Cerise the Complicated
This weekend marks four weeks of Cerise coming to live with us. In that time she’s made remarkable progress in many areas; her fears are subsiding daily and reading through some of my notes...
Author: Janetta Harvey
Susie-Belle’s Memorial Walk
This weekend will see us down at the beach, with others remembering Susie-Belle. It’s her Memorial Walk and for a dog that lived for years in a puppy farm and never walked more than...
Life’s For Playing With Is It Not?
‘She can do stairs’ was my celebratory cry to Michel this morning as I followed Cerise’s bottom heading down the staircase. It may seem a funny thing to be cheered by, but for a...
10 Days In The Life of Cerise
Cerise has been with us now for 10 days. Which means she’s been out of the puppy farm for 2 months. Two homes in 2 months have been her experiences outside of the concrete...
Cerise Rose arrives in our life
Cerise Rose has landed into her new life, and opened a new chapter in ours. She brings a sweetness that’s unmistakably sprinkled with flecks of Susie-Belle magic, as we have no doubt this is...
Our Christmas Gift of Adoption
This time last year I began to question the wisdom of the established mindset that dogs in particular, but any animal really, shouldn’t be given to people at Christmas. It’s a theme that’s promoted...
Why it’s not just fakes we need worry about
This week saw the repeat airing on the BBC of an episode of ‘Fake Britain’, which looked at the case of Lisa Walsh, a dog breeder who, in 2014 was convicted of selling puppies...
Come and meet the world Cerise Rose
Renae and Twinkle met Cerise Rose the other day. Their new sister. She’ll be coming home to us at Christmas, once a few health checks and details have been sorted out and we’ve returned...
Why are people being pushed into the arms of the Christmas puppy peddlers?
Christmas present shopping for many people will include buying a new pet. Some will be bought as surprise gifts, others will be planned purchases involving the whole family. Like it or not, when it...
Susie-Belle’s message continues
I know it may seem an odd thing to say, seeing as I’ve written two books about the life we share with our dogs, thus inviting thousands of strangers into our world, but, I’ve...