Two Reasons Why I’ll Never Keep Quiet
On Sunday evening immediately after we’d had the good news that missing dog Schnapps was reunited with her family, I received a message and photograph that dissolved my euphoria in seconds. My friend Janet,...
Category: Puppy Farming
Why I Support Those Who Do, Not Those Who Say
I was a little surprised last week to be contacted by Tom Burrington, Assistant Editor of Dog World magazine, with compliments about this blog post. My surprise came as the facts in it are...
Harley’s Dream – A Global Initiative In the Making
Educating the puppy buying public about the cruel reality of today’s breeding industry is the one thing which every one who cares, can do. There’s no excuse once we know about the problem, why...
Who Doesn’t Love A Bargain?
Traditionally January is a month of sales and bargain grabs. And when it comes to books this is the time of year I tend to restock my ‘to be read’ pile for the year...
More Of The Same At The Kennel Club
Just before Christmas a jaw-dropping statement was made during a radio interview. It involved the UK’s main animal welfare charities and the Kennel Club. As someone who, along with others has long criticised the...
Why Yesterday Was a Good Day
Christmas is a busy time for those making money in the puppy market and a bad time for those of us wanting it to shrivel away to nothing. Any publicity that can disrupt sales...
We’re In The Running For An Award
‘Saving Maya’ has always been more than a book to me. It represents the combined efforts of many people to bring the truth about many puppies being sold today out to a younger audience....
Be Like An Icelander Give Maya This Christmas
If I suggested being like an Icelander, I wonder what springs to mind? Before I go down a road of stereotyping a nation of just over 300,000 people, I’ll mention just one great, Icelandic...
One Woman’s Campaign to Get Animal Welfare Taught In Schools
Louise Craggs, a veterinary practice manager, recently contacted me to help her get animal welfare taught in schools. She’s launched a petition to persuade the Government to put animal welfare onto the national curriculum, having...
Thanks To All The Fantastic Schnauzerfesters
As of this minute, the total donations raised this year by Schnauzerfest stand at over £22,000! This is a phenomenal sum of money to have raised, and with two walks happening today to round...