So, 2019 has begun in gusto. Having started the year poorly it has got better and better. Apparently, it is the Year of The Pig and in Chinese custom, a pig represents luck, overall good fortune, wealth, honesty, general prosperity. I have to say that so far this has rung true for me. I was shocked at receiving news last week that I had won the Dog Friendly Magazine Reviews Competition that I had entered last September with my blog about the Lake District! Even more shocked to realize that I had won not only a digital SLR camera but also a laptop! The timing could not have been more perfect as...

I am always amazed lately at how many new Dog Walker vans I see appear and then quickly disappear after only a few months.  I can only assume it’s because they are of the impression that it’s an easy way to make a lot of money.  Often, they quickly discover that if you’re doing it properly and professionally, it really isn’t “easy money”.   If there’s one thing that is guaranteed to wind me up, it’s when a conversation starts like the above.  It normally goes like this “so you’re a Dog Walker……….so how many dogs do you walk at a time?” I reply with 6.  This is then fol...

I’m often asked the question why I have such a love for Basset Hounds and why I chose this breed to share my home and my life. There are several answers but mainly (and only those of a certain age will know what I’m talking about here!), as a young child I used to watch The Dukes of Hazard all of the time and those who know what I’m talking about will remember Roscoe with his beloved sidekick Flash who was of course a Basset Hound.  I had never ever seen a real Basset Hound in the flesh until I went to stay in a little B&B just outside the New Forest with an old boyfriend in 1994.&nbs...

What a week it's been?  We had 34 degrees last Wednesday to 16 degrees this Wednesday.  Shorts and vest tops last week back to wellies and wet weather gear.  I love being a Dog Walker in this country it's just so random, you never know what you're going to get or what to wear! I have to say the dogs definitely prefer it a bit cooler.  I've noticed the difference in them all this week compared to last.  They're much more active and enthusiastic about their walks when it's not too hot - a bit like me I guess? We have been slightly quieter on the walking front this week a...

Early Saturday morning, the weather can't seem to make up its mind, so a typical July weekend in Britain then?  Off we set to Stansted Park in Havant for the Summer Paws in the Park show. Not great planning with the Goodwood Festival of Speed on and we need to get through Chichester so we take the scenic route along the A259 through Bosham and Fishbourne. Arrive at the park and are surprised at how quiet it is for a Saturday morning but haul the Hounds out of the van and trundle off towards the entrance.  As always we get the usual comments of "oooohhhh Basset Hounds, you don't see m...