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...
Category: Puppy Farming
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...
When Shattered Hearts Mend, Good Things Happen
Last week in the lead up to Schnauzerfest Weekend, I was contacted by someone in Scotland who wanted to know if she could do something special for Schnauzerfest. Having no expectations of what this...
Twinklet’s Schnauzerfest – Day One
Day One of Schnauzerfest is almost over and what a day it’s been across the UK. Schnauzers and their other canine friends have been walking in woods, on beaches, in parks, and fields to...
What does Schnauzerfest mean to DBARC?
On the eve of Schnauzerfest Weekend, I’d like to share with everyone who is taking part and supporting this remarkable, annual coming together, of kindness, compassion and generosity, this wonderful message to be seen...