In another post I mentioned that I now have a dog – a standard poodle to be precise. As a result I am now doing twice daily walks of at least 30 minutes each. One of the pleasures of this is I vary the walks as much as possible – for her and my own...
Losing a dog is hard enough; setting the time and date in advance  if they have to be put down and then counting down the hours that you have left can be almost more than many can bear. When people who have never had a dog see their dog-owning friends mourn the loss...