Although the mechanisms are poorly understood, dogs can suffer a spectrum of symptoms that are called Canine Cognitive Dysfunction (CCD), or simply, dog dementia. We asked professional Canine Fitness Trainer and Kennel Club Accredited Instructor Joe Nutkins of Dog Training for Essex and Suffolk for her tips on helping to prevent, slow down and alleviate CCD through canine enrichment and exercise…..
Let’s face it – we can all get stressed at times! This may well rub off on our dogs who may already be stressed themselves. We asked Caroline Hearn of Hedgerow Hounds to give us some ideas for helping our dogs – and us – relax in the garden. Not to mention helping wildlife!
We may need to rethink the way in which we exercise our dogs. It might be tempting to throw a ball as far as possible for your dog using a ball flinger but there are potential dangers! Being full of the joys of spring can turn into a sudden disaster for the dog chasing the ball, or an insidious build-up of stresses and strains over time. Yasmin Porritt of Yorkshire Pooches Therapies explains more and suggests alternative exercises and enrichment you can do with your dog to keep them fit and healthy.
If you share your life with an anxious dog, you will know that there are many challenges to overcome and situations in everyday life that can act as a trigger resulting in fearful, frantic behaviour, reactivity towards dogs and people, excessive barking and gut issues to name a few. It can seem like a lonely road to travel and that you take two steps forward one day followed by three steps back the next.
Winter can bring additional factors that may lead to colic. We asked Caroline Hearn, an equine specialist and founder of Hedgerow Horse, to highlight what can be done to avoid this potentially serious problem.
Who better to write the definitive guide to Pet Bereavement Counselling than Dawn Murray? I discovered Dawn through my work at CAM4animals when she wrote us a wonderful blog about living with pet bereavement for our website which people have found very comforting.
It’s important to be able to look after our pets and ourselves during what can be a difficult and upsetting time. We asked pet bereavement counsellor and founder of Living With Pet Bereavement, Dawn Murray, to take us through what to expect in dealing with end of life care and suggest ways of coping with the surrounding grief.
We asked holistic vet Isle Pedler to tell us about how she adapted things to suit her Border Terrier, Broccoli, in his old age.
There’s much more to good health than diet and exercise. We are pleased to reproduce this insight by Julie Anne Lee, the founder of Adored Beast Apothecary, into what we can do to optimise our dog’s all-around health and well-being.