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Clumberdoodle Puppy Archie
I have been searching for a Cockapoo for ages. You can read about my search on a previous blog here The Search Is On For My Cockapoo Puppy In 2017
Archie is not a Cockapoo but a Clumberdoodle, so please read on as all will be explained. [Read more…] about Clumberdoodle Puppy Archie
The Search Is On For My Cockapoo Puppy In 2017
Now Steve and I have decided to fully retire and shut our online Silver business, it is now the right time after being without a dog of our own for many years (read all about my love of dogs here ) to once again own one and a Cockapoo is what I have chosen.
Why one of these?
A few reasons – I do not want a big dog, as now having reached a certain age I want one I can easily manage, and one of these is the perfect size. It will be low shedding as it has poodle in it, and after doing plenty of research they are full of character, they love people and make good family pets and need a fair amount of exercise which will help with keeping the weight off.
The time has come to search for one, and after much thought I have decided that it is a Cockapoo that I would like. However trying to find one is a lot harder than first envisaged. [Read more…] about The Search Is On For My Cockapoo Puppy In 2017
Police Puppy Walking My personal Experience of the whole process
(This experience was originally published in September 2011 in a series of separate posts. I have now amalgamated them into this one feature post and re published as a whole story in 2017)
When our one and only dog, Tara (a German Shepherd) passed away at the age of 12, we did not get another dog, as both Steve and I worked full time and didn’t think it would be fair on the dog to leave it on its own. Nineteen years passed, and as we now work from home with our silver business, we did talk about having another dog.
Steve however was not too keen, as he didn’t want the tie and commitment for the next 10 years or so. However one day in our local paper there as advertisement with a photograph of a German Shepherd puppy with a police hat on, with a plea for volunteers to be police dog puppy walkers for a scheme run by the Devon & Cornwall Police.
They were appealing for dog lovers to take on a puppy to give them a good, caring home for up to 12 months, before the pups go on to start their police training.
As this was only for 12 months, it might be just the push that Steve and I needed to then get a dog of our own. How could I resist, although Steve wasn’t sure that this would be a good idea, as a) the dog would not be ours and b) he was worried how I would cope when the time came to hand it back to the police.
I assured him that I would be fine (famous last words!!!).
I submitted my application and waited, and waited, but about 12 months passed before I got the phonecall to ask if I was still interested.
Well of course I was, and was visited by a dog handler who came and had a chat and to check that the house and garden would be suitable. He tried his hardest to put me off, but I think he knew he was hitting his head against a brick wall, as I had made up my mind and nothing was going to stop me. [Read more…] about Police Puppy Walking My personal Experience of the whole process
I am a volunteer with the Hearing Dogs for Deaf People. I am not a full time socialiser but offer to board puppies whilst their full time socialiser is on holiday. I have had a few puppies come to stay with me over the last few years and you can read my previous blogs about each one, but this time in August it was little Enzo’s turn to come and stay for a week. [Read more…] about Hearing Dog Puppy Cocker Spaniel Enzo Comes to Stay
As you can read in other blogs on my site I walk my neighbour’s dog Henry twice a week for a good few years now (with other odd days where I look after him). Henry is a dear old Golden Retriever and is a real gentleman of the doggy world, who loves his walks – especially when it is warm and sunny. Although he is nearly 12 years old, he was fit and healthy and could go on lengthy walks. However in late 2013 when he was 10 his owners bought him a new flea collar and suddenly his health deteriorated. [Read more…] about Flea Collar A Warning To Pet Owners