As Flash and Leica grew older we were not unaware of the fact that the day would come when we would lose one of them. Even as they passed into their second decade with us they remained lively and vigorous. Flash did, slowly at first, begin to show some signs that her age was telling. Never…

When we brought KiKi to live with us we did have at least half an idea what to expect of her. Putting aside her behavioural issues in the wider world, it has been  pretty entertaining getting to know her individual traits. She turns out to be far more ‘vocal’ than Flash or Leica have ever…

“Put to sleep”, sounds gentle doesn’t it? The heart-rending decision many people have to make to have their dog euthanised is perhaps deserving of a euphemism. We have never had to make that decision directly, the closest we came was when Martha’s Mother’s dog Nicky had become so ill that it seemed like the humane…

It was when we first came across ASH Animal Rescue’s website that we began to get a sense of the scale of the problems associated with dog welfare in Ireland. We had, quite frankly never given it much thought. Yes, we knew dog pounds existed, we knew rescue centres existed. We knew that unwanted dogs were…