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When we got married we talked about what dog to get, (getting one wasn't in doubt for either of us). We tried to decide logically then before we had decided heard about a 2 year old Shetland Sheepdog that wasn't being looked after properly and they had decided to 'get rid of it'. So Penny came...

JudyN, now that would get you in trouble, sticking a lot of dogs in a bucket.

At racing we let any breed have a run, obviously between races, and every now and again someone sees us setting up and come on with a dog. Often they say things like he is really fast, then the races start and we then normally hear 'but not that fast'. JudyN being a bit pedantic but a Whippet x...

I do like running dogs, but my top three are Whippet, (of course), Deerhound and Saluki. The only thing that puts me off getting a Deerhound is their life expectancy, not many get into double figures.

I have two collars for Folly, one is a loose fitting round one that she wears all the time, their is an ID tag on this. It acts as a safety measure in case she gets out on her own but if it gets trapped she can pull out of it. When we go out I use a Martingale, it is a wide soft collar that she...

Just a comment on stopping it barking, the best and easiest way is to train it to bark on command. Sounds wrong but as part of that you also train stopping, and its a lot easier to stop on command when it learns to start on command. Obviously I will always say when any training use plenty of...

Frinsky, all my life I have been around dogs of many different types. To date the only one that has ever bit me was a Peake, I think I was about 13 or 14, saw my first Peake and had to go up to say hello, The lady that was with it did not try to stop me stroking it and without warning it bit my...

The Mastiff cross is a lovely natured very friendly happy dog. But my friend, who in general is not very confident, feels perfectly safe walking it and I am sure if a fella was wandering round as a risk to a female she would be safe. In that as soon as they caught sight of her dog they would...

A friend of mine has a cross between an English Mastiff and a Dogue de Bordeaux. (You can imagine its size), that loves to get on her sofa with her, when it was small it put its head on her leg, now it still does but it virtually covers her legs.

Our morning routine is we get up, (Folly sleeps with me), she goes out in the back garden while I brew a cup of tea. She comes in and after getting the paper from the front door I sit in an armchair with the paper and tea. Folly jumps up, we have a few mins of fussing and chatting then she...

One lady I know had a dog once that went off its food, as you she tried everything she could think of then, as it was warm she was eating an ice cream the dog looked a bit interested so she tried a bit and it ate it. So she gave it the rest. then for a few days all it would eat was ice cream, so...

My son is Aspergic, (high functioning Autistic), growing up he got on ok with all the dogs. Then we took in a Whippet that had been nearly starved to death, He became my Sons best friend, wherever one was the other was. And I know that he used to talk to the dog telling him of any problems or...

Fortunately Folly is not bothered by fireworks, if their is a loud one she might lift her head for a second but that's all. But I can not understand all the fuss, and what does get me snarling at the tv is when some idiot talks about either the end or the start of a decade. Of course each new...

We always saved a small bit for the dogs, (made quite a diet for me when we had five), then when the plate was taken away they got theirs. They all have been well behaved, not begging but rushing into the kitchen at the end. Even Folly my Whippet does not try to steal anything from my plate, and...

As an aside, I remember when my parents used to visit us, at meal times their dogs sat near my wife and I looking hopeful at us while our dogs did the same to them. The dogs obviously knew they stood no chance with their own but just possibly could with the other set.

Quite a few years ago we got a large, fairly realistic looking, fibre optic tree. No idea about smell as smells don't really exist for me. But I like it, get it out, fold the branches down, stand it on its base, plug in and switch on and the branch ends light up all twinkling. So job done with...

Depends where in the north she is, around Lancaster I know their are rescues that have dogs.

Thanks all, it's been 14 years but its strange, in one way it feels like the day before yesterday, yet in another it feels like half a lifetime. I guess me being quite shy and not liking meeting people does not help. How the heck I managed to meet and marry such a wonderful person I will never...

Not dog related at all but I would like to hibernate over December, I lost my wife in December so it is a horrible month all round. If I couldn't sleep through it, I just want to carry on as normal but I am not allowed to. Any way moan over.

As an old git that does not even have a smart phone no way would I be interested in these gadgets.