As some of you may know, I gave up my 9-5 office based job last year in order to put my time and energy into K9 Services Plus not the dog training side as that is best left to Phil but more the admin and social media side (hence the increase in Facebook...

So we have returned from our holiday in the Lake District. Following on from our 'Holidays with Hounds' blog I am pleased to be able to report the cottage did indeed have a fully enclosed area where the dogs could mooch without having to be supervised, which was a...

My favourite television advert at the moment is the one where 'Moose' the Boxer dog is in the park with his owner/human, his owner's friend and a French bulldog called Bean who is wearing a 'lampshade'. It took me a couple of views before the relevance of the...

I am part way through a fortnight of dog sitting for an 8 month old chocolate Labrador. The last few days have served as a great reminder to me as to why the people behind the film Marley & Me decided a Labrador was the perfect breed of dog to play the character of...

Daisy, Oscar and Buster go to work every day with Phil so have decided they want to try out different jobs for a change! (Buster is wearing a chef hat in case his new job of choice isn't obvious from the photo - it isn't a pair of pants on his head!). Bring Your Dog...

If you haven't already booked your holiday for this year I suspect you are thinking about doing so. If you are anything like me you will want your dog/s to share your holiday with you, which is why our holidays for the past 8 years have predominantly been in the UK...

I recently had a weekend away with three girl friends - one has a dog, two don't, but they all have young children. Over lunch one of my friends asked me a question along the lines of "I know you love your dogs, but wouldn't you rather have a clean house?" Clearly a...

Strange title for a blog? It may make more sense if I explained these are nicknames we use for Daisy, Oscar and Buster. I will explain further: Daisy = Daisy Duke, Dukes or Flea - the latter because she is small, black and at times annoying. I am a big fan of the Red...