PET owners are being urged to think of their companion’s health before dishing out festive treats or scraps of food from the Christmas dinner table. Shelves across supermarkets and pet stores are already stacked with advent calendars, rawhide candy canes and ‘turkey dinner’ biscuits for cats and dogs. Whilst these may look fun and festive, Paws and Co Veterinary Centre, in Yorkshire, is warning that many of these Christmas products could be doing pets more harm than good.

BURGESS Excel has launched two new premium feeding hays: Excel Long Stem Feeding Hay with Marigold 1kg and Excel Hedgerow Herbs Feeding Hay 2.7kg. The new products reinforce the brand’s commitment to providing high quality, vet-recommended nutrition that keeps small pets healthy, while offering owners more choice and better value for money. Sourced from trusted Yorkshire farms, every batch is hand-selected for quality and consistency.

A CHARITY which trains dogs to save lives perform by detecting human disease is celebrating the arrival of a very special new litter. Medical Detection Dogs has welcomed four golden retriever labrador cross puppies and is now urgently seeking volunteers to help socialise the future lifesavers. With the right care and training, the dogs could one day help detect serious illnesses such as bowel cancer and Parkinson’s faster and less invasively than other methods.

TWO dog rescue centres in Yorkshire have received a donation of food from Burgess Pet Care. Pabs and Pals Rescue as well as Helping Yorkshire Poundies were winners of the firm’s first-ever Yorkshire Takeover campaign. The centres will share a donation of £3,500 worth of Burgess Supadog food to help support their work.

A NATIONWIDE survey of UK dog owners has revealed that while old-school names like Rover and Rex have almost vanished, younger owners are convinced they are due for a revival. The online poll from online pet-supply retailer ePaws.co.uk found that while traditional names are not currently used or even considered by 85% of dog owners, 70% of respondents – and 80% of Gen Z - believe those names will make a comeback.

SHEDDING season is well and truly upon us, with Google searches for ‘pet shedding’ soaring 67% as pet owners seek help for their home.  A new study from Shark Clean has analysed how pet owners are coping with shedding season, finding that 2.1 million adults in the UK are leaving pet hair on their sofa and abandoning their cleaning efforts as they struggle to keep on top of the mess.