Twinkle & Albert Claude – A Tale of Two Ages
It’s time to talk a little about Twinkle. Although Twinkle is a ripe old age of at least 14, until very recently, her age has been an invisible reality for her, and us. She’s...
It’s time to talk a little about Twinkle. Although Twinkle is a ripe old age of at least 14, until very recently, her age has been an invisible reality for her, and us. She’s...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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, 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...