Preparing for a new puppy starts should start before you go to pick him up from the breeder or dog shelter. Do you know how you are going to train him and have you got all the necessary supplies? Start with a good puppy book and read it through before picking up your pooch. It [...]

I came across a lovely site today and recommend any dog lover to check it out.  It’s called Cycling Gypsies and its all about Canadian Zoa,  Australian Fin and their two rescue dogs, Jack and Paco. Together this happy band of wanderers are exploring the world and sharing the experience with us through their blog. [...]

Not everyone is as romantically inspired by the humble flea. Should you be looking for some flea preventative products then the Frontline, Capstar and herbal spray pictured are all effective at combatting the little suckers. The Flea by John Donne Mark but this flea, and mark in this, How little that which thou deniest me [...]

Those sly marketeers are not satisfied with blackmailing parents by  ‘enhancing’ the checkout of the local store with colorful candy and kids’ comic books.  No, now if you go out shopping and happen to take the dog, not only will you have the kids whining for sweets, you’ll have the dog whining to change his [...]

© sonya etchison – Fotolia.com For those who share their lives with one or more four legged friend a house just is not a home unless you are brushing cat hair off your business suit or tumbleweeds of blown coat off your kitchen floor. For as long as records have been kept there are references [...]