“John, good point! And as it was shown on the programme, all of the performing dogs are well cared for, perhaps to excess? and they clearly enjoy every moment of their performance. Banning ALL animal performances would be unrealistic and wrong. There is a different case where lion, tigers and elephants are concerned.”

“Strange then that Simon Cowell has said he would like a dancing dog act to win Britains got Talent this year. ;-)”