Stocktake and Clear Out
“Stocktake and clear out” five chilling words to read when we’re talking about sentient beings. But that’s the phrase used to describe what happens in puppy farms when worn out breeding dogs and discarded...
Author: Janetta Harvey
“As music is present yet you can’t touch it”
“As music is present yet you can’t touch it” – this line from Pulitzer prize winning poet Mary Oliver’s poem The First Time Percy Came Back which remembers her beloved dog Percy jumped from...
Wrapped In Love – what could be nicer?
Wrapped In Love is an original US concept: a group of artisans and crafters who make and donate blankets to animal rescues. I’ve been a supporter of their brilliant work for a while and...
Juno, not the news I want to share
Juno, my good friend Kathleen’s dog, survived years in the puppy farm and at rescue was morbidly overweight due to untreated Cushing’s disease. I first met her when I collected Twinkle from the Diana...
Memorial Walk Video – bet you’ll smile (with tears)
Susie-Belle’s Memorial Walk a couple of weeks ago, saw over 100 dogs and their human companions turn out on a cold wintry day to celebrate Susie-Belle’s life at West Wittering beach. It was a...
I’m A Woman’s Hour Woman
On Thursday I got the chance to tell a few million people about puppy farming and how the industry harmed Susie-Belle and Twinkle. I was on BBC Radio’s Woman’s Hour. I could pretend to...
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...
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...