Three have been hailed as heroes after helping rescue fourteen people, eight of whom children, after a sudden change in weather left them unable to return ashore on their own. Three families were bathing around 100 meters off a beach in Sperlonga, in central Italy, when the weather changed and waves turned rough, throwing them […]
Archives for March 2024
‘Outstanding’ RAF Police Dogs receive ‘animal OBE’
Two Royal Air Force (RAF) Police Dogs are being honoured today, 11 August, with a for “their career of exemplary service to society”. This is considered akin to an “animal OBE”; Alfie and AJ take the total number of PDSA Order of Merit recipients to 32 animals. English Spaniel Alfie and Labrador AJ both served […]
Petra and the Dogs in Danger
After writing dedicated to her late Dalmatian Lucy, Cumbrian children’s author Helen Haraldsen is back with another doggie adventure – this time featuring Petra, her Pointer… When Lucy died suddenly in April 2020, I thought I would never be able to finish the book I was working on, The Dalmatian that Lost its Spots. But later, I […]
After lockdown: rise of the office dogs
Being a dog owner over lockdown has had us spending significantly more time with our dogs while we worked from home. Now, as we begin to return to normal, the thought of leaving our dogs at home who have become accustomed to being by our side day and night is a sad one.every day are […]
Expert advice: do dogs need sunscreen?
Most dog owners are aware of the dangers hot weather poses to their pets, especially if they are and – but many otherwise conscientious of owners are unaware that dogs need sunscreen in sunny weather, too. With high temperatures expected across Britain over the next few days, specialists from say, “Like us, a dog will get sunburn […]