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I've started back up at agility with Shadow and yesterday was our first session. Because he's "experienced" (fnarr fnarr) we just pay club membership and go along twice a week and use the facilities. The instructors are there to help out if and when we need it. We've not been in several years...

I mentioned elsewhere that this weekend I visited a shelter in Seville to meet with a photographer that I look up to. He has a bittersweet story, but he attributes his first galgo, Leena. to saving his life, and is passionate about helping the breed. He is American and has founded a charity...

Google Translate should help with this but.... WTAF?!? Of course, it's a mixed bag, but extreme, much?! https://revistajaraysedal.es/gobierno-anuncia-mayor-ataque-caza-historia-ley-bienestar-animal/?fbclid=IwAR2HG7ziWAmzWq3lQeR0Dgv2X633MBOJDmXnKsqn9UcZcKAuTt4LDS8aIOQ Highlights: This is being...

We have today taken on a short-term emergency foster 😳 When I say “we”, I’m in Andorrà, so it’s just J at this point! There is a case of parvo at the shelter, one puppy died last night and another two are sick today. 😢 The local police called them about a young puppy they had picked up, but...

I want to make some memes for my shelter photography, like this one: Hit me with your favourite dog quotes, and you get extra bonus points if they're applicable to giving a shelter dog a home. I want to avoid "adopt don't shop" themes because I think that's nonsense (firstly because ethical...

Lots of you will have seen the lovely Bella over on my shelter photography thread. On Sunday, we officially fostered her. Her story is rather confused. She is a three-year-old cocker spaniel whose elderly English owner died. She was then taken on by a French neighbour whilst waiting to see if...

I've recently started a little personal project, taking photographs for the local shelter here. I am absolutely loving it, it gives me so much peace and joy to get out with these dogs and showing them off as best I can. This is a really challenging thing to do, as these dogs aren't used to...

Hi all, as some of you have already noted, I’ve been rather absent of late. I’m not sharing any details, but life has been rather tough and I’ve had to reevaluate some of my priorities. As you know, I’m not one to sit still and do nothing, so every minute of every day has been filled to bursting...

Here is it again, the course that started me on my photography journey! I cannot recommend this enough. Most of you guys will have seen the progression of my photography skills (and there is still SO MUCH to learn!) and this is where it all started. Today is registration day and I cannot...

Our courageous Nisha Noo left us this afternoon. I’m not ready to give all the story but I will soon. We managed to get her to the vet for X-rays which showed she was riddled with big tumours. I know the things that will be said and I know they are true. I know that she had the best few months...

At the end of our walk yesterday morning, Squidge suddenly became very itchy and distressed. Her face started to swell, her tummy and ears were bright red, and her eyes were bloodshot. I gave her an antihistamine which didn’t seem to do a lot, so followed it up with some prednisone, and...

... what would be the one thing left? I was working without realising the time and when I looked, it was quarter past nine, way past doggy dinner time! Obviously, all of them were fading away and I decided that, of these poor starving dogs, all that would be left would be: Squidge’s bum Ginny’s...

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I think so often vets get a bad rap, people accusing them of money-grabbing, bring in cahoots with big brand food manufacturers and other unpleasant things. But I’m going to give a huge shout-out to my vet here in Spain. With the three shelter dogs, she never charges a consultation fee and...

Oh, for the love of all that is holy. The vet was due to come today for Nisha. I gave her the tablets at 12:45, all went swimmingly. J went to collect the vet, and I popped back to my computer to fit in a few more minutes of work. Then I had a panic realising that I hadn't fed the others their...

With the pitter-patter of medium-sized feet imminent, I thought I'd start a thread about ideas for enrichment for the two new arrivals. For the sake of posterity and anyone else reading (because you regulars obviously already know the situation), this is for two dogs that have lived for over a...

In the early hours of Wednesday morning, I saw the official confirmation that the kennels in our neighbouring village was going to close, and that all the dogs would need to find a home by the end of the year. On the surface, that might sound amazing, but some of these dogs were born in the...

Oh guys, I’m so sad. Our local shelter is closing at the end of the year due to lack of support. I know they’ve tried everything they can to stay running, but it’s just not possible. All the dogs HAVE to find home now. I don’t know what will happen to them if they don’t. Euthanising healthy...

A couple of years ago, when I was helping out at the shelter, we had a litter of eight Podenco puppies come in, that had been abandoned at only four weeks of age. This was around the time of the transition from the bad management to the good one, so all the puppies were found homes. Last night...

A FB contact of mine posted this, and I thought it would be fun to play along. Do dogs have four legs, or two arms and two legs?