Information for Wellington dog owners

General information for Wellington dog owners, such as ongoing poison warnings, information to help you look after your dog, stay within the law, avoid having your dog endanger native wildlife and so on.

A slim dog is a healthy, happy dog

Keep walking!

Don’t feed your dog too much, and do give it plenty of exercise, to keep it healthy and happy.

Tagged as: exercise, health, weight

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What your dog’s body language is telling you

Completely Submissive-Very Fearful or Passive Submission Posture.

If we could only understand a dog’s body posture we’d have a better idea of what it’s trying to tell us. Clue up with this page from Ohio State University.

Tagged as: safety, understanding

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Speed up your trip to a dog walk with Google Maps traffic information

Traffic info on Google Maps.

Got the dog in the car and planning to go for a walk somewhere? Google Traffic view can help you avoid the traffic jams.

Tagged as: maps, traffic

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Paws with a Cause Dog Walk on 14 April 2012

Paws with a Cause

Saving lives one step at a time in April 2012.

Tagged as: fundraising, SPCA, waterfront

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All about Wellington dogs in 2011

Responsible Dog Owner.

Wellington’s dog citizens are growing in number. There were 9635 registered dogs in the city in 2010-11, which makes this site even more relevant, I hope. Read on for more stats on Wellington’s dogs.

Tagged as: dangerous, menacing, off-leash areas, registered, roam

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Vaccinate your dog so it doesn’t die of parvovirus

At the Veterinary surgery.

Unvaccinated dogs, especially puppies, can suffer a horrible death if they catch the parvovirus. The virus spreads easily and is hard to kill. If your dog is out and about it could catch or spread the disease, so please vaccinate!

Tagged as: health, parvovirus, safety, vaccinations

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