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  • Toy review: Petsafe Linkables

    I bought these linkable puzzle toys many years ago for Nell because we needed to distract her when we left the house. She managed to solve most of the toys we had bought too quickly (we couldn’t make it out of the house!) so I got one of each to start with. The first time Read more

  • New winter coats and listening to your dog

    Our new Equafleece coats have arrived! With the winter on our doorstep these two waterbeasts are always soggy when they get in the car so for the drive home, I like to make sure they stay warm. Their current jumpers require wrangling font legs into holes and for a while now Nell has been pretty Read more

  • Toy review: BusterMat

    Toy review: BusterMat

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  • Dealing with sibling jealousy by training emotional regulation

    Dealing with sibling jealousy by training emotional regulation

    The biggest challenge we faced when getting a puppy was to ensure the dogs build a positive relationship. This was especially important because they are both females, and I was informed by our behaviourist that fights between two girls can be much worse than one with opposite sexes so you can imagine we were pretty Read more

  • Toy test: snufflestack

    Toy test: snufflestack

    It’s taken me a while to post this but better later than never! Another snuffle toy we bought at the Animal Event was this “snufflestack” (my name for it, because it didn’t have one). Basically, it’s a pile of double layered fleece squares with a hole in the middle, stacked up in a fleece rope. Read more

  • Toy tip: Starmark Tetraflex as a mealtime toy

    Toy tip: Starmark Tetraflex as a mealtime toy

    Today breakfast was served from Starmark Treat Dispensing Tetraflex – one of my absolute favourite mealtime puzzles. It’s soft plastic so no noise on hard floors; the size and shape allow dogs to pick it up and most importantly, unlike many other treat balls, it has a little funnel inside the opening which reduces the Read more