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Coverage for Dogs.ie / Pups.ie / Stud.ie

Dogs.ie was built on three main pillars:
  • Trust,
  • Safety,
  • Transparency
our mission is to be the safest way to find dogs online.

We often get asked to comment on pieces in the news around pet care in Ireland, dog breeding statistics or animal health and welfare cases. While we try to answer all questions, it's not always possible to do deep data or legal analysis due to our limited team size. For all media requests please contact us on press@dogs.ie.

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🐶 Dogs.ie in the news (latest news first)

# Date Details Source
1 19.01.2024 Dogs.ie's submission on Use of Shock Collars in Ireland
to the Department of Agriculture, Food & Marine's working group.
Link
2 03.10.2023 Dogs.ie partaks at International Companion Animal Welfare Conference
(ICAWC) in Nicosia, Cyprus.
Link
3 18.09.2023 Dogs.ie's founder, Paul Savage, talks about privacy first analytics and why he chose SimpleAnalytics. SimpleAnalytics.com
4 17.09.2023 Dogs.ie refenced in ‘Dangerous’ American Bully XL dogs for sale in Ireland as ban urged in UK after latest death in the Irish Independent and on The Journal. Independent.ie TheJournal.ie
5 08.08.2023 Dogs.ie shares Import and Export numbers of dogs made available under the Freedom of Information Act, 2014. Link
6 23.05.2023 Dogs.ie takes part in the Purina Unleashed panel on "Let's talk about Pet Acquisition!" Event Summary
7 25.01.2023 Dogs.ie presents at the Permanent Representative of Ireland in Brussels at the workshop “Pet Breeding, Trade and Traceability: Challenges and the way ahead”. Link
8 06.12.2022 Dogs.ie referenced by media outlets on the topic of restricted dog breeds in Ireland. NewsWeek.com
MSN.com
Irish Mirror
RSVPLive.ie
9 30.03.2022 Oireachtas Committee - Regulations and Verification systems of online sales of Pets. This meeting is part of the Committee’s Post-Enactment Scrutiny of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013. Paul Savage, Founder of dogs.ie presenting. Link
10 26.08.2021 Online Puppy Trade made safer in Ireland - Four Paws International & Dogs.ie show the first implementation of VeriPet, the Model Solution for selling pets online. Link

  • 26.02.2023 - Dogs.ie mentioned in The Irish Sunday Times in regards to "Inside Ireland’s €120m puppy farm industry — where designer dogs sell to Singapore for €5,000" Link (Paywall)
  • 18.01.2023 - Dogs.ie mentioned in regards to Dog Breeding Establishments by DSPCA's Education Officer Gillian Bird. Link
  • 05.10.2022 - Dogs.ie partakes in International Companion Animal Welfare Conference (ICAWC) in Sophia, Bulgaria.
  • 14.07.2022 - Dogs.ie referenced in the reserach study "Understanding the dog population in the Republic of Ireland: insight from existing data sources?" by Simon J. More, et al. - Link
  • 06.09.2020 - Eoghan McDermott duped by ‘friendly grandmother’ who sold dog from puppy farm - Extra.ie - Link
  • 22.12.2015 - ‘People are getting rid of dogs before Christmas’ - Irish Times - Link
  • 15.11.2015 - Dogs.ie mentioned on IrishExaminer.com
  • 20.12.2014 - Dogs.ie referenced - Cyber Christmas puppies face New Year on death row

What people say about dogs.ie

Dogs.ie is the bussiest dogs themed website in Ireland, with over 175,000 registered customers. Our customer reviews can be seen at www.dogs.ie/reviews and we have an average rating of 4.2/5 stars. Number of reviews > 1,000. Dogs.ie regularly shares information about what dog breeds are popular in Ireland.

Quick facts about dogs.ie

Founded 2008
Founder / CEO Paul Savage
Members > 200,000+
Daily Visitors ≈ 20,000
Daily Pages Viewed ≈ 100,000
Annual dogs rehomed ≈ 30,000 (31,903 in 2023, 33,682 in 2022)
Breeds listed > 125
Staff 5
Network websites dog.ie - Main dog website
help.dogs.ie - Articles about dog care and laws.
pedigree.ie - pedigree dogs & pedigreed stud dogs (IKC Registered).
stud.ie - stud dogs, sire and dams for litters.
adultdogs.ie - older dogs for sale, over 2 years of age.
puppies.ie - puppies for sale, dogs under 3 months of age.
Irish.dog - Irish native breeds of dogs for sale.
UK.dog - UK Dog website - Facts & advice about dogs.
horses.ie - Irish horse website - coming 2024
kitten.ie - Irish cat website - coming 2024

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Last updated - 02.01.2024