To Help Your Dog in the Firework Season

In 2016 we rescued a bitch and her three tiny puppies, from a puppy farm. To make up for their poor start in life they all had the very best of everything, two of our own rescued girls helped mum with the pups’ care, and all the dogs helped them enormously with their socialisation and…

TIMMY a WRH boy who loves to please In rescue shelters there is a trend for the older dogs to often be passed by in favour of a younger dog.  There is a common misconception that the older the dog, the less you can teach it but the reality is that any dog can learn…

Fourteen years ago a little 6 month old pup that we had been fostering left us for pastures new taking a big piece of our heart with him. Such a very special little fellow but again one that would have been overlooked by so many because of what they would perceive as his ‘handicap’ which…

Neighbourhood Watch Week – June 5th – June 12th 2021 Lots of people get a dog because they want extra security around their home. Westies make excellent watch dogs, they don’t miss a thing! A watch dog will tell their owner if somebody is coming close to their house.  Westies are intense, a big dog…

(illustration by emmalawrence.com) When driving the ‘office dogs’ up north to Scotland they always follow the same routine. They fall asleep about a mile from home, and as we cross the Scottish border some hours later they awake with a start and get very excited when they see the ‘Fàilte Gu Alba’ sign, almost as…

June 25th 2021 Should dogs be allowed in the workplace? Research shows that taking your dog to work can really boost the wellbeing of the staff. In fact, 45% of people said that they were more likely to apply for a job where dogs are allowed in the office, and most people saw it as…