When Merlin first came in as a stray he was a bedraggled and sad little dog.  We cleaned him up, gave him lots of love and he soon settled down.   Why wasn’t he claimed?   We’ll never know because Merlin has the most super temperament and never put a paw wrong. Just as Merlin was handed [...]

A lady called Gladys, who is in her eighties, recently sent us these lovely lines she’d written herself all about dogs.  The words fit Jack Spratt and Nolene perfectly, they are the most faithful and loving dogs ever.   Gladys has called her poem ‘A Man’s Best Friend’ – A faithful dog will play with [...]

The one who listens when I talk,   The one who cheers my lonely walk.   The one who comforts when I sigh,   The one who nuzzles when I cry. Who else could match my every move?  Who else would feast on scraps of food?  Who else would prompt this monologe?   

There are fleas on cats And ticks on dogs, Fungus on fish and worse, But do you know what does damage most? It’s MAN – the worst parasite on earth.