Ageing is NOT a disease and while many dogs experience pain and disease early in life, this is often the result of genetics or misunderstanding of the nature of the dogs we choose to live with. Older dogs deserve our attention even if we experience anticipatory grief. I know I had a recent discussion around whether dogs understand death -I think they do-but that is just my opinion -and this is due to the deep sadness I saw in my greyhounds eyes last year during her last few weeks----but that...

I know that many of us have hounds of one type or another in this group but there are things I see every day that impact on dogs of all ages, and breeds This group promotes and champions canine wellbeing in all its forms and asks people to consider many aspects of living with dogs that we love I looked at a really well written post last night it detailed so many negatives around dogs constantly running, braking, jumping and landing in pursuit of balls When I wrote about this last time a few...

Reactivity-there is a part of the story that is often missed Often the story includes a dog that is fearful of being outside -the environment that we think of as normal can be a challenge for many dogs There are dogs of all ages that find outdoor environments extremely challenging-whether you have a puppy or an older dog We have learnt to filter out sounds and have acclimatised to much of the noise and this signals this allows our attention to be elsewhere -if we weren't able to filter out...