JOCK Legends

Just last month, we featured the Mdzananda Animal Clinic and the brave and wonderful staff who work there. The stories they shared were so heartwarming, that we decided to share this special story about a rescued Pit Bull named Daisy-Mae. In March 2016, the Mdzananda Animal Clinic received a call from a distressed Khayelitsha community […]

What started as a community member with a big heart wanting to help out with his neighbours’ pets, turned into the success that is the Mdzananda Animal Clinic, based in Khayelitsha, just outside Cape Town. Serving up to 1000 pets every month, the clinic started with only a handful of volunteers and became an animal

Meet Jess, the German Shepherd, Jamie Traynor and Kari Wesighan – three friends and co-workers who came face-to-face with a 4m African Rock Python at The Rhino Orphanage in Limpopo one Sunday morning in January. Due to each of their bravery and strength of spirit, Jess survived the attack, and lived to tell the tale.

Sipho is charismatic and caring 10-year-old who lives in Zwelihle, Hermanus. It’s been almost a year since his first appearance at the Hermanus Animal Welfare Society (HAWS), but the staff still remember the first time he marched in and confidently requested a dog leash and food for his three dogs called Government, Justice and Police.

The simple but significant act of caring for animals can bring people together and make a lasting difference. This moving story is a perfect example. Not long ago, a special teacher with a passion for young children and animals inspired a heartwarming rescue mission lead by a group of caring, determined paramedics. That teacher was

Michélle Myburgh believes in paying it forward, one bucket of kindness at a time. Her journey started when Neena, her 3,5-year-old Staffordshire terrier, went missing in July this year. Since then Michélle has been working tirelessly to be reunited with her beloved canine family member. Her efforts have taken her across many parts of Gauteng.

When a mobile billboard went up recently in Bryanston, Johannesburg advertising a dog fighting event between two Pit Bulls, Nitro and Thor, South Africans were understandably up in arms and took to social media in their thousands to voice their horror. It turned out to be part of a powerful campaign by the National Council

Here at Jock Dog Food, we know that dogs can do some incredible things. But even we were surprised to learn of a dog that’s part of the construction crew at the new Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA) in Cape Town. So, naturally, we had to put our noses to the ground

When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, a newly independent Russia found itself struggling to pick up the pieces with a nearly bankrupt economy and a severe drop in living standards. It was into these trying times that Ivan Mishukov was born. By 1996 Russia’s economic situation had seen very little improvement. Due to the

It was a cool Tuesday evening in June when Xena, an 18-month old black Labrador, noticed the gate to her family’s home mistakenly left open. Being young and inquisitive, she decided to make use of this rare opportunity and ducked out under the cover of darkness to do a bit of exploring of her neighbourhood