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Lady Fi (aka Fiona Douglas B. Agr. Sc (Hons) MSW Dip Prof Couns and crazy dachshund fan for a third of a century!)

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Do dogs bite? aka Do cars crash?

Four weeks ago the unthinkable happened. Our Chihuahua of nine years standing, Wilbur, was summarily dispatched by his best mate of a lifetime, our six year old Cardigan Corgi, Percy. Wilbur was dead, no doubt. But thanks to instantaneous intervention (I was one metre away and witnessed the deed) he came back to us. And […]

House training – breeder can make or break

If you’ve ever had great difficulty house training a puppy, chances are you’ve both been ‘up against it’. Fact is that house training starts from birth, with mum doing her bit for the first three weeks and then the breeder doing their bit for the next five weeks. If a breeder does not take due […]

When pup won’t settle

Once in a blue moon a pup comes along who is more needy than usual. By this I mean that they do not adjust well to making the transition from the nest to solo living, and accordingly cry and protest a lot when expected to sleep on their own or even be left on their […]

Dogs, wolves and humans

Despite coming in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, dogs all belong to the one species. Compare this to birds, which are all different species. The definition of belonging to a given species is ‘the ability to reproduce to yield fertile offspring’. All dogs (in theory) can mate to produce fertile offspring, whereas birds cannot. Dogs […]

Why become a dog breeder?

Fiona Douglas describes why she and her husband are companion animal breeders. Breeding companion animals is – for an animal lover – the most wonderful thing imaginable. For me it without doubt stands as one of the most authentic and rewarding things I have ever experienced. Our path to breeding really started back in 1980 […]