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What is the most popular dog breed in your area?
There is one fluffy breed that rules across affluent suburbs in Sydney’s east, inner west, north and north-west. But the west and south-west of the city have a different favourite.
- by Craig Butt and Anthony Segaert
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What is the most popular dog breed in your postcode?
With 240,374 dogs registered through Central Animal Records in the state, just one breed makes up nearly 22,000 of them.
- by Craig Butt and Holly Thompson
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What are the most popular dog breeds in your postcode?
Golden retrievers are the most popular breed in Portsea, Cairn terriers are top dog in Ashburton and rottweilers win out in Menzies Creek.
- by Craig Butt and Alex Crowe
Top dog: New data reveals the most popular pooches in Victoria
There are almost two million dogs registered in Victoria – and this breed makes up 7 per cent of them.
- by Craig Butt and Alex Crowe
Meowbourne: The areas of Melbourne where cats reign over dogs
Dogs outnumber cats almost everywhere in Victoria – but these 17 Melbourne postcodes buck the trend.
- by Craig Butt and Alex Crowe
Strangers come out in force as Jinx the missing bitsa casts a spell
When a much-loved dog bolts, a community mobilises.
- by Mic Looby
Opinion
Sunday Life
I used to roll my eyes at besotted dog-owners, now I’m one of them
Unlike human members of the family, my dog is always wildly thrilled to see me.
- by Jamila Rizvi
Trainer dubbed the ‘Dogfather’ thought he’d seen it all. Then he came to Australia
Graeme Hill, the host of Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly says owners should follow the same advice he gives their beloved troublesome pets.
- by Bridget McManus
Puppy love: Penny pinching hasn’t hit pet treats, says billion-dollar retailer
The boss of Pet Circle says despite economic pressure, consumers aren’t compromising when it comes to meeting the needs of their four-legged friends.
- by Emma Koehn
What saying goodbye to my dog taught me about the clichés of loss
Editing the final pages of her novel, Briohny Doyle was forced to ask herself: what makes a “good death”?
- by Briohny Doyle
Woolworths, RSPCA, Medibank caught up in pet insurance crackdown
A number of well-known brands were temporarily blocked from selling pet insurance for failing to properly consider the financial situation of prospective customers.
- by Millie Muroi