ThePet.net Vet & Gavin & Stacey’s Joanna Page to front ‘My Pet Shame’ on Sky1

My Pet Shame is a new factual entertainment series on Sky1 starting next Wednesday 14 July. The show, fronted by Joanna Page (Gavin & Stacey, Love Actually) and ThePet.net TV Vet Marc Abraham (This Morning), will look at pets and the excruciatingly embarrassing ailments they often suffer. My Pet Shame is a light, informative show, [...]

Puppy Farm Awareness Day – Report & Photos

Image from Tabitha Fireman We had such a great day on Saturday 19th Sept at the World’s Biggest Puppy Party to raise awareness on Puppy Farm awareness Day so we would really like to say thanks to everyone who came and made it such a huge success on so many levels. We definitely raised awareness [...]

Sponsor a puppy party…

As you may already know, we are hosting our “World’s Biggest Puppy Party” in September. It looks set to be an action packed day, and loads of people have signed up for the free tickets and applied to exhibit their pet businesses on the day. As  well as these ways of getting involved, we are [...]

World’s Biggest Puppy Party!!

Dog-loving celebrities and sports personalities are giving their full support to Puppy Farm Awareness Day which takes place this year on 19th September 2009. This special day will help to educate the millions of people in the UK who are considering buying a puppy but are unsure who to contact and what to do next [...]

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We Have Ourselves a Winner…

Boy did you guys want to get your hands on that pet food! We received hundreds of entries to the Burgess Pet food competition, but unfortunately there could only be one winner. We are pleased to announce that the winner of the food, is Shirley Harpley from Norfolk and her cat Taz. Taz is an [...]

West Midlands is officially the most pet friendly place in the UK

In this animal-loving nation of ours it seems there is one place in particular which attracts the most pet friendly attitudes. ThePet.net Awards 2009 have revealed the most pet-owners rate the West Midlands as the best place in the UK to own a pet after thousands of pet-owners were invited to vote for their favourite [...]

Do dinosaurs make good pets?

This was one of the questions Marc had to tackle at his talk this morning about choosing a new pet at The Ultimate Pet Show – NEC, Birmingham. Marc gave a vet’s eye view on what to look for when considerin a new four-legged family member. His talk ranged from puppy farms to pet shops, [...]

ITV Vet Documentary Causes Controversy

You may have seen ThePet.net’s vet Marc Abraham on ITV1 documentary ‘Pets Undercover’ on the Tonight programme a couple of weeks back. The programme has ignited massive debate both within the veterinary profession and in the wider public on the issue of pet and owner exploitation including what vets charge and the range of services [...]

ThePet.net on ‘Pets Undercover’, ITV1 – moved to 16 March

The episode of the Tonight programme (ITV1), ‘Pets Undercover’ featuring ThePet.net’s Marc Abraham has been moved a week, so will now be shown on Monday 16 March at 8pm. Take a look at our previous blog post for further information on the programme.