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I sometimes despair about Hollys scavenging. Today we went for a quiet walk along the Wye from Little Doward car park. It was a nice walk, with a little swim in the river as a highlight. On the way back to the car she found a deer bone. She realised that I would take it off her, so she shot...

Over the last few years Holly and I have written a couple of dog walking books, one for the Wye Valley and one for the Forest of Dean. The motivation for these is to share our enjoyment of walking in this beautiful area with as many people as possible. Let’s face it, no-one writes this type of...

After our lovely walk on Saturday Holly developed a cough. The vet doesn't think its kennel cough (thank goodness) but Holly's not a happy pup. Hopefully a few days rest will get her back to her old self.

She's been eating things again and has been up all night with diarrhoea, and brought up her breakfast this morning. We've been to the vets, and have started the familiar routine of starving her for the day, keep up fluids, give her the gut medication and feed her on rice and chicken from...

We've just had a week in this cottage so we thought that a write-up would be helpful. Location: The cottage is located at the edge of St Agnes with two pubs, a Chinese restaurant (& takeaway), and two cafes clustered around a mini roundabout within a two minute walk. The center of St Agnes is...

In a few weeks time we’re having a walking holiday on the SW Coast Path. Last year Holly did a lot of pulling on our long walks with lots of exciting smells! We were worried that she might injure herself with so much continuous pulling on her collar. As a stop-gap we got her a very wide...

Holly’s not feeling too good at the moment. She’s enjoyed very good health for most of her life, seldom needing to visit the vet. In the last week we’ve been twice. The first visit was for a common Lab problem: ears. Her left ear was getting inflamed and the usual cleaning regime wasn’t...

Our son's dog, Alfie, was PTS today. He was at least 14 years old and had led a full life in the heart of a noisy family, surrounded by love.

Holly's scavenging is getting out of control. It's getting to a point where her scavenging is giving her a permanent upset stomach, often windy, regularly loose, and occasionally sick. It's worrying because we simply don't know what she's eating. We've tried lots of things over the years...

Yes, today is her sixth birthday. It hardly seems any time since she was a cute little puppy who could be picked up in one hand. Happy birthday canis daftus. Now let's get off the tappy thing and go for a special walk!

Beaver Cottages is located at Tregatta, a small village just outside Tintagel. There are two cottages, The Lodge and The Smithy. We took the Smithy for a week and were very impressed with the size of the cottage and the decor. It's a nice size for two people and a dog with plenty of space to...

I'm pleased to announce that the second book in the Holly's Walks series was released to Amazon about five minutes ago. It should be appearing on the Amazon website in a few days time. Book one described our favourite dog walks in the Wye Valley. Book two took us east into the Forest of Dean...

This morning we gave Holly a ham bone. She immediately took it into the garden and started eating it, a bit faster than we'd have liked so we decided to take it off her. She did a textbook example of resource guarding. One end was wagging but she had the bone firmly in her mouth and was...

Hello and from Holly and me. I'm really happy that this forum is up and running.