Spayed females commonly mark their territory with urine, but Frankie (AKA Francesca) is a little different to most. Her marking is possessively personal and never ceases to make us smile on our walks. While Freya saunters along with prolonged sniffing, randomly leaving messages and marking territory, Frankie waits patiently behind her, has a good sniff,
Honestly, Freya has to be the queen of firsts. How on earth, on a cold February day, did she manage to find wet tar to trot through and arrive home with four paws coated in the treacly black stuff? Well in fairness, we do live on a new housing estate which is still part building
With a saving of around £50 every six weeks*, for me grooming my own cockapoo was a no brainer, however this wasn’t my initial driver. Freya has only been professionally groomed once; the groomer’s idea of a teddy cut certainly wasn’t mine and this experience was enough for me to take up the grooming challenge,
Anyone who follows @freya.and.frankie on Instagram will know that I enjoy capturing their antics and sharing the fun. When professional dog photographer, Nicki Cameron, began to follow them – and after looking at her Instagram posts – I was intrigued as to how she created her beautiful images. And so I decided to commission her
So who knew female dogs enjoyed humping in the same way as male dogs? I first discovered this with Freya when she was a puppy when she occasionally became a little over attracted to my arms and legs. I took advice and was told it was perfectly normal and just to distract her with play
The decision to neuter Freya three months after her first season, was made solely on the advice of my vet, Dan. Having never had a dog, and after fully researching the subject in 2017, I could find no definitive answer as to when was the best time to neuter a female or male dog, and
Extract: Effective Options Regarding Spay or Neuter of DogsFrontiers in Veterinary SciencePublished 7 July 2020 Research TopicAssisting Decision-Making on Age of Neutering for 35 Breeds of Dogs: Associated Joint Disorders, Cancers, and Urinary Incontinence There has been much indecision with regard to when it is considered the best time to neuter your male or
Let me introduce you to my lovely friend Ruth of Digby and Amber fame. Every time we meet for our dog walks, I’m the one with no make up and hair all over the place. Ruth on the other hand is immaculate – every time! But it seems the switch from suits to sensible boots
Cleaning your dog’s teeth was not something I’d thought about until recently. Freya is three this week and every time I’d checked her teeth over the years they’d sparkled. Why would I ever need to clean them? So it was a shock to discover recently that there was a small amount of tartar (Calculus) on
It can be quite easy to poison your dog; inadvertently of course, no loving owner sets out to do this on purpose. As a first time dog owner, I remember well how I discovered that some totally innocuous foodstuffs are extremely harmful to dogs. Freya was a few months old and we were having fun