Debbie

Understand what socialising dogs and puppies should look like...

Pain doesn't only affect movement. It affects sleep. Mood. Patience. Learning. Confidence. Appetite. Even the way a dog interacts with the people and animals they love.

"Function, Purpose and Joy" These three words have stayed with me, and not because it is easy. It isn’t. But it reflects something I feel very strongly about when we share our lives with older dogs. Their comfort, their dignity, and their experience of the world has to come first. Always. Older dogs ask something different of us. They are not here for us to shape or mould. They are not a blank slate. They arrive with a life already lived, with preferences, sensitivities, and ways of being...