Here I am back home after three weeks in Australia mainly spent on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland north of Brisbane. For those of you who’ve done the trip you’ll know just how far it is and what a huge country Australia is. I went with my wife Rosemary and we visited her sister and family who moved out there almost five years ago.
The hotel we [... continue reading 'Australia']
It’s a busy life being a Dog Listener hence the delay since my last posting. Already this year in the course of my job ‘mending dogs’, as well as my usual hunting ground of Southern England I have travelled to such diverse and exotic locations as Scunthorpe (twice) Northamptonshire, the Isle of Wight (twice). Still to come are France, Australia, Yorkshire and possibly America.
There have [... continue reading 'Recent and Future Travels']
As the title says it’s been a very busy time on three fronts, dog listening, our new charity ‘Every Chance Rescue’ and domestically.
I am very busy at this time of year as people try to iron out problems with their dogs prior to Christmas. In the post Christmas period there are the dogs to be sorted out who have somehow upset their families over the [... continue reading 'Busy Times']
Earlier this year I was in Yellowstone Park with Jan Fennell and other Dog Listeners, watching wolves. Thanks to the tremendous knowledge and skill of our guides Nathan and Linda we saw things that people who have been long term watchers have never seen.
One of these rare moments was to observe a mating ritual complete with ‘tie’. If that wasn’t special enough the pack involved [... continue reading 'Yellowstone Wolves, New Arrivals']