I know, I must be insane to suggest that you borrow my dog. What sort of heartless, insensitive and careless dog owner would ever even suggest such an idea??? I’ll tell you which ones would do so: the ones who, like me, often have to travel abroad, whilst the family is busy with full […]
That is a rather philosophical title to talk about a dog breed, don’t you think? But no, I am not trying to be too over dramatic or pompous about it. And yes, at the end of the day I am, once again, going to talk to you about what a lovely, good dog […]
We all know what a great motivator food can be for our dogs. For habit streaken Borders, food is advised to be used as the purpose to a walk, or to training. But – and we know this even too well – Borders, as well as other breeds can put on weight very easily. We […]
Whenever I have talked about keeping dogs cool in hot weather, I have always mentioned how badly my Indy fares in summer months. But how Border Terriers cope in hot weather varies from individual to individual dog. Some Borders still enjoy their walk in warmer weathers, some others, like my Indy, get totally deflated. No […]
For this year too Crufts, the most internationally prestigious dog show, has been and gone. Unfortunately for legal reasons, Crufts does not allow the reproduction of their images, therefore I cannot show you the picture of the winner, but it was a lovely American Cocker Spaniel similar to the one in this picture – the […]
In recent years there has been much controversy over the right way to train our dogs. It was only a few years ago when Cesar Millan affirmed his Cesar’s Way philosophy on our television screens, in an effort for us to train dogs to respect boundaries and limitations to help them grow happy dogs, just […]
In my previous post on Spike’s disease I have mentioned how unfortunately a cure for this terrible disease has not yet been discovered. Then again in time it has been proven that you can manage Spike’s in your dog with a gluten free diet. Today I’d like to tell you a bit more about gluten […]
If you remember, a while ago I announced the painful news that my Indy had just been operated by the Dick White Referrals Specialist Centre in Cambridgeshire to remove a canine anal gland cancer in the left anal gland – if you missed that post, please click here. At the time, we were waiting to […]
Best Buy: Amazon Price: approx. £70-£200 Amazon average rating: 4 – 5 out of 5 My rating: 9 out of 10 Overview Since my Indy sustained a back injury in the early part of 2016, I have started looking at options to enable dog owners to be able to take their canine friends with […]
The ones of you that follow my blog regularly may have wondered whether I had abandoned this project at all. Unfortunately I had to, after receiving yet again a not very good news towards the end of this year – possibly the most devastating news in the last 12 months in fact. Our Indy was […]