We have been fans of the fleece dog harnesses for a long time. They’re made to measure and Jo, the founder of the company, is happy to talk through the measurements over the phone which is a real bonus. As you can see, the dude on the left is dry…
Well, it’s not just our canine team members who love these treats from Fenton & Charles! We’ll be honest though, the feline team member didn’t do any training and has the humans well trained enough to deliver treats on her cue. There is such a huge collection of treats from…
I recently had the pleasure of spending a day with Katie Scott-Dyer, an awesome dog trainer who kindly invited me to join her at one of her workshops. I won’t give away her secrets, but I can share that the workshop was fabulous. One of the women who brought…
This was first published in Dogs Today Magazine I’m not going to lie to you, I wanted to keep Storm. More than anything in the world, I wanted her to join our family. Unfortunately for me, Storm had other ideas. Storm was settled at home with a human…
One of the many things I love about dogs is their innate ability to declare their feelings. If they’re happy, we know about it. If they’re not happy, we know about it. The question is, what do we DO about it? This is something we explore regularly on our…
Having recently written a blog on the importance of keeping dogs on leads around livestock, not putting livestock at risk of being frightened or harmed and keeping dogs calm around livestock, it seemed fair that I shared our own experience. This morning, we were put to the test. It…
It’s that time of year again. We’re surrounded by cute lambs who can lead our hounds into temptation. Our dog’s desire to chase can be stressful for us owners but it can also lead to livestock getting injured in the process. Some dogs have more of a tendency to…
How are those resolutions going? I’d love to say that mine are going fabulously, but that would be a little untrue. I hope you enjoyed a break over the festive period? Did you enjoy some time with your dog and wish that you could have more of it? I certainly…
If you’ve missed the cute puppy pictures then you need to head over to our Facebook page, but as you probably know, we have recently fostered a Hope Rescue puppy called Danger Mouse. He left us to go to his forever home on Saturday and while we’re missing him like…
They say that ‘you don’t always get the dog you want, you get the dog you need’. I don’t know who ‘they’ are, but ‘they’ have a very good point! I think this is especially true when you have a rescue dog. You fall for them, hear their story and…
