Dogs

Mount Maunganui beach allows dogs to run free off-leash all year round, but after a violent collision locals are calling for an off-leash ban during day-time hours. John Adshead has been appealing to… Audio

The Hilton hotel at Lake Taupō is throwing out the welcome for pampered pooches. It's the first local establishment in the international chain to offer in room accommodation for your fur baby.

Hotel… Video, Audio

Taranaki-based clinical animal behaviourist Mat Ward specialises in positive reinforcement training, for new pups and throughout their life. It's never too late to teach an old dog a new trick, says… Audio

A Dunedin couple has developed an ice cream range especially for dogs - think bacon rather than goodie goodie gum drops. Scoop Dog inventer Aleisha Kennedy explains how they came up with the idea.

 A new study of canines showed that dogs often tilt their heads before correctly receiving a specific toy. Which suggests the behaviour might be a sign of concentration and recall. Dr. Andrea… Audio

Claire visits the team at K9 Medical Detection Charitable Trust to learn how their dogs are being trained to detect bowel and prostate cancer. Audio

The Wellington cable car has opened its doors for dogs to take in the view of the capital on a good day.

A month long trial started today to let people bring their canine friends on board - and how… Video, Audio

Kate Macdougall's memoir London's No. 1 Dog Walking Agency is an entertaining perspective on a left-field profession and a coming of age story. Armed with a degree in Art History, and eschewing a back… Audio

Bark and Ride is coming to the Wellington Cable Car. People's canine fur babies will be able to get on board the funicular as part of a month-long trial.

But to avoid a potential howler, there are a… Video, Audio

Southland woman, Louise Mackenzie's start-up Fun Diggity Dog came about when Covid struck and her job in the tourism sector went with it. Working from her dining room table in the rural settlement of… Audio, Gallery

A Far North man has taken to using poison soaked tampons to kill feral dogs, which are roaming the area and devastating local farms and wildlife.

Around 40 people turned up for a community meeting in… Video, Audio

A new study has revealed that puppies are born ready to communicate with people. Evolutionary biologist Gita Gnanadesikan is with us to discuss the study's findings.  Audio

A recent study out of Australia showed that about a third of people there would rather spend time with their pets than people, with women more likely to prefer their furry friends to humans. And it's… Audio

Author Simon Garfield's latest book, Dog's Best Friend, draws upon history, science art and the writer's own personal experiences with his black Labrador retriever Ludo, to dissect the enduring… Audio

Wellington is wagging goodbye to plastic registration tags for dogs in a bid to cut down on waste.

They will be replaced with a single metal tag that should last the dog's lifetime - although owners… Audio

Lisa Fletcher moved to Kathmandu with her husband, Leighton, and their children, Annabel and Elliot, in 2019. Eight months later the pandemic struck, and now Nepal, like India, is in the midst of a… Audio

Live traps have been set in the Far North to catch feral dogs. The Department of Conservation was forced to close four popular walking tracks in the area, after hunters and campers reported seeing… Audio

The owners of a tiny German spitz named Coco are appealing after the South Taranaki District Council classified it as a 'menace'. Audio