I’ve had the delight of visiting two wonderful buildings designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Whilst wandering through the living spaces and gardens, I had the time to think about the lucky dogs that had lived in these amazing spaces. Fallingwater does not appear […]
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Dogs are much better at reading body language than most humans and at the point of attacking, two dogs may well be fully focused on their fight and oblivious to your presence. The opportunity to separate them using verbal commands or body blocking will have […]
Miranda is delighted to have been awarded ‘Highly Commended’ at this year’s prize giving by the Veterinary Marketing Association. The prize-winning project was carried out for humane animal handling equipment and care company – MDC. You can read more about it in our case studies. […]
Imagine that you run a rescue centre and one day, you found a little creature in a box that had been dumped by your gates (see picture). There is a note that says “We can no longer care for this creature, there is only one […]
Fear aggressive cat? Humane handling and restraint You may have heard of the term ‘stress stacking’. Perhaps you even suffer from it yourself. But as a human, you can generally rationalise what’s going on and choose how to deal with it. If you are a […]
The Nelson ARK (New Zealand) is one of the growing animal welfare groups developing innovative animal-assisted therapy programmes. I’m well acquainted with Pets As Therapy, Professor Paws, Paws for Progress but this was my first encounter with the ‘APART’ system. Animals, People And Rehabilitative Training […]
A trip to Rhodes allowed me the opportunity to visit a very busy shelter caring for 200 dogs. The majority of these cross-breed mixes had been brought to the site by people who could no longer care for them or had been purposely removed from […]
The Cape of Good Hope SPCA is a bustling place with animal rehoming, low-cost veterinary clinic, operating theatre, equine centre and boarding kennels all on the one site. It was incredibly busy last year caring for over 11000 dogs and cats. This figure is made […]