Category: Posts
Theft of Words and Ideas Matters
As a writer I’m hyper-aware that ideas and words which I put out into the public realm will be picked up, read and shared. It’s what writers hope will happen and as a writer...
When Three Becomes Two
I’ve just received a message about Merlin, a brave dog who I’ve written about several times since he was first rescued from a terrible breeding farm (read Merlin’s journey here.) Merlin is currently with...
Penny’s New Life -Part Two
Here’s Part Two of Penny’s Journey, following on from this. It begins with us hearing from 13 year old Aimee’s mum, Ruth before we learn more about how Aimee considers how she can help...
Goodbye Darcie
When we bring dogs into our lives we begin a story of love and loss. It’s almost inevitable that at whatever age they join our home, whether a puppy or older, we will outlive...
When A Quiet Path Beckons We Take It
We live deep in the countryside of the Nouvelle Aquitaine region of France, an area best known to British visitors as the Dordogne but to the French as Périgord. It’s a picturesque area throughout...
Isabel Spent 8 Years Chained To A Car
When you hang around animal welfare issues you see a lot of upsetting things. Social media pages are full of distressing images and every rescue has pictures of animals for whom our hearts break....
Try This When Someone’s Looking For A Puppy
A little while ago a contact asked me about a breeder in the south of England. A friend had set their heart on a puppy of the ‘non-allergenic’ fashionable cross-breed type and had seen...
Remembering Marnie
In the early hours of Sunday morning the world lost a beautiful dog. In the few years she lived outside of the puppy farm, Marnie touched the hearts of all who came to love...
Remember Marvellous Merlin?
I want to share with you one of the best videos I’ve seen on social media in a long while. This is Merlin, a dog rescued at the start of the year from a...