Dumping Pandemic Puppies Isn’t What Should Worry Us Most
Even before the pandemic selling sites were a mess for the dogs. With puppy buyers now seeking to recoup costs dogs are going to where the money is.
Janetta Harvey Author, Blogger and Campaigner
Grief, not unlike love
“Unable are the loved to die. For love is immortality. Emily Dickinson When Susie-Belle died, a dog newly saved from a puppy farm was adopted in her memory. A couple of days later, Camilla...
A Year I Won’t Forget
Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for.~ Maya Angelou How many times have I thought and read, that 2020 has been a year like no...
Love Is Not Enough – part 2
Adopting a dog requires thought and planning. Understanding that sharing life with a rescue dog is a privilege, not a right is a good starting point. It can sometimes be difficult to automatically get...
Love Is Not Enough – part 1
When thinking about adopting a dog from a breeding background, it’s vital to keep the dog’s previous life firmly in mind. Adopting any dog involves a number of unknowns but for breeding dogs the...
Far from shore – is that how it feels?
The other day I was out walking with Cerise. Just the two of us. It’s rare that Cerise goes anywhere without a sibling. As we headed out from home I wondered how she’d fare...
Not Quite The Year We Planned
It’s now nine months since a simple idea I had 6 years ago and £250,000 later became a registered charity. Schnauzerfest was a fundraising idea to get people walking their dogs with friends. We...
Not For Profit Vet Makes History
Since coming to live in France full time one major difference I’ve noticed with the vet care for our animals is the much lower cost here compared to the UK. It’s drastically different, which...
Writing For Addis
Earlier in the year I agreed to write a blog for Addis, a British housewares company which is supporting the work of Schnauzerfest. To have an opportunity to educate a non-dog focussed audience was...
Book Review: Wag
I get excited by books. I have more books in my home than I’m ever likely to read. When my ‘to be read’ piles – they’re more like stacks – threaten to topple over,...