They love to see their dog running free, charging about and having fun. Freedom may come at a price. They adopted Boxer Bella sixteen months ago and she is having a wonderful life. Being with her for three hours it was hard to imagine her to be anything other than a sweet, Read more…
Bred to do a job Nowadays too many dogs are effectively square pegs in round holes. When I was young (years and years ago) many women didn’t work. Dogs weren’t left alone for long. There was little traffic outside the bigger towns so dogs had a lot more freedom. Few were bred Read more…
It’s sad when a dog that has been so conscientiously reared from a puppy, well-trained and socialised, starts to develop antagonistic behaviour towards other dogs. What could have gone wrong? I feel really sorry for the young couple with beautiful Hungarian Vizsla Mac. They took him to classes and training Read more…
The lady is looking after her daughter’s gorgeous young Rhodesian Ridgeback, Mara, while the daughter is settling the other side of the world. Mara will follow in a few month’s time. She has looked after Mara on and off for the past year and she has been working very hard Read more…
The last of German Shepherd Princess’ eight puppies went to a carefully checked home a couple of weeks ago and she has now been spayed. Duke on he right (the puppies’ father) and Princess, both three years old, had the wrong start in life. Duke was in a barn and Read more…
This week I visited two dogs called Bracken. Both were gorgeous and they were completely different. The first was a beautiful Japanese Akita. He did not have a good start in life. As a puppy his first family lost interest in him and he was shut outside in the garden by himself for hours on Read more…