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...
Category: Puppy Farming
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...
Is Talking Money Still Taboo? Too Bad If So…
There’s nothing like doing end of year accounts to make me remember just how much I dislike sitting in front of a computer to input numbers and not words. I was a terrible maths...
Isobel Now Living Life To The Full
Yesterday I received some wonderful photographs of Isobel the rescued dog who had been starved and kept for breeding, chained to a car for 8 years.(Read Isobel’s story here). She is progressing steadily, slowly...
BBC School Report on Puppy Farming and the Kennel Club
Last week I wrote about 12 year old Aimee, who took part in the BBC School Report. Aimee, together with her friend Olivia, interviewed Bill Lambert, Health and Breeder Services Manager for the Kennel...
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....
BBC School Reporter Aimee Is The Future
I was recently contacted by 12 year old reader, Aimee, who had chosen puppy farming as the topic for the BBC’s Annual School Report. This is a BBC News and BBC Academy project which...
Crufts, The Kennel Club and Puppy Farming
I always have a nauseating feeling when it’s time for Crufts. I have several friends who enjoy going along for the shopping, the show, the agility, the total immersion in a love we all...
Susie-Belle’s Memorial Walk 2018
Three weeks ago I headed back to the UK for what has become a much-requested event, the Susie-Belle Memorial Walk at West Wittering. It’s such a touching thing for me, to know that by...
Let’s Talk About Cid
When Susie-Belle died I made a promise to her that I would continue to do all I can to help dogs who know the worst side of humans. I’m forever grateful that I got...