Introducing Albert Claude Maxwell
Six years ago today I drove to the Diana Brimblecombe Animal Rescue Centre to meet Twinkle for the first time. It was eighteen months on from adopting Susie-Belle and the time was right to...
Janetta Harvey Author, Blogger and Campaigner
One Week On
Last week was an exciting point in the journey my dogs have taken me on since adopting Susie-Belle in August 2011. Twinkle, Cerise, Renae and Susie-Belle were on the telly! Back in November we...
It’s Almost Time
It doesn’t seem long ago that we were in the UK filming with the team from ITV’s Britain’s Top 100 Dogs. At the time, knowing it wouldn’t be screened until the end of January...
Beautiful Amber
Around the time of Schnauzerfest 2018 weekend I was contacted by Romy who was keenly taking part and helping with a few additional things on the walks she was involved with. Romy’s motivation to...
Surprises Like This Are Always Good
At the end of December Schnauzerfest received, out of the blue, a generous donation from a small business that was new to me, Rosie’s Grooming Room, Yarpole. I’m always intrigued by coinicidences and uncovering...
A New Book Begins
There’s nothing quite like making the decision to get working on another book and putting that decision down on paper. All my books begin life in notebooks, sometimes they languish for a long time...
When Clyde Met Maya
While the most eye-catching thing about Schnauzerfest is the huge amount of money it raises each year, there are several threads to it which all bring about great changes in the lives of dogs...
Theft of Words and Ideas Matters
As a writer I’m hyper-aware that ideas and words which I put out into the public realm will be picked up, read and shared. It’s what writers hope will happen and as a writer...
Konnie Shows Us What Stoical Means
Konnie, currently with the Diana Brimblecombe Animal Rescue Centre, and named by friends Graeme and Peggy, demonstrates just how stoical dogs saved from puppy farms can be. Scarily so when we remember that while...
Buy My Books & Support A Small But Mighty Rescue
Since adopting Susie-Belle in 2011 and beginning to write about our life together, I’ve wanted to use my writing to help dogs like her. Dogs which experience an unbelievable amount of cruelty and neglect...