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Pair your working dog puppy with the farmer’s best dog, and you have a fabulous working dog very quickly. Pair your working dog puppy with your cat and the results can be interesting...😳

Voted Best Animal Communicator 2026 I'm very grateful to receive this award, it means a lot to me!

Pints and Paws at the Terminus Hotel Sat Jan 17th

The Animals who served in war

A Soldier and the animals who served in war

Takoda the Unicorn

Mecho the Sarplaninac and Hania the cat

Caroline explains what can happen when you tie your dog up outside a shop

Caroline explains what happened to a Rottweiler tied to a tree at a shopping centre

Collars can cause widespread damage In additional to the damage that using choke collars, prong collars, slip leads or shock collars cause in a psychological and emotional way, the physical risks are also often not acknowledged or understood. Here are just some of the physical risks these aversive tools can cause – The Vagus nerve runs down both sides of the neck and controls so many vital functions - heart rate, breathing, digestion, emotional regulation and communication between the brain and other major organs. Pressure on the neck can compress the trachea, making it hard to breathe properly -decreases oxygen to the brain and other organs, potentially causing long-term damage. Pressure can also damage the thyroid gland, injure nerves and muscles and bruise soft tissue. Compression of the neck can cause intraocular pressure which affects vision. The neck and cervical spine contain the spinal cord, where the nerves of the front legs originate. Excessive paw licking is often misdiagnosed as allergies, when it’s actually caused by pain. Compression of the Esophagus – the tube that carries food to the stomach, can cause digestive and gut issues. I find it really hard to understand why these tools are still so widely used and promoted. What could possibly be admirable or intelligent in using force, inflicting pain, causing physical and emotional harm to control another sentient being, when there are far more effective, humane, ethical ways?

Two cats snuggling together on a bed