Try This When Someone’s Looking For A Puppy
A little while ago a contact asked me about a breeder in the south of England. A friend had set their heart on a puppy of the ‘non-allergenic’ fashionable cross-breed type and had seen...
Author: Janetta Harvey
Remembering Marnie
In the early hours of Sunday morning the world lost a beautiful dog. In the few years she lived outside of the puppy farm, Marnie touched the hearts of all who came to love...
River Proves Christmas Miracles DO Happen
Exactly a week ago I wrote a blog on River, a dog saved from puppy farming with a complicated set of problems. Her future was highly uncertain as it was clear that amongst all...
Schnauzerfest Funds Help Unpick The Mystery of River
Just before the Schnauzerfest weekend, a dog arrived into the experienced care of DBARC. River the schnauzer had spent her life in a breeding facility and as soon as DBARC manager, Janet assessed her,...
Oscar’s Law Victory in Victoria
Last week Australia saw a terrific victory for one of the world’s most tenacious, dedicated campaign groups against the cruelties of the puppy industry – Oscar’s Law. The passing in the Victorian Parliament of...
If Ever There Was A Reason To Support Schnauzerfest…
If you’ve not yet heard the story of Twinklet you’re in for a rollercoastering few minutes. Here’s a true tale of a little schnauzer who was dumped in a field to die, with fractures...
Remember Marvellous Merlin?
I want to share with you one of the best videos I’ve seen on social media in a long while. This is Merlin, a dog rescued at the start of the year from a...
A Royal Appointment For Saving Maya
The Berkshire Book Fairy and illustrator of Saving Maya, Annabel Wilson had a lot of fun dropping copies around Windsor on Monday in celebration of Goodreads and The Book Fairies #HideABookDay. A worldwide event,...
Maya Meets A Real Life Fairy
From the beginning, Saving Maya has been a book that’s inspired people to get involved. This is fantastic – and essential – for a book with central themes of compassion and kindness. In a...
Dying teacup Yorkie dumped in alley wrapped in towel
Some days I could really weep. Today is one of them as I’m overwhelmed by anger, sadness, frustration and more. Following my blog yesterday where I wrote about the ills of breeding teacup puppies...