No More Biting: Police Dogs Learn to Headbutt Criminals

A Welsh police force is teaching its dogs to headbutt criminals because they are afraid dog bites are infringing on human rights, K9 Magazine reported.


The dogs, who will now wear muzzles, have been trained to leap at their targets, according to the magazine.
“Instead of biting, the dog is muzzled [...]

No Comments
Filed under:Other

Recent Growth

A number of people have told me over the past few days that BreederRetriever.com has come up as a topic of discussion on Showdogs-L. At the same time, I have noticed a marked increase in the number of breeders signing up for our service (several of whom have indicated they were referred by Showdogs-L), which [...]

No Comments
Filed under:Other

Pooch pampering gone too far?

Someone sent this story to me today and asked me to share it with all the Breeder Retriever folks. I got a kick out of it - hopefully you do too. (The full story can be found here and is reproduced below) 
SARASOTA, Fla., (AP) Austin ricochets around the Ritz-Carlton hotel room, bouncing from bed to [...]

No Comments
Filed under:Other

Jacks vs. Parsons: The Raging Debate

As part of my efforts to expand BreederRetriever.com’s breeder directory, I began contacting Jack Russell Terrier and Parson Russell Terrier breeders today. To my great surprise, within half an hour of sending out emails to breeders of these dogs, I had received several irate emails from breeders of Jacks who didn’t want to be associated [...]

No Comments
Filed under:Other