A dog’s tale

VICTOR TEIXEIRA - LMDI   When I was first introduced to Ben Ward, immediately we started talking about dogs, of course. But it wasn't long before we moved on to our other passion in common - travel. Being the youngest of 3 children in school, I was always acutely...

VICTOR TEIXEIRA - LMDI LET MY DOG INTO WORK! We all love going into work, whatever time of the day or night, whatever season of the year...   But wouldn't this be made even easier if we could take our beloved pooches to work with us? Well, some of us can; and some of...

VICTOR TEIXEIRA - LMDI Remember our DogBlog back in June? It was our Rescue Dogs issue and we asked you for your rescue stories. The idea was to publish a few stories but we never expected the overwhelming response we got - 28 stories!!! As a result, we ended up...

VICTOR TEIXEIRA - LMDI   Just over a year since our first DogBlog, we have covered areas as varied as behavioural training, dog rescue, teaching tricks, merchandise, medication and supplements, canine clothing, etc. So we thought we'd go back to basics this month...

VICTOR TEIXEIRA - LMDI I have seldom come across a human being that's as dedicated to dogs and their wellbeing as my fellow flight attendant Anitta Autumn... we have a bidding system in our airline which allows us to request the destinations we most love, and she...

VICTOR TEIXEIRA - LMDI Think you can’t teach an old dog new tricks? Think again! In this month’s DogBlog, you will learn step by step how to make your dog sit, lie down, turn around, crawl and even play dead. Of course a younger dog will learn more quickly due to “not...

DOG AND SCONE - NEWCASTLE As promised at the beginning of the month, here is the full version of the review I wrote about Dog & Scone, a café in downtown Newcastle, where customers are invited to play with the resident dogs and puppies, ask questions about their...

Naomi Dunleavy Dog trainer/behaviourist Don’t touch my dog! This can be a very touchy subject (pun intended!) that many of us just aren’t sure how to manage. When asked if someone can stroke our dog our automatic response is to say yes, because we are polite and we...

This month, my first ever dog (Oscar) celebrates his 8th birthday. I'd always wanted a dog since I was a little child but my parents had always maintained that you couldn't have dogs in apartments, only in houses. So I waited until I was a grown man to have my very...

Tel Aviv called. And I answered! Eurovision is one of my favourite celebrations of the year - the meeting of countries, cultures and languages enhanced by the worlds of music, fashion and social media. For years I attended parties in London where everyone was...