Animals

Fun Games to Play With Your Dog At Home
Any dog owner knows the signs: Shredded socks; disappearing shoes; the kindle case starts developing toothmarks, and the flower beds erupt. You have a bored pup. This is not a good thing. It’s time for some fun games to play with your dog.

Having Pets In Rented Property: New Tenancy Rules
In the past, having pets in rented property has proven incredibly difficult for tenants, with only 7% of landlords advertising the accommodation as ‘pet friendly.’ Luckily, new tenancy rules now prohibit landlords from automatically issuing a blanket ban on tenants for having pets.

Who’s the Person Behind the Pet?
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has launched the new ‘Petfished’ campaign, which gives you advice on how to avoid deceitful sellers and buy pets safely online.

A Day Out At Crufts
On Friday morning the Preloved team all loaded into the car to join the thousands of pampered pooches heading to the NEC arena in Birmingham for day one at Crufts. Day one opened with agility, flyball, heelwork, display and the group judging for gundogs. Crufts is not just about the competitions however, it is an […]

Preloved And Animal Welfare
Since Preloved began accepting adverts for animals on site in 1997, we have continually worked to ensure high animal welfare standards are maintained.

5 Tips For Travelling With Your Dog
Whilst packing my car for a long road trip I noticed my puppy wagging his tail next to the car door when a thought crossed my mind. I’m ready for the trip, but is he ready too? I quickly went into research mode looking into travelling with your dog and realised that hitting the road […]

Why Your Dog is the Best Bet this Valentine’s Day
You might have guessed that, here at Preloved, we love dog. This Valentines, we’re spreading the doggy love as we know your pooch will never let you down and they deserve some attention for their unconditional love and affection!

Hedgehog Awareness Week
As part of Hedgehog Awareness Week, The British Hedgehog Preservation Society are encouraging everyone to be aware of the dangers that lawnmowers and strimmers pose to hedgehogs.

Bread Isn’t Best: What to Feed Ducks
The RSPB tell the Preloved community that bread is not the best food to give to our birds, and suggest some alternatives which will make birds healthier. Read on to find out what these are!

Hedgehog Safety on Bonfire Night
Hedgehogs are endangered species, meaning that every single one of them is precious. Read on to find out how you can help save our prickly friends this Bonfire Night.