How to tell if your dog is in pain

If you live with a pet, you might feel like you can almost read each other’s minds. You might even have experienced your pet responding to your emotional state. Animals seem to have impressive skills at detecting our state of health too. However, new research suggests that many dog owners are not skilled in recognising […]

How to look after your dog during New Year’s Eve fireworks

Many years ago, my family’s placid and much-loved dog, Renoir, died on New Year’s Eve after being hit by a car on a busy road far from our house. He’d managed to squeeze himself through a cracked window about the width of a fist — much too small for a dog to even consider in […]