As part of my never ending internet search into my hounds, trying to get a glimpse into their world before it was also our world, I came across this race card from a day at Swindon. There are some names on there that aren’t necessarily familiar to me but the hounds are so familiar and…

Judge me as you will, I was singing that to my dogs this evening as I drank a glass of wine and cooked dinner and they looked to see if chicken might throw itself out of the pan in their general direction . And of course it had to be them. But the question I…

But I’m so glad they didn’t, it meant that Maisy got to ease into our family and it’s now like she’s always been here. I can only comment on Maisy at home, I only briefly saw her at her lovely foster home and never saw her in kennels. I can only give Maisy’s experience of…

I still haven’t got to the story of Maisy yet, nearly at her Gotcha Day – blame COVID, a ski trip and now a family holiday, but this seems like an appropriate time to consider life and life experiences. We are currently very much enjoying a family holiday in the Lake District, Joe and I,…

There are some moments that no matter the passing of time remain with you, with the clarity of mere seconds ago. It’s been nearly a year since we met Maisy. Meeting Maisy is one of those moments that remains distinctly and clearly with me. Maisy had been with the rescue for a number of months…

If I was going to write a tribute to Bea I would be here until the end of time. She was “perfect princess baby girl” to Joe and I, and we adored every inch of our little mouse dog. Whatever she meant to us though, she meant so much more to Sam. She was his…