You know when you have a Labrador when it becomes completely normal to walk around the house with only one slipper on.
We only have to cross a side street to get to Homers usual walk. There are two places I make him stop and wat but after the same routine for 5...
This morning we went for a walk on Hundred Acres Wood, Forest of Bere near Wickham. Not quite a full day out, but a lovely place for an hour/ hour...
Being naughty and thinking how much fun they would have if they swapped owners like twins swapping classes at school. Looks like they had an...
I need to do Listen to that training with Homer. We’ve sort of done it, a bit here and there, but do need to work through a more systematic...
Homer is an only dog but has gone to a small dog day care since he was about 4 months old. So he should be well socialised but he’s a loner. He...
I’m being completely soft here, maybe she just wants company. Our boy has a bed in our room where he sleeps at night but will come up onto our bed...
When Homer was in a complete state of fear heavy panting, scratching and digging at everything and anything petting was not an option for him at...
Homer is a circler. He's always chosen dry leafy undergrowth under hedges or trees, never, never on a path or an open field. He can be really...
We made a wooden frame and fill t with wood chip. At first it was right near the back door, if he started going round in circles he was taken...
From my own experience, which is limited to one dog, yes I think they can go through another fear stage. Our dog was a confident unfazed dog...
I'll have to get the evidence off Hubby's computer.
Each dog and each situation is different. Leaving a dog or pup in an outside pen may well be better than leaving it outside in a cage. I would...
Just to let you know, every time we have passed by Homer has a swim in Lake Annecy. He starts to sit up and get excited as we get close. He...
Yes we were back in Val d'Isere. Homer loves the snow and has made such huge improvements with walking past heavy machinery and coping with busy...
My dog had on and off tummy trouble when he was younger, I changed him to Burns lamb and rice which settled his tummy. Chicken based kibble...
i have one more week of the school term left then join them for the Easter Hols.
Oh, yes. Homer is super bright, and I'm "that" parent too. I have a theory... Anecdotal, but my theory. There are just dogs then there are...
There are various way parents explain their dog's humping behaviour. Most humping is not sexual but just excitement, or a release of energy.
Homer has a secretion of about 1-3 ml of discharge about once a day, he usually cleans himself. But we do get spots on the kitchen floor, probably...
