Tag Archives: dogs

Pet Sitting – A Cautionary Ta(i)le

Posted on February 4, 2019 by Learning the hard way

Festive or fraught? Face it, Christmas was always going to be the latter…another ‘how not to’…
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It’s Been A Ruff Week

Posted on October 17, 2018 by Learning the hard way

Archie, the newly adopted Kelpie cross, has brutally assassinated one of my Peter Alexander purple sheepskin boots a mere two days after arriving here. With the fluff lust still raging inside him, he has gone on to hunt and disembowel … Continue reading →

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Dog Day Afternoon

Posted on July 15, 2016 by Learning the hard way

We really do have the very best of intentions. Flattering ourselves we are ‘giving back’,  our disconcertingly small act of altruism comes in the form of weekend respite care for guide dogs in training. That’s right, we selflessly agree to … Continue reading →

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