Black and Off-White
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009Nothing like a bit of snow for reminding us how dirty our dogs are…
Spot in the snow
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Pet Lovers Opposed to Dirt
Sunday, February 8th, 2009I do love my animals at home. I do, however, also value a fairly tidy home. I don’t think I’m OCD about the cleanliness of the home, just like to enjoy sitting on a reasonably hair-free sofa.
I am thinking of gathering an online forum (Pet Lovers Opposed to Dirt, PLOD) to discuss and share […]
Tips for the Credit Crunch
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009Rescue centres have seen twice the number of animals dumped for re-homing. A sure sign that the credit crunch is affecting our ability to look after our pets. I have written before about what a financial commitment a pet is - £500-700/year for a cat and £1000+ per year for a dog. I’m sure no […]
Bitleys
Sunday, December 2nd, 2007Betty’s Babies - 5 old weeks today
Chocolate Labradors
Wednesday, October 24th, 2007In the late 1930’s Mr Tibshelf, of Tibshelf kennels bred a Labrador that turned out brown instead of yellow or black. A stroke of marketing genius occurred that day when he decided that this would be called a Chocolate Labrador.
Chocolate Labrador, what a better name to conjure warm fluffy feelings of love. A brief look at Chocolate labs registered at our surgery show […]
Why Don’t Dogs Purr?
Sunday, October 21st, 2007Today I was sat with one dog on my knee (not strictly allowed in this household but he caught me at a weak moment) and the other sat on my feet. I was able to stroke one dog with each hand, which is why the old adage 2 hands, 2 dogs is so true.
These dogs […]
Loosing a Loved One
Friday, June 22nd, 2007I spoke a few weeks ago of the vet’s perspective of putting a beloved pet to sleep. It’s not something that any vet enjoys doing but is a form of treatment for intractable suffering.
This week we lost Molly, my parent’s beloved lurcher. The painful decision to put her to sleep was made.
So I saw things from the […]
My letter to John
Saturday, June 2nd, 2007I’ve never written a fan letter before but have to make an exception for John Mayer. His music is fantastic. It’s generally mellow; great to destress to after a long day squeezing anal glands and it also contains very honest lyrics; important for a girl that finds herself covered in gross stuff on a daily basis.
What actually […]
Death
Sunday, May 13th, 2007Facing into death isn’t an easy thing to do and it seem s particularly unacceptable to talk about it in our culture. There are a whole load of other issues this raises, like eating meat without accepting where it comes from or the harder subject of accepting our own mortality.
When I meet people for the […]
Italian Affairs
Tuesday, May 8th, 2007Been on hols in Italy for a week. A few animal events occurred
SUN 29/4/07 Met Capri’s friendliest inhabitant:
I named her Donatella. Capri is full of stuck-up people posing and pretending that they have just bought a 20K pair of shoes from Louis Vitton. My meeting with Donatella came about quite by accident as I was wondering through a garden that was […]