Gently does it

I’D just let Joey, my young Labrador, off the lead when I saw Spike for the first time. It was early; the grass was drenched in dew and there were few people about. He was a powerful-looking man stand

Three women share sweet bonds with their support dogs

My ‘soul dog’ Ben had once saved my life. Now he’d sent someone who needed my help in return.

Sitting in the lounge, watching TV with her rescue dogs, Dash and Hattie, Julia Hawkins received a text message from her husband in the room next door, asking if it was safe to come in. As soon as the

YOU were sitting on the bench when I first saw you. During the spring, summer and autumn months, the common, with its beautiful trees and gardens, was my favourite place to de-stress from the pressure

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