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I've been thinking that our resizing policy for photos is too restrictive; at the end of the day, with the hosting package we have, our storage is unlimited, so there are no cost implications to allowing larger filesizes. On the other hand, ridiculously large files will slow down page loads...

My friend Alan is going to be allowed back to his house this morning to see what's what.... and to see if his dogs made it. Please, everyone, huge lambies for Alan. :lambies::lambies::lambies:

This has just been released by the FDSA. A free ebook going over the fundamentals of training, and how to progress from there. It has embedded videos throughout. I've not read it yet, just had a quick virtual flick through, but it looks like it might have some interesting content for people who...

Someone posted this little game on Facebook earlier. The idea is to click to freeze the dog wholly inside the white lines. It's easy enough to do once. But can you do it twice in a row? Five times? TEN times?!

On July 4th, 5pm Pacific Time (which is 1am on July 5th in the UK) if you wanted to watch it live - but it will be made available afterwards: FREE WEBINAR: Amy Cook, Ph.D.; Deb Jones, Ph.D.; Jennifer Summerfield, DVM; and Jessica Hekman, Ph.D. DVM - Oh No! It's the Fourth Again! Join us on...

Would anyone be interested in joining me on this? I've been plugging away at nail trimming for literally years now, and have got to the point where I can do all of Shadow's and Squidge's without any issue, even with the Dremel (which Shadow used to hate). If J is sat beside Willow, I can do all...

The twins' first friend ever was a black Labrador called Alfie. He and his humans moved away from Andorra to Holland three years ago, and we've not seen Alfie in all that time. Yesterday, they came to visit us in Spain. I was a touch apprehensive as to what Shadow would make of Alfie (who is...

I thought this might interest some of you. FDSA has just launched their "Pet Professionals Program", which is aimed at providing continuing education for pet professionals. It's not a certification program, but a collection of online workshops scheduled throughout the year with some of the FDSA...

After Squidge finding that dead bunny yesterday, I had the most vivid dreams last night of trying to keep the dogs away from rabbits, which seemed to be everywhere! The worst one was when I found Shadow chowing down in a pen of rabbits outside a pet store! I woke up quite exhausted! :cwl:

For those of you on Facebook, have you ever felt a negative emotional response to someone "liking" your post, rather than choosing a stronger reaction, "love" or "wow"? Example 1: You post up a picture of your dog doing something utterly adorable. Ten people "love" and one person "like"s this...

I thought I'd start up this thread where we can share one-line nuggets that we hear that "speak" to us or make us think. Feel free to discuss! Today's TFTD is: Just because you're using positive reinforcement, it doesn't necessarily mean it's a positive experience for the dog.

Every spring I have to re-train "not chasing rabbits", and now it's that time again. On my morning run, we saw three (or four?) and W&S both had a little chase. I saw a glimmer of hesitation in them, but they still went after them. No catching them, thankfully. That's it, back out with the ball...

I’ve heard a little bit about this app recently and it sounds like a great idea that would help out lots of dog owners. Sniffspot is a bit like Airbnb for dog walking. People who own safe places for dogs can advertise them (for free) and people can rent them by the hour for their dogs. They can...

I listened to this podcast yesterday and thought it was worth a share. Why We Do What We Do is a podcast that tries to explain psychological concepts in an easily understandable format. It's generally about human issues, but this episode talks about what influence breed has on an individual...

Back in September, I treated myself to a swanky new GoPro 7 Black - the top model on the market. It wasn't cheap, but I've bought lots of cheap alternatives in the past (and an original GoPro Hero) and figured it was time to bite the bullet and go all-in. I'm glad I did, it's a brilliant little...

I had to pop into the vet's this morning. As we entered, a Lab came up to us. "No, Nala, she doesn't want to be pestered by a 50kg Labrador!". I just laughed and explained I own three Labs, so wasn't bothered in the slightest by any Labrador greeting. But, by god, this dog was obese. It was...

Just back from a week staying here, Can Nas de Gos (which translates as "Dog nose house"!). I can't recommend it highly enough, if you're looking for somewhere wonderful for a peaceful dog walking holiday. The house is small, but larger than I thought it would be from the pictures. There is a...

So, as I've said, I wasn't at all happy with our entries this time, but I still submitted them for feedback. Our results for Level 1 (with points being scored out of 210) were: Shadow: 196 points Squidge: 199 points Willow: 187 points So both Shadow and Squidge got "excellent", but...

I thought I’d start a thread for our elderly tripawd. We have some appointments coming up for physical assessment and the like, but to start off, something a little more light hearted. Ginny is “in season” at the moment. We and the vets believe she has been spayed (she has a surgical scar) but...

So we’re on holiday at the moment, as I’ve said elsewhere. We’re in La Garrotxa region of Catalonia, which is beautiful and lush. Meaning, it rains a lot :cwl: It has barely rained this week, though, and we’ve had beautiful weather for both walking and sitting in the sunshine reading, but there...