Dr amir khan

Three women share sweet bonds with their support dogs

I’ll never forget the day my wife and I drove to pick up our miniature schnauzer puppy. She was just four weeks old and could sit in my palm. On the way home, I sat with her on the back seat as she co

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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

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Bearing witness to a tragic tussle between her beloved bear and a dog made Lesley Austin. determined to help teddies in need. “As a child I had a much-loved teddy bear, but the family dog ripped her t