Lara’s Blog

Many people may not realise but dogs can become very ill and even die after ingesting poisonous mushrooms found in their backyard. Having read about a couple of dogs that died by eating poisonous mushrooms, it was a stark warning of how we need to be vigilant about our dogs' safety, especially in gardens and other areas where any poisonous mushrooms may be growing, or...

For this weekend's episode (#7) of Pooches at Play, I had the opportunity to meet up with Yvonne Hong, the Founder & CEO of Pets of the Homeless Australia, which is an amazing charity that works to keep vulnerable people and their pets together by alleviating the burden of providing essential pet care during times of hardship. They do this by providing pet food and...

October is racing by... which means Halloween is coming to town, as is the Cancer Council's Bark for Life 2018! Whilst we don't celebrate it with a public holiday here in Australia, on October 31st we are increasingly seeing many kids, adults and pooches dressed up for some trick or treating, whilst there is also a growing number of Halloween themed dog events held around...

After spending most of my life working in the media and in charities with a focus on promoting environmental and animal conservation and welfare, becoming a dog trainer was not something that had crossed my mind until I took some time out and started a small dog walking and minding business. Fast forward to today and who would have thought that combining my love of...

Today is World Animal Day and it only seems like yesterday (well maybe a tad longer than that) that I spent this day 25 years ago at Taronga Zoo, launching a major fundraising campaign with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), who I worked for at that time. Fast forward to today and I'm grateful to still find myself working with, and on behalf...

Whether you are thinking about becoming a dog walker or hiring the services of one, it’s a win-win for everyone involved. Dog walking provides people that have a bit of spare time during the day with a great means to earn some extra income, as well as keeping fit and hanging out with dogs all day. How pawsome is that? For a busy owner that...

If you've managed to catch the first couple of episodes of the new series of Pooches at Play on Channel TEN, we hope you have been enjoying the introduction of some new furry friends into our storylines. We also hope you have learnt some new and useful training and health tips to keep your dogs and wider pet family happy and feeling great because, as...

Saturday 1st September not only marks the start of Spring, but it also means that Pooches at Play Series 3 will hit your TV screens and we can't wait to share our new stories with you. The show starts at 3pm Saturdays on Channel TEN (though it does always start about 5 minutes early) and encores on Sundays on Channel ONE at 4:30pm.  You can...

Whilst we've been busy filming here, there and everywhere around Australia over the past few weeks for Series 3 of Pooches at Play, we've had plenty of fun pictures of happy dogs and heart warming stories coming in on social media to keep us smiling and laughing on our travels. We've seen and heard why your pooches deserved to win the Barbour Land Rover accessories...

What a busy time it has been here at Pooches HQ. We have commenced production on our third series of Pooches at Play, and this time we are introducing some new furry, feathered and scaly pals! Series 2 has also just finished it's second run on Channel TEN which means our winner of the second Pawsome Prize Pack Competition, that ran again during our repeat...