As well as being a trainer I also foster pups for the SPA at Carcassonne. It’s very rewarding! Should you have the time to dedicate to this, new fosterers are always welcome and support is on hand. As a trainer, it is easy to stand in front of a group of puppy parents and tell…
Author: Moira
Beau..( ex Dumbo)
Hi, we were very privileged to be able to adopt Dumbo, renamed Beau,in January 2017. Having had two dogs at a time for many years, there was a void to be filled after my dog lost his fight to cancer at only six. We knew about the great work refuges do in France, as our…
Poppy’s Training Snippets – Crate training
People often refer to me as a dog trainer, the truth, however, is that the only dogs I train are my own and the SPA puppies I have in foster from time to time. In reality what I do, or try to do, is help people understand and train their own dogs. I recently…
Pador leaves for Scotland.
Its always a privilege and also a bit nerve wracking when someone asks you to choose a dog for them. Lyndsay, the daughter of one of my best friends has always wanted a dog and although there has never been a family dog, she has grown up around all of my dogs as well as…
The reality of colour…
Halloween is a great excuse for us to speak about black animals in rescue. Time and time again we see black dogs and cats being overlooked for lighter coloured ones, no matter what the breed or nature. Adolescent males are the dogs hardest to move and some have years to wait on a home. This…
Adoption of Gino and Highlander..
Gino is a six-and-a-half-year-old bull terrier who arrived in a terrible condition. He had terrible skin problems, bumps and patches of inflammation and as he needed lots of tlc he had an indoor kennel in the cattery. Not long after he arrived a couple who had adopted from us spotted him but he was far…
Halloween – Black dogs and cats!
With Halloween nearly upon us, what better emblem to discuss than the black cat and dog? Since the Middle Ages, the black cat has been seen as an animal of mysticism, the dark arts and witchcraft, with many interpretations depicting a black cat on the end of a witch’s broomstick or gazing out through the…
Haunting hounds…
Halloween is less than a week away, and the stores are fully stocked for fright-night fun. Alongside all the spook-tacular decorations and giant bags of sweets are the costumes. With so many animal lovers among us, it’s hard to say which is more enticing in the Halloween aisle – costumes for humans or costumes for…