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...
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...
When we received the news 6 weeks ago that Susie-Belle had a tumour, it was a terrible shock. No-one ever wants this diagnosis to be part of their journey through life with their canine...
There’s no easy way to work through grief, it’s the most painful, engulfing of emotions. Even when we know it’s coming. When we got Susie-Belle’s diagnosis 6 weeks ago I knew that we faced...
Last night we had to let Susie-Belle slip off into a new and peaceful world without us by her side for the next stage of her soul’s journey. She didn’t suffer at all, this...
Life is full of coincidences and weird synchronicities. I used to work with someone who had a PhD in some obscure and fascinating academic branch of neuroscience and she and I would have regular,...
It’s been three weeks since dogs and their human companions were out walking, across the country, united in one goal – to make Schnauzerfest a success. It’s impossible to know how many dogs took...
There’s a magnetism about old dogs that I willingly allow to draw me in close and as an obsessive collector of good books, when I spotted the release of one that champions the lives...
After airing some awkward thoughts here the other day and people expressing concern over the sense of despondency and frustration I shared, I thought today I’d tip the balance a notch with something positive....
Around this time last year, I attended the Kennel Club’s Discover Dogs event in London at the invite of CARIAD. It was the first KC event I’d been to, never having been a fan...