Meet the newfoundland

If there’s anything more joyful than making a visit to the coast in any season, it has to be heading there with your beloved dog

IT was 150 years ago this autumn that the Dandie Dinmont Terrier Club was formed in the Scottish Borders town of Selkirk, for fans of this quirky dog with its even quirkier name. It’s now the second o

No horse to look after, a multi-generational community, great exercise and it costs peanuts. Tessa Waugh extols the joy of hunting with the “jelly dogs”

Living with a small dog can be a joy, but does require both sensitivity and strength, says Carolyn Menteith

Unfairly maligned as a sneaky troublemaker, the quicksilver ferret is a characterful, curious and highly intelligent creature–with fascinating regal and cultural trappings to boot, writes Octavia Pollock

When it came to matchmaking, our beagles took the lead