Our Christmas Gift of Adoption
This time last year I began to question the wisdom of the established mindset that dogs in particular, but any animal really, shouldn’t be given to people at Christmas. It’s a theme that’s promoted...
Janetta Harvey Author, Blogger and Campaigner
Why it’s not just fakes we need worry about
This week saw the repeat airing on the BBC of an episode of ‘Fake Britain’, which looked at the case of Lisa Walsh, a dog breeder who, in 2014 was convicted of selling puppies...
Come and meet the world Cerise Rose
Renae and Twinkle met Cerise Rose the other day. Their new sister. She’ll be coming home to us at Christmas, once a few health checks and details have been sorted out and we’ve returned...
Why are people being pushed into the arms of the Christmas puppy peddlers?
Christmas present shopping for many people will include buying a new pet. Some will be bought as surprise gifts, others will be planned purchases involving the whole family. Like it or not, when it...
Susie-Belle’s message continues
I know it may seem an odd thing to say, seeing as I’ve written two books about the life we share with our dogs, thus inviting thousands of strangers into our world, but, I’ve...
Knowing it was right, makes it no less painful
When we received the news 6 weeks ago that Susie-Belle had a tumour, it was a terrible shock. No-one ever wants this diagnosis to be part of their journey through life with their canine...
This is hard, but we knew it would be
There’s no easy way to work through grief, it’s the most painful, engulfing of emotions. Even when we know it’s coming. When we got Susie-Belle’s diagnosis 6 weeks ago I knew that we faced...
Susie-Belle may have left this life, but she’s not left me, and never will
Last night we had to let Susie-Belle slip off into a new and peaceful world without us by her side for the next stage of her soul’s journey. She didn’t suffer at all, this...
Life throws us some weird things at times
Life is full of coincidences and weird synchronicities. I used to work with someone who had a PhD in some obscure and fascinating academic branch of neuroscience and she and I would have regular,...
The magic that is Schnauzerfest
It’s been three weeks since dogs and their human companions were out walking, across the country, united in one goal – to make Schnauzerfest a success. It’s impossible to know how many dogs took...