There is a rather unhelpful idea in the dog world that socialisation is something we do to puppies before a mysterious door slams shut at around sixteen weeks of age. Get everything right before then, we are told, and the puppy will sail serenely through life.
Bringing a new puppy home is an exciting event for us humans, but spare a thought for the resident cat, who may view the whole thing rather differently. From their perspective, a noisy, unpredictable and quite possibly very bouncy creature has suddenly appeared in the middle
Two dogs rush towards each other. One rears up, mouth wide open, teeth visible. A fraction of a second later, that open mouth appears to be heading straight for the other dog’s neck. Are they playing? Are they fighting? And perhaps most importantly, if one of
Cockapoos have acquired a rather enviable reputation: sweet, soft, sociable teddy-bear dogs who love a cuddle, don’t shed too much hair and slip effortlessly into family life. And some of them absolutely are. There are plenty of dreamy, easy-going ‘Angel Delight’ Cockapoos out there. But there
I love a new word, and here’s a brilliant one: diphyodont. It sounds like something that ought to have roamed the Earth alongside a diplodocus, but actually it describes a developmental attribute that humans and dogs share: we grow two successive sets of teeth during our
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