A dog’s tale
September DogBlog 2019
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...
August DogBlog 2019
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...
July DogBlog 2019
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...
June DogBlog 2019
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...
May DogBlog 2019
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...
April DogBlog 2019
What an exciting month it's been! Not only have we seen 34 new members join our Facebook page and a 40% increase in posts from last month, but also a 51% increase in comments and reactions from your fellow page members to your posts. Added to this, the release...
March DogBlog 2019
Here we are at the start of Spring 2019 and last year’s stocks are nearly depleted. To ensure that no items remain for the new fiscal year, we will be offering some great discounts on old items and launching brand new ones! Some of the feedback we’ve had at...
February DogBlog 2019
Following feedback from many dog owners who've ventured into Central London with their beloved pooches and struggled to find dog-friendly places, I felt compelled to recommend a few businesses where you'll feel welcome with your 4-legged loved ones. So starting...
January DogBlog 2019
First of all, apologies for the delay in publishing the January DogBlog! The queues for this month's issue were longer than the ones outside Apple Stores when they launch a new device... But I'm in the Seychelles and my Web Guy was in the sticks with no...
December DogBlog 2018
As in the last few years, the month of December was filled with thousands of miles driven by the Teixeira-Dykes family to ensure that our dogs spent Christmas with us. Every year we make our way to Folkestone where we board a train to Calais, shut the engine down and...