Pictures, pictures everywhere
This time of year has come to involve me looking at a lot of photos of dogs. Not mine, other people’s dogs. And when I say a lot, I mean a LOT. Hundreds of...
Author: Janetta Harvey
Megan: a dog with the courage of a lion
I first came to know about Megan in the summer of 2021. She was around 8 or 9 years old and had lived a life of neglect. When taken in by Friends of Rescue,...
Regulating Online Pet Sales
With a woeful lack of regulation in the online sale of pets, I attended a recent meeting not expecting to hear much good news.
Hope gets me out of home
I rarely leave home these days as I don’t enjoy travelling and have little sense of adventure. I prefer the familiar and am a dedicated homebody with a lifelong tendency to enjoy my own...
When A Walk Is Much More
This month we’ve been supporting the Schnauzerfest awareness campaign: Spring Forward For Schnauzerfest. It’s a celebration of getting out on daily walks, giving dogs the freedoms and joys that come from this. Sharing the...
Springing forward for the 12th year
We’re taking part this month in Schnauzerfest’s campaign to raise awareness for the work done by dog rescues. The Spring Forward For Schnauzerfest campaign calls on people to take a walk with their canine...
Maisie’s Story and Life Matter
I first came to know about Maisie when she needed a safe home in which to recover from life in an illegal, recently raided puppy farm.
A chapter closes
It’s only week six of the year and already it’s feeling like it might be yet another of ‘those’ years. One in which we hurtle through one demanding thing after another. One where, getting...
Then there were three
Today three dogs form a new family where the joys – and heartbreak – of sharing our lives with dogs is understood and cherished.
Snow days are fun days
We almost never get snow where we live in France. Winter temperatures do regularly fall below zero but snow is rare. The last time we got more than a fleeting flurry was a few...