It’s No Small Gift
When 5 month old Albert Claude breezed into our world he brought with him a canine vibrancy and innocence that had faded in my mind in recent times. Having lived for the past 8...
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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...
Once a dog in a puppy farm…look at her now…
As a dog from a puppy farm, Cerise is doing well. She’s been in our life now for 3 months and out of the puppy farm for 5. Overall her progress towards living as...
Cerise the Complicated
This weekend marks four weeks of Cerise coming to live with us. In that time she’s made remarkable progress in many areas; her fears are subsiding daily and reading through some of my notes...
Life’s For Playing With Is It Not?
‘She can do stairs’ was my celebratory cry to Michel this morning as I followed Cerise’s bottom heading down the staircase. It may seem a funny thing to be cheered by, but for a...
10 Days In The Life of Cerise
Cerise has been with us now for 10 days. Which means she’s been out of the puppy farm for 2 months. Two homes in 2 months have been her experiences outside of the concrete...
Cerise Rose arrives in our life
Cerise Rose has landed into her new life, and opened a new chapter in ours. She brings a sweetness that’s unmistakably sprinkled with flecks of Susie-Belle magic, as we have no doubt this is...
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...
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...