Just as in any other walk of life, myths about pets find their way around the world and often in our mail boxes. And a common question that is asked is whether they are indeed fact, or simply old wives’ tales. So today I thought I’d turf a  few of these well-worn myths into the Bark Ages where they rightfully belong! Continue Reading

If you posted a question to Glynne in the last two weeks, please do not be alarmed if it seems to be missing. Our server crashed on the 18th of June, and our last two weeks of data was lost. But the good news is, we’re back and Glynne Anderson, our resident pet shrink, is still willing and eager to answer your comments and questions. So get asking!

Whether you have a dog, a cat, a canary, a pig or a human child, scientific evidence is growing stronger by the day that early trauma and stress causes life long problems which radically affect social behaviour, life skills, emotions, intelligence and ultimately survival and life span in all animals. Continue Reading

You’ve seen the movie…. now attend the course. The Doolittles are here with a vengeance. In the last 2 weeks I’ve been hounded with emails inviting me to attend five different work shops by five different ‘Animal Communicators’ who claim to talk to animals.   Continue Reading

When advertising their pets in the newspaper, do humans really consider how their dogs will feel when they are dumped at the SPCA or handed over to a stranger who may even be an abuser? Take a look in the newspaper smalls under ‘Pets’ and you’ll see, just about every day, there’s a heart breaking  advertisement offering a life-long, faithful companion to anyone who’ll take the poor animal. Continue Reading

Do you ever wonder how winter affects your pets? Us humans can retreat under the blankets with a hot cuppa, but how do our beloved dogs and cats cope?  And while most of us live in a consistently warm climate, there are those chilly in between days when we feel the need to dress up warmly and keep snug. And the further we live from the sea, generally the colder it gets. Nights especially can be freezing, not forgetting those nippy days when the sun’s weak rays are no match for those icy blasts from our snow covered mountains. Continue Reading

A great big thanks to all our readers who voted for Glynne, our resident Pet Shrink, in the annual Copy Dog’s Fools Awards. She won two awards at the event, namely Best Writer and Charisma.

Here is what some voters had to say about Glynne: Continue Reading

When fully grown cats are thrown together, there is bound to be aggression and fighting. Tanja is having that problem, as her three cats have moved into a house with another cat and are now terrorizing him. Can Glynne help her out? Continue Reading

Some say the dog’s intelligence is equivalent to a 4 year old child … to that theory I say absolute polony! I believe our best friend’s IQ is equivalent to a very smart, adult human. And I qualify this by adding that animals may have a different type of intelligence to ours but, nevertheless, just as superior. Continue Reading

Here are some of the different fresh food diets for your pets. Continue Reading