Teaching dog sense and owner sensibility
Three years ago I asked my friend Kate to write about real life with a puppy, wort's and all! And she did... Now I'm delighted to introduce 'Chapter Two' in the life of darling Molly 'Moll' and the Richards household, in the form of 10 gorgeous black lab pups. I was privileged to whelp this... Continue Reading →
Someone very special to me has recently been in hospital following major surgery, and indeed now finds herself, much to the relief of all who love her and have worried long nights about her, in rude health - HOORAH! - admittedly with quite some journey of rehabilitation and recovery ahead, but joyfully at home where... Continue Reading →
Hi Lost! Words by Christopher Curtis Drawings by John Tickner ... Continue Reading →
For those of you who are regular readers of my posts, the name Lucy Racz will be a familiar one to you all and will remember with fondness I'm sure, her exquisite pen and ink drawings of Dolly, my Springer Spaniel bitch and her five gorgeous puppies from January through to March last year. I... Continue Reading →
A friend shared this beautiful and moving story with me and I feel it would be selfish not to share it with you... I wish you enough this New Year. Recently I overheard a father and daughter in their last moments together at the airport. They had announced the departure. Standing near the security... Continue Reading →
Chapter Six The End Flush was growing an old dog now. The journey to England and all the memories it revived had undoubtedly tired him. It was noticed that he sought the shade rather than the sun on his return, though the shade of Florence was hotter than the sun of Wimpole Street. Stretched beneath... Continue Reading →
Chapter Five Italy Hours, days, weeks, it seemed of darkness and rattling; of sudden lights; and then long tunnels of gloom; of being flung this way and that; of being hastily lifted into the light and seeing Miss Barrett’s face close, and thin trees and lines and rails and high light-specked houses — for it... Continue Reading →
Chapter Four Whitechapel “This morning Arabel and I, and he with us,” Miss Barrett wrote, “went in a cab to Vere Street where we had a little business, and he followed us as usual into a shop and out of it again, and was at my heels when I stepped up into the carriage. Having... Continue Reading →
Chapter Three The Hooded Man Such an education as this, in the back bedroom at Wimpole Street, would have told upon an ordinary dog. And Flush was not an ordinary dog. He was high-spirited, yet reflective; canine, but highly sensitive to human emotions also. Upon such a dog the atmosphere of the bedroom told with... Continue Reading →
My regular blog followers have already met the fabulous Alan Willis from 'One Man and His Dogs', and, as a stunning addition to his stable, I'd like to introduce you to this gorgeous litter of loveliness! Alans' superb trialling bitch Misty, (and my Dollys' sister who you met previously in 'Life is Beautiful Indeed'), has produced this... Continue Reading →
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