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July 22, 20240Comments

Teachings of Dog: Morning Meditation

Every morning, Mungo goes through the same routine... breakfast, then a bimble around the garden - and then he will find a spot, either to sit or lie down, for

by Joanna

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June 8, 20230Comments

Teachings of Dog: Discovering Your Inner Puppy

Well... we'd had the cushions a long time... and as we learned from Winifred in the last blog, we should welcome change. Winifred brought that home to us quite clearly

by Joanna

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May 30, 20230Comments

Teachings of Dog: Winifred…

Winifred arrived somewhat unexpectedly; a very tiny little schnauzer in need of her forever home, following her rescue from a puppy farm by Friends of Animals Wales. We were anticipating that

by Joanna

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October 18, 20210Comments

Teachings of Dog: Finding Your Voice

If there's one thing for which Schnauzers are well known, it's their voice. Loud, joyous, frequent, and sometimes embarrassing, has been our previous experience over the past 30-odd years of

by Joanna

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April 16, 20210Comments

Teachings of Dog: Rewriting the Story

Mungo came to us in February... he was rescued from a Welsh puppy farm, where he had spent the first five years of his life. Probably his only experience of

by Joanna

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April 1, 20210Comments

Teachings of Dog: What’s in a Name?

Mungo arrived into our lives a few weeks ago... confused and scared, he had been rescued from a puppy farm, where he had spent the first five years of his

by Joanna

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July 8, 20190Comments

Teachings of Dog: The Wisdom of Matilda

Little Matilda joined our family in early April, following the sad loss of our beautiful Theo to lymphoma earlier in the year. She needed us as much as we needed her

August 1, 20160Comments

False Evidence Appearing Real

Last Thursday was haircut day... we have a wonderful, patient lady who, every four weeks, comes to the house for the morning and creates order out of chaos; leaving behind

July 21, 20160Comments

Dogs will be Dogs…

So Luna caught a mole yesterday evening... I've no idea where she found it, as there are no evident mole hills in the garden, but she was exceptionally pleased with

July 5, 20161Comments

The Magic of Discovery

It's just over three weeks since little Luna joined us, and we can't believe how easily she has just taken everything in her stride... Nothing seems to faze her, and

by Joanna

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