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Last week, I was out with the dogs mooching around our land when I saw something odd. The four posts I had put out for teaching weaving were all lying on the floor. Now, at the time, it hadn’t rained in ages, so the ground was very hard; no way would they have blown over in the wind. Not only...

I’ve just started training this and took a little video today. Willow loves this game so much; look at her tail go! And she’s normally so good about waiting her turn, but she was too excited and didn’t want to wait :D It’s not as evident in this video as it sometimes is, but they are so...

So, pre "your dinner's in the dog", I took Squidge out into civilisation earlier. This is a bit of an effort for us, but I think it's something I have to do more, because it will help her so much with learning to control herself a bit. Day to day, we don't see other people or other dogs, and we...

Luna is going to be two in October. You all know how different she is to W&S, but I can't get over that I've never heard her growl. Not in play, nothing. Until today. She was flat on her back, giving it big Zs and then, "grrrrrrrrrrr!" in her sleep. Haha, I nearly peed in my bikini it was so...

So, Luna is on a strict no chicken or beef diet. Marinated four chicken breasts earlier. You can see where this is going. Cooked them to perfection, put them in a box on the counter to cool before putting them in the fridge and freezer - these being the protein part of my entire diet for the...

This is a useful little tool for use in a variety of situations. You can use it at the start of a walk if your dog tends to be a little fizzy when you walk out the door or get out of the car. You can use it if you need a bit more focus. You can use it to help your heel work. You can use it if...

Some dogs can suddenly become nervous of thresholds or objects, sometimes inexplicably. Maybe your dog is scared of going into his crate, through a doorway, past a bush, into the car. When this happens, our "go to" is often to try to coax, cajole or lure the dog towards the thing they're...

J has been keeping me up to date with how Shadow has been doing in Andorra. It’s busy up there at the moment, lots of tourists and unfamiliar dogs. He said Shadow has been brilliant but, get this, if he gets a bit worried,”I just do that figure of eight thing you do”, or “I scatter some food on...

Chocolates look so untidy when they moult!! Squidge has taken forever to shed her coat. She seems to have done it from the middle out. She now has a patch on each shoulder, her ruff and her bum/tail that need to go. She looks ridiculous: Honestly, her bum hair is about 2cm longer than the...

Hunting season has started here, and Thursdays and Sundays mean we might have scary people with guns wandering around the campo, so I tend to stick on our land instead of walking farther afield. There's no guarantee that we still won't see a hunter, but it's pretty rare. I use these...

I was downstairs on my phone, Squidge curled up next to me. Then I wanted to write something a bit longer so came upstairs to my computer. A couple of minutes later, I heard a rustling - gagh! I had left a packet of dark chocolate covered blueberries on the sofa! I ran downstairs and she had...

Does anyone else have a dog that does this? Ginny licks beds, sofas etc. It drives me bonkers! She stops as soon as I call her name for her to look up but it’s something she’s always done since bringing her back. I wonder what’s going through her head sometimes!

@Atemas' picture of her mug got me looking back at this website from an artist I love, Alex Clark: Alex Clark Art I love how joyful her artwork is, it makes me happy to see her pieces. Browsing through, I found a couple of things that seemed quite appropriate for the forum. "The shoe thief"...

Well, "gray", but I can't bring myself to use the American spelling ;) Had anyone seen this? Tawzer Dog | The Gift of a Gray Muzzle: Active Care For Senior Dogs I listened to a podcast with Lori Stevens on my morning run and she mentioned this collaborations she'd done with Kathy Sdao...

Hehehe. I just got this, from my sister who is currently holidaying in the south of Spain... Last night... Hilarious... So, we’re at this lovely typical Spanish restaurant (mostly outdoors, amazing food, dog-friendly, plasticised menus...) and the waiter delivers us a basket of bread... sans...

Sadly not! We went for a nice long walk this morning, me, J and the Labradogs. The trail we took is about 10km, and as it was due to be cooler this morning, I thought a perfect day to give it a go. The walk was partly on narrow paths through the woods and partly on the unmade roads around the...

Well, this is going to be fun! I had a feeling it might happen at some point; although the shelter thought she was spayed (their reasoning was that she was in a kennel with an entire boy and never got pregnant :hmm:) and she has a scar that looks consistent with spaying surgery, my sister told...

Breakfast time here is a bit like living in a sanatorium at the moment, not only because it's always a complete mad house, but also because of the current medication situation. Two dogs on Prozac, one on joint meds and another on steroids. Ginny (not-a-Lab) is crafty with tablets, so I now buy...

I had a general musing this morning as I was brushing the dogs' teeth. We know that mental health and gut health are related. That's why during times of stress we can get a little out of sorts "down there". It's something I've looked into a little during my anxiety studies and one of the...

I listen to podcasts while I'm gardening, doing the washing up etc, and this one came on over the weekend. It's one of the Cog Dog podcasts but, rather than talking about behaviour or training challenges, Sarah recounts the tale of last Christmas Day when she lost one of her dogs, Felix. Spoiler...