead up to it becoming a legal requirement on April 6.
‘A match made in heaven’: Woman battles Storm Desmond in 250-mile trip to rescue Manchester mutt
As Storm Desmond battered the North West causing floods and chaos, one dog-lover travelled 250miles to rescue an abandoned, arthritic hound.
‘We’re celebrating lounging around’: LazyDogz fundraise for Manchester Dogs’ Home
A new Bolton-based company has launched a range of slippers in time for Christmas – and Manchester Dogs’ Home are set to be the unlikely beneficiaries.
Stretford animal charity ‘one bill away from closing down’ but you can help by doing your Christmas shopping
A Stretford animal charity has signed up to a nationwide Christmas fundraising campaign in order to keep donations coming in over the festive period.
Get this hound homeward bound! Highway heroes save border collie from motorway
A sheep dog found wandering along the motorway has been saved by traffic officers and taken to a Leigh animal rescue centre – but now he needs to find his way home.
‘We wish they’d choose another living’: Billboard to highlight greyhound plight
The plight of racing greyhounds could be highlighted on a billboard outside a dog track on Mancunian Way.
‘A worrying month for dogs’: Dogs Trust to use Mozart to soothe dogs this bonfire night
Dogs Trust Manchester will be playing classical music to their petrified pooches on bonfire night in a bid to drown out the scary sounds of fireworks.
Ameri-canine dream! Lucky Labradoodle swaps streets of Ancoats for USA’s Great Lakes
A Manchester mutt will be living the American Dream by the end of the year, just months after she was left homeless by her family’s change of circumstance.
Nuttall Park dog poisonings could be act of revenge, says Ramsbottom councillor
Ramsbottom Councillor, Robert Hodkinson, thinks revenge dog poisoning might be occuring in Nuttall Park, after five dogs suffered as a result of eating things in the park’s flowerbeds.