Privacy Notice

Who we are

Our Dogs is the world's only canine newspaper and have been covering the world of dog shows and show dogs since 1895. Nowadays we can be found at either of our websites: www.ourdogs.co.uk & www.ourdogsinternational.com
Our Dogs and OUR DOGS INTERNATIONAL is a digest of news, events and happenings in the world of show dogs and is essential reading for anyone who is serious about pedigree dogs.

Types of data we collect

Every time a user visits our website, web analytics software provided by a third party generates an anonymous analytics cookie. These cookies can tell us whether or not you've visited the site before. Your browser will tell us if you have these cookies, and if you don't, we generate new ones. This allows us to track how many individual unique users we have, and how often they visit the site. Unless you are signed into ourdogs.co.uk, these cookies cannot be used to identify individuals; they are used for statistical purposes only. This allows us, for example, to tell which pages are the most visited at any one time.

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It allows us to be more efficient. We can learn what information is important to our visitors, and what isn't. We can discard Web pages you don't use, and focus our efforts on information you need.

When you sign in as a member of Our Dogs we generate cookies that represent whether you are signed in or not.

There are also third-party cookies such as the media sharing buttons (twitter, facebook) on some pages which will make a record when you tweet or like a page.

We also have some advertising cookies that register when an advert has been clicked. Again this is for statistical purposes only. It does not say who has clicked the advert just that it has been clicked.

Mailing list

As part of the registration process for our weekly e-newsletter, we collect personal information. We use that information for a couple of reasons: to supply news relating to dog shows, offers and other information. We don't rent or trade email lists with other organisations and businesses.
At present we use a third party mail system provided by Technotion. Users can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time.

Online Subscriptions

When you subscribe online your name, address data, email and contact number will be stored in our secure online subscription system. This system is protected and please be assured that we do not share your personal details with any other company.

access to personal information

You are entitled to view, amend, or delete the personal information that we hold. Email your request to our data protection officer Pam McCardle at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..