A s I write this, just a week before Christmas, it’s a wonderfully frantic time in the office as we sign off magazines and race to meet deadlines, all in the hope of enjoying a well-deserved rest over

Some people throw on sequins and open bubbly on New Year’s Eve, with friends and family around them, but I’d always been content to ring in the new year at home with my husband and Rusty, my cockapoo.

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My replica pups are pawsitively pawfect

Dog walker Nicci Hindson from Newark in Nottinghamshire is living her dream life, thanks to a red and white Border Collie called Elsa. On listening to Nicci’s story, it’s easy to see that destiny play

Crumpet has had a very busy month thanks to completing his vaccinations and being given more freedom. He was unfazed by being at the vets and didn’t flinch at any of the injections. What a good boy! T