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New Pet Corner
by Lou •
Creature Feature
Articles on domestic pets
Sniffing out Coronavirus
by Hugh MacArthur •
The ability of a dog to smell the imperceptible to humans has long been known; from carefully concealed drugs to signs of bowel cancer in excrement, but there’s more.
Creature Feature for May
by PerrosSi •
Well it would appear we are not the only creatures to seek a little light relief from Nature’s garden! I started to look into it and this is what I found – I think it’s very funny! It would appear there has been quite the party going on.
Brainy Social Dogs
by PerrosSi •
It would appear from the results of a recent study that dogs are in fact more intelligent than cats! The intelligence of dogs has evolved at a greater rate than the less social cat over millions of years, scientists at Oxford University have claimed.
Trims, 80’s Disco & Sad Sausage Rolls
by PerrosSi •
Claire Sheenan for the March edition of the Seaside Gazette talks about fleas and eyebrow-raising dog trims.
Chris, Cats & Caterpillars
by PerrosSi •
Someone asked me the other day what my constant reference to ‘up the tree’ was. Outside our kitchen door is an almond tree, we nailed boards to it to make a platform so that the cats could be fed away from the dogs…
Oddnamington
by PerrosSi •
A friend of mine came over for a visit. She said I should tell you about the mentally deranged transference of personalities we have projected onto our animals and the names we call them… Come on; we all do it.
Men Don’t Multi-Task
by PerrosSi •
One of the things I love about writing this column is the title Martin gives it. I’m so tempted this month to name it but shall wait and see if he thinks the same. Ok, bit long winded but funny. Men don’t multitask?
When Cheap is Expensive
by PerrosSi •
Lovely, lovely weather! Having our yearly kennel overhaul before winter kicks in. Heating working, painted all the houses, put down new sand and fixed any holes in the fence. We replaced a whole section of fencing and built a wall. I was sat on a breezeblock rendering the wall, in the sun, having a moment.…
Life-Giving Leaks
by Editor •
I went to have a shower the other day, as usual, only to find there was merely a dribble of water. I start shouting, “Chris, Chris, Chrrriiissssss,” Nothing. I get out get dressed and stagger up the back, can’t breathe, to find him by the water pressure pump. Having a Miss Marple moment I think…