To Help Your Dog in the Firework Season

Donna’s amazing virtual cycle ride, from Land’s End to John O’Groats for Westie ReHoming Donna Emms with her westies MAX (ex WRH) and 16 year old Jess, sporting her medal Some lucky westies will benefit from a fundraising virtual cycle ride by Wiltshire supporter Donna which raised a very welcome sum for Westie ReHoming. She…

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…

Sleep is so important for a dog’s physical, cognitive and emotional health. A study found that it helps with the learning process and helps the dog’s decision making as well as for its growth and immune function. Sleep also speeds the removal of waste products from the brain and body.  Sleep deprivation results in bad…

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…

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…