News, Bulletins & Updates
From Clare Dog Training Ireland – Founded 2025
The Canine Report is Clare Dog Training Ireland’s official news and bulletin platform, delivering professional updates, behavioural discussions, and on-the-ground reports from across Ireland and Europe. This page covers the full canine landscape — the realities of pet ownership and evolving pet-dog culture, the heritage and traditions of the working-dog world, training methods, behaviour management, rest routines, and environmental socialising. You’ll also find coverage of European canine events, professional gatherings, and the ever-changing rules, dog laws, and welfare regulations. With perspectives from fellow canine professionals across Ireland and Europe, The Canine Report brings a complete, practical view of modern canine life for owners, trainers, and enthusiasts.
Why Dog Shows, Native Breeds, Working-Dog Heritage, Family Traditions, and Rural Communities Continue To Thrive Across Ireland’s Summer Show Season...
Why Third-Party Puppy Sales, Online Advertising, Puppy Welfare, and Legitimate Dog Sectors Must Be Clearly Separated Ireland’s proposed new dog...
Why So Many Normal Developmental Behaviours Are Being Mislabelled as Problems Most puppy behaviour problems are misunderstood long before they...
From Farm Utility and Catch Work to the Modern Pet World — Why the Original Bulldog Traits Never Truly Disappeared...
A New Irish Bill Has Reopened One of the Most Important Questions in Modern Animal Welfare A new bill moving...
Why New Veterinary Guidance Is Raising Bigger Questions About Dogs, Chemical Exposure, and the Modern Pet Industry For years, flea...
From Breed Restrictions to Public Transport Rules, Modern Dog Control Is Expanding Across Europe and Worldwide Across Europe and large...
How a Working Tool Became a Modern Pet Industry Illusion The modern dog harness is sold as one of the...
Guild of Dog Trainers and CIDBT Unite for Major 2026 Canine Education and Professional Development Event The dog training industry...
Why One of History’s Most Capable Working Dogs Fell Out of Favour in Modern Dog Culture Long before modern military...
Dog training in Meath presents a different type of behavioural challenge. With a mix of open countryside, commuter towns, and...
Dog training in Waterford requires a different level of control than most owners expect. With a mix of coastal environments,...
Dog training in Clare requires a different level of understanding. With a mix of rural environments, open space, coastal areas,...
Dog training in Cork requires a level of control that most standard training approaches fail to address. With a constant...
County Wicklow, Wicklow Town & Family Dog Ownership County Wicklow, often known as the Garden of Ireland, is one of...
Dog training in Limerick often sits between two extremes. On one side, busy urban areas with constant movement and stimulation....
Dog training in Kildare brings its own challenges. With a mix of suburban estates, commuter towns, open spaces, and frequent...
Dog Training Dublin offers professional in-home dog training services led by a qualified behavior specialist. Our approach focuses on customized...
Every time a serious dog incident makes headlines, the response follows a now predictable pattern. Public outrage rises, pressure builds,...
Force-free training has become the defining standard of the modern dog training industry. It has reshaped how dogs are handled,...
GPS dog trackers have moved rapidly from specialist equipment into the centre of the modern pet market. Once reserved for...
Introduction Puppy socialization, as it is presented today, bears little resemblance to what it was originally intended to be. What...
Across the veterinary and wider canine sector, a critical issue is becoming harder to ignore. It is not about individual...
A severe dog attack reported overseas has again focused attention on a reality that applies far beyond one country. Incidents...
France has authorised the culling of approximately 200 wolves as part of its national livestock protection policy, reflecting a wider...
In the modern pet dog world, a growing number of normal canine behaviours are being reframed as “behavioural problems”. Aggression....
As pet ownership continues to rise across Ireland, the UK, and Europe, more owners are choosing to travel with their...
More than 13,000 dog licences were issued in County Kerry by the end of November last year, according to officially...
A new warning from a national animal welfare charity highlights a growing concern in Ireland’s dog-owning community: many pet owners...
Puppy Training Near Me in Limerick Why Most New Owners Struggle in the First 6 Months Searching for puppy training...
Across Ireland, the UK, and wider Europe, demand for family protection dogs, personal protection dogs, and so-called security dogs has...
Recent reports from County Cork have highlighted a deeply disturbing reality for dog owners across Ireland: dogs deliberately poisoned after...
How Ancient Working Dogs Are Protecting Livestock in Modern Europe As pressure increases on rural communities across Europe, a centuries-old...
The rising demand for therapy and assistance dogs has driven increased interest not only in traditional breeds, but also in...
For more than a century, the Royal Dutch Police Dog Association has operated as one of Europe’s most influential yet...
Much of the modern conversation around canine aggression defaults to a single explanation: fear. While fear-based responses absolutely exist in...
UK Import Ban on Cropped and Docked Dogs Begins in 2026Policy & Canine Welfare Update (United Kingdom) A major shift...
Canine Ownership & Culture (Europe) Recent industry data examining dog ownership across Europe highlights significant differences in how widely dogs...
Wolfdogs — animals bred from domestic dogs and wolves — continue to attract attention across Europe and beyond, often surrounded...
Planning permission has been granted for County Clare’s first officially designated dog park, marking a significant development in how canine...
Scotland has moved to treat dog theft as its own distinct criminal offence, reflecting a growing public and political view...
A serious livestock worrying incident in Cheshire, England, in which a dog killed 23 sheep on a working farm, has...
The Dachshund is one of the most recognisable dogs in the modern pet world — small, confident, expressive, and often...
The Canine Report — Nutrition, Behaviour & Industry Feature Dog nutrition is one of the most talked-about topics among owners,...
Every New Year’s Eve, skies across Germany erupt with fireworks as part of the traditional Silvester celebrations. While festive for...
From 1 January 2026, Switzerland’s national dog database, Amicus, will no longer issue physical PetCards for dogs. Instead, dog owners...
As the year comes to a close and households across Ireland celebrate New Year’s Eve, another quiet transition has already...
New figures reported in Irish media indicate that 114 XL Bully dogs have been euthanised since the XL Bully restrictions...
On Wednesday, 10 December 2025, dog breeding regulation returned to the centre of national discussion in Ireland as a Social...
Cockapoos have become one of the most popular companion dogs across Ireland, the UK, and wider Europe. Marketed as friendly,...
Across Ireland, throughout Europe, and increasingly on a worldwide scale, the dog-training profession is undergoing a transformation that warrants serious...
Recent public debate around fox hunting has reignited confusion about the relationship between foxes and domestic dogs. While both belong...
This week, a proposed bill seeking to restrict and effectively ban organised fox hunting in Ireland was rejected in Dáil...
Behaviour medication has become an increasingly common response to anxiety and behavioural struggles in pet dogs. While medication has a...
The use of medication to manage behavioural issues in pet dogs is increasingly being questioned across Ireland and Europe, as...
In December 2025, the Irish Government announced a record €6.4 million allocation to animal welfare charities across the country, recognising...
Across Ireland, Christmas is one of the busiest and most disruptive times of year for dogs. From a professional dog...