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...
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Where Do I Start?
I haven’t known where to start writing a blog since I did the last one. Every day I’ve sat down to do it and it’s proved impossible. I couldn’t hang onto any clarity, or...
Awe Is Too Small A Word
When I adopted Susie-Belle in 2011 she’d spent 6 months living with Janet, her foster mum. Janet is the manager of the Diana Brimblecombe Animal Rescue Centre but the care given to Susie-Belle went...
My Mind Is Blown
In January this year I said on TV that Schnauzerfest had raised £126,000. It’s an astounding amount of money for a purely volunteer charitable effort to raise. Nobody involved with Schnauzerfest from the start,...
Here’s to great friendships
Last week we had friends come to stay. Living overseas away from most friends and family, means visits like it are treasured. While modern communications make staying in touch easy, there’s nothing quite like...
Life’s Ripples
I’m always humbled by stories people share of how my books touch their lives. When I first wrote about Susie-Belle, I had no idea how her story would be received, or if readers would...
More than Walter Left The Puppy Farm That Day
Walter was born in a Welsh puppy farm. He spent years there. He wasn’t one of the lucky ones. He didn’t get out young. He wasn’t sold into the puppy trade, bought young, loved...
If only every puppy had this love
Recently I shared the story of Lara, a pregnant dog saved from a puppy farm whose ten puppies have been hand-reared by staff and volunteers at the Diana Brimblecombe Animal Rescue Centre. It’s been...
Albert Claude’s Origins
Albert Claude is 6 months old. For the first 2 months of his life he lived in a puppy farm in Northern Ireland. A puppy farm run by Eric Hale and his wife. A...