Kim's Dog Walking

20/06/2026

I slept very well after being interviewed and filmed by ITV for around three hours!

I cant say what it was for until everything is edited and scheduled and until then….I simply stew over what I didn’t say or could have said better and hope my perimenopausal brain didn’t let me down 😆

But what I can say is that during this time no mud was slung at the ‘other side’. I didn’t even give it any air time and focused on what WE do! Representing positive reinforcement training, clinical animal behaviour and our industry as professionally as possible.

A really lovely team and thanks to Eat Play Love for letting us use the shop for the interview section.

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⚠ A new law means dog walkers could face £500 on-the-spot fines from June 29.

🐕 Local authorities and councils will gain the power to issue fines of up to £500 to dog walkers from the end of this month.

❗ The Crime and Policing Act 2026 will see the maximum Fixed Penalty Notice for breaches of Public Spaces Protection Orders and Community Protection Notices rise to £500.

This figure is currently capped at £100 but will increase at the end of June. John Roberts, chief services officer of Kingdom Local Authority Support, said: "The Crime and Policing Act 2026 is due to give local authorities unprecedented powers to combat issues such as dog fouling and public drinking."

He continued: "The legislation increases the maximum Fixed Penalty Notice (FPN) level for breaches of Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs) and Community Protection Notices (CPNs) from £100 to £500

"It's important to note that this is not an automatic increase, but it does give councils the ability to set penalties at a higher level where appropriate."

In public areas with PSPOs, dog owners may be required to keep their dog on a lead, or to put their dog on a lead if instructed to do so by a police officer, a police community support officer, or a council representative.

Owners may also be required to prevent their dog from accessing certain areas.

This could be in places such as a farmland or sections of a park, and restricts the number of dogs they have with them at any one time, a rule that also applies to professional dog walkers.

The Government website also advises that dog owners should always clean up after their pet and carry a p**p scoop and disposable bags at all times.

Local councils are obliged to inform the public of any areas where PSPOs are in force.

Should a council intend to introduce a new PSPO, it must display a notice and publish the details on its official website.

The notice must clearly state the area to which the new PSPO will apply, along with details of any accompanying map and where it can be viewed.

✍ James Rodger & Chloe Dobinson,

19/06/2026

🚨 DID A STUDY REALLY PROVE THAT VEGETABLES REDUCE CANCER RISK BY 90% IN DOGS?

You may have seen the claim repeated countless times:

"Adding vegetables to your dog's diet reduces cancer risk by 90%."

It's an impressive statistic.

The problem? That's not what the study actually showed.

Here's what researchers really found:

📚 The study examined Scottish Terriers, a breed genetically predisposed to Transitional Cell Carcinoma (TCC), a form of bladder cancer.

📚 It was a retrospective observational study, meaning researchers looked back at feeding histories and compared dogs diagnosed with TCC to dogs without TCC.

📚 Dogs receiving vegetables regularly were found to have lower odds of developing TCC.

📚 The often-quoted "90% reduction" came from a subset analysis involving certain vegetables, particularly green leafy vegetables, not from all vegetables, all cancers, or all dogs.

Most importantly:

📚 The study found an association, not proof of cause and effect.

What the study did NOT show:

❌ Vegetables prevent cancer.

❌ Vegetables reduce all cancers by 90%.

❌ The findings apply equally to every breed.

❌ Dogs fed fresh food or raw diets receive the same degree of benefit.

❌ A bowl of kibble becomes "anti-cancer" simply because vegetables were added.

This distinction matters.

The study population consisted largely of dogs consuming conventional diets. Researchers were evaluating whether supplemental vegetables were associated with lower odds of TCC within that population.

That does not tell us whether adding vegetables to an already fresh-food diet provides the same effect.

It also does not tell us whether dogs consuming a properly formulated prey-model raw diet, whole prey diet, or balanced fresh-food diet would experience any additional reduction in cancer risk.

Can vegetables provide beneficial phytonutrients?

Absolutely.

Can this study be used as proof that vegetables prevent cancer in all dogs?

No.

Good science requires us to follow the evidence where it leads, not where marketing, social media, or personal beliefs want it to go.

A study showing an association in one breed, one cancer type, and one dietary context should not be transformed into a universal nutrition rule for every dog.

As pet owners, we should be cautious of nutrition claims that sound too simple, too absolute, or too good to be true.

The conclusion is not that vegetables are magical.
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The conclusion is that nutrition research is often far more nuanced than the headlines suggest.

— The Holistic Canine 🐾 theholisticcanine.us

NRC balanced meals at home:
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"Fresh-Food Feeding Explained" eBook
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You’re looking for a rating of 70 % and over for a nutritionally good food for your dog

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My happy boy off lead this morning