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Let sleeping dogs lie

Let sleeping dogs lie Good quality rest is essential for health and wellbeing by Kate Mallatratt A Dip CBM, ICB, PPG, Canine Behaviourist This article was first printed in Animal Therapy Magazine Issue 11 January 2018 pp …

Is your dog dying of boredom?

Is your dog dying of boredom? How home enrichment boosts the health and wellbeing of our canine family This article was first printed in Animal Therapy Magazine Issue 10 Autumn 2017 pp 18-21. Reproduced with kind permission from …

How to Stop a Kitten Biting

Beneath the cute, innocent exterior of our kittens, lies a future killing machine! So when we let them bite our hands we’re creating a habit that might not be so easy to ignore when they’re …

Rabbit Housing Enrichment

In the wild, rabbits would spend their time digging, running, jumping, rearing up, hiding, eating, socialising with other rabbits (and being alone sometimes too). To allow your pet rabbits to carry out their natural behaviours …

Coping with confinement – a guide to crate training

This article was first printed in Animal Therapy Magazine Issue 9 Summer 2017 pp 36-38. Reproduced with kind permission from the editor. Golden Retriever Phoebe took three months to crate-train when she was 9 months old, and …

Effective Leash Training

How can we turn a dog training challenge into a strength and create awesome relationship with our dogs?

Priceless gifts …and stocking fillers

Christmas is a time for giving. We share presents with family, friends and colleagues, and our dogs are often included. But money can’t buy everything…

Pet Enclosure Enrichment: Part 2

Following on from the popular part 1, here are some more easy ideas to jazz up your bunnies accommodation. Remember, a happy and occupied rabbit is a healthy rabbit!

Coping with fireworks

As the leaves start to turn, mornings get chillier, walks get wetter and floors get muddier, we know Autumn is upon us. Clocks go back, evenings get darker and we turn our thoughts to winter celebrations – Halloween, Bonfire Night, Christmas and New Year.

Pet Enclosure Enrichment. Part 1

Rabbits need lots of stimulation to keep their body and mind active. In the wild, their constant search for food and look out for predators keeps them pretty busy, but our pet bunnies feel far more secure at home and tend to have regular meal times.