The Dog Blog

It was a nail biting final on Saturday night when approximately 11.4 million viewers saw Ashleigh Butler and her dog Pudsey claim the title of Britain's Got Talent winners!

Pudsey is a six year old border collie, bichon frise and Chinese crested cross. As part of his prize he will now perform at the Royal Variety Performance for the Queen - a known dog lover with her collection of Corgis.

Ashleigh and Pudsey managed to pull of 3 flawless and unique performances throughout the competition and are now the proud owners of £500,000. Ashleigh says that one of the first things she will be buying him is a new lead after he lost one of his in the semi-finals.

Simon Cowell, who is the head Judge on the ITV talent show claims that Ashleigh and Pudsey were one of his favourite acts ever. He told them:

"I adore both of you. You have got better and better as the competition has progressed and to do what you did in such a short time is a miracle"

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It’s the start of the May Bank Holiday Weekend tomorrow and I hope you are as excited as we are! Long weekends are a great time to make the most of the country side and letting your dog stretch their legs and have a great walk. It can be hard finding a good dog walk sometimes that combines all the required elements such as terrain, space, views and variety. So we have written a list of the top 10 dog walks around the country for you to try out this weekend:

1. Glennifer Braes, Paisley – This walk has plenty of variety along it including open grassland and woodland. The terrain varies from flat to uphill terrain and there are many historical sites along the way as well as spectacular views. There is even a waterfall!

2. Cavehill, Belfast – This walk is more challenging with wild, unsurfaced paths leading you past caves and across moorland and meadows. There is a lot to be explored for both walker and dog and there are views to keep you going for miles around.

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As it is national pet month from the 7th April to 7th May, every week until then we are giving you the chance to win a £100 voucher to spend on anything you like from dogbeds.co.uk
You can find out more about National Pet Month and our other 3 competitions in our original blog post.
Our fourth competition will commence [...]

Millions seem to think so!

Boo the dog has taken the web by storm. He is a Pomeranian and was born on March 16th 2006 looking like a very cute miniature bear. His owner, camera poised has captured the hearts of people around the world with snaps of this lovable, fluffy, energetic dog.
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As it is national pet month from the 7th April to 7th May, every week until then we are giving you the chance to win a £100 voucher to spend on anything you like from dogbeds.co.uk
You can find out more about National Pet Month and our other 3 competitions in our original blog post.
Our third competition will commence [...]

We hope everyone had a lovely weekend, but we know what Mondays can be like. So we thought we would do our best to put a smile back on your face with these fantastic pictures of dogs enjoying the breeze while cruising along in the car:

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As it is national pet month from the 7th April to 7th May, every week until then we are giving you the chance to win a £100 voucher to spend on anything you like from dogbeds.co.uk

You can find out more about National Pet Month and our other 2 competitions in our original blog post.

Our second competition will commence on Tuesday 17th April 2012 and end on Monday 23th April 2012.

Good luck everyone - the winner will be announced over twitter on the morning of Tuesday 24th April before the third competition starts.

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As it is national pet month from the 7th April to 7th May, every week until then we are giving you the chance to win a £100 voucher to spend on anything you like from dogbeds.co.uk

You can find out more about National Pet Month and our other 3 competitions in our original blog post.

Our first competition will commence on Tuesday 10th April 2012 and end on Monday 16th April 2012.

In this weekly competition you can enter by linking to our website from yours. It’s that simple, if you have a website or blog just pop a link with the anchor text 'dogbeds.co.uk' to our website onto it and e-mail the page URL it can be found on to competitions@dogbeds.co.uk

Good luck everyone - the winner will be anounced on the morning of Tuesday 17th April before the second competition starts.

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In honour of National Pet Month we have decided to run 4 weekly back to back competitions!

National Pet Month

National Pet Month runs from April 7th to May 7th this year. It is a registered charity that brings together animal welfare charities, professional bodies, pet businesses, schools and pet lovers. The man aim is to improve the welfare of all pets.

In a nutshell it aims to:

• Promote responsible pet ownership
• Make people aware of the mutual benefits of living with pets
• Increase public awareness of the role of pet care specialists
• Raise awareness of the value of working and assistance companion animals

Every week we are giving you the chance to win a £100 voucher to spend on anything you like from dogbeds.co.uk. Whether your doggy needs a new bed or mat, or simply needs some new toys – this prize will make pooches around the country bark with glee.

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We all know that there are considerable differences between cats and dogs. Here are just a few:

• Cats have a better sense of hearing than dogs
• Dogs have a better sense of smell than cats
• Cats are carnivores and dogs are omnivores
• The intelligence of a dog can depend on its breed where as all breeds of cat have the same intelligence levels

However, here at Dog Beds, we believe there is one very significant difference between dogs and cats and this sums it up perfectly:

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