Author: Janetta Harvey
When a home is not a home as I know it to be
Recently I’ve found myself getting involved in online discussions on people giving dogs up for rehoming and as expected, things get heated, points are made and misunderstood, opinions are aired and not appreciated, emotions...
Twinkle at the vet
Our summer stay in France is underway. We arrived mid-week after an uneventful night-drive down. We opted for an overnight drive as it’s been so hot recently we thought the dogs would appreciate the...
Words must become actions
This is not the post that I’d been planning to put up this week. Where I’ve been enjoyably immersed in more bits and bobs on brains to follow this up, yesterday as I was...
Miniature Schnauzer Fun Day
This Sunday we’re heading to Northampton as we’ve kindly been invited to the Miniature Schnauzer Fun Day to talk about puppy farming and Susie-Belle. We’ll all be going along to meet new and old...
The damage done by puppy farms goes beyond the obvious
By closely documenting Susie-Belle’s journey to her current state of emotional well-being, I have been able to look back in detail at the enormous progress that she has made in the 3 years that...
Book Review – Animal Madness
As I shared in my post yesterday, I’m currently immersed in and avidly reading some excellent works covering animal psychology, neuroscience and ethology. I’ve long been fascinated by these matters but my interest has...
Twinkle’s Inner Life
Before Susie-Belle came to us, I did a reasonable amount of reading, preparation and digging about making contacts with those who knew better in terms of the psychological problems that we might face that...
Paws on the Shore Fundraising Walk…safe to say, a success
Photo courtesy of Mike Jackson Yesterday we spent the day down at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve walking 6 miles for our fundraising event, Paws on the Shore. We were joined by lots of dogs...
Now it’s Twinkle’s turn
Ten days ago Twinkle managed to leap awkwardly out of the car and although I didn’t know it at the time, injure herself. It wasn’t until the next day that I noticed she was...