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Comedian and actor Ricky Gervais is supporting a campaign calling for the UK Government to ban animal testing on dogs.

You fill out an application, which includes a request for three references; go in for an interview; and, if you make the cut, plunk down $25. You get a Buddy T-shirt (“The Most Fun Your Dog Can Have Without You”) and a pass to come and play with dogs whenever you want at any of the company’s 13 locations in Manhattan. So far there are about 500 Buddies, with 15 to 20 new applications a month.

All the dogs Coyle looks after come from dog pounds, abandoned by their owners and left to fend for themselves. Dogs that are deemed to have six months or less to live, and would otherwise be put down, arrive at Cole’s door.

Super Wan Wan Circus has been in operation for more than 50 years and has been entertaining people of all ages across the globe. Now, as of February 2018, one of its stars also has Most jumps over a moving human leg by a dog in 30 seconds they have overtaken one of their own records at an event held in Hong Kong.

For years, entrepreneur and mum of three Rebecca Linnell dreamed of turning her farmhouse, amongst the rolling Quantock Hills, into a luxury hotel for four-legged guests. Now she plays host to hundreds of furry visitors every year – and the hotel is quickly becoming the nation’s most in-demand doghouse, with owners trekking from far and wide to deliver their precious pooches for a stint in the country.

Watch this video about Canine Styles, a boutique that dresses celebrity dogs.

In the heatwave animals are vulnerable to the consequences of being too hot. But vets across London are giving pet owners top tips on how to look after their furry friends in hot conditions. Watch this BBC News video.

Before Europeans began to colonize the Americas about 500 years ago, the land, north and south, was populated with people who had been here for thousands of years. And their dogs.

With much of the US already sweating through the dog days of summer, a new company is offering four-legged friends a much-needed place to cool down.

Todd the golden retriever was labelled a hero for putting himself in harm’s way to protect his owner - and was bitten by a rattlesnake in the process.