Does having a ‘dog baby’ make us happier than having a human baby?

EVEN the most even tempered canine can lose their patience. It’s all the more reason to make sure to keep children safe around dogs. Did you know that more than three in four dog bites in children occ

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I really love it when a client comes in to see me before they even get a dog! It doesn’t happen often, and it is more common that they are visiting with their current dog and enquiring how to find a g

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Do we focus too much on dog obedience, asks Carolyn Menteith

Q I am 71 and, four years ago, I took on a three-year-old Bichon Frise X Jack Russell Terrier from the RSPCA. His behaviour is exemplary except, from time to time, he bolts, and doesn’t return until a