Health

Decoding Your Dog’s Digestive Distress: Signs and Potential Causes of a Sensitive Stomach It was a Tuesday. The sort of damp, grey Peak District day where the fog sits on the hills like a wet blanket. Inside, the only sound was the crackle of the fire and a low, ominous gurgle coming from Buster, my […]

Decoding the Dog Treat Dilemma: From Peak District Puddles to Your Pocket The rain was coming in sideways, the kind of fine, misty stuff that soaks you through without you even noticing. I was halfway up Mam Tor with Fern, my whirlwind of a spaniel, who had decided that a particularly interesting sheep dropping was […]

Scratching the Itch: When to Consider an Allergy Test for Your Dog There’s a particular sound that can jolt me from a deep sleep faster than any alarm clock: the relentless thump-thump-thump of a dog’s leg against the floorboards. The other night it was Fern, our high-octane Spaniel, having a proper go at an itch […]

Spotting the Difference: Normal Shedding vs. Worrying Hair Loss The other day, I was giving the living room a much-needed sweep when I found a clump of fur under the sofa. Now, with Buster the Labrador in residence, our house is in a permanent state of what we lovingly call ‘canine glitter’. But this was […]

What Are Dog Anal Glands and Why Do They Bother Us? Right, let’s have a straight chat about one of the less glamorous parts of having a dog: the anal glands. I knew it was ‘that time’ again the other day when Buster, my food-hoover of a Labrador, started his infamous party trick. The one […]