It will come as no surprise to anyone that we decided to adopt one of our foster puppies. The dog formerly known as Snoop is now called Peanut Butter – or Butters or Butterball or Butthead, depending on his behaviour - it's a very versatile name! With Chopper now 13...

I collected a pretty blue brindle dog from Hawkesbury Pound in April 2008. I'd never met her but the rescue group said she seemed like a nice dog so we offered to foster her. I dropped her at kennels to be quarantined before she could be desexed and then brought home....

Happy 8th birthday to my main man, Bruno 💗 I'm so grateful that he came into our lives seven and a half years ago. He makes us laugh, he's a great cuddle buddy and he gives the best kisses. Today he's going to do what he does best ... teach Mayhem the Staffy puppy how...

Happy 13th Birthday Chopper and belated Happy 14th Birthday Angel! I know they look all kinds of miserable in the first photo but even if they weren't having to wait to eat cake I can assure you they'd still look like sad sacks – that's their camera faces. Those fugly...

Earlier in the year I clicked on the 2018 folder of photos of our dogs and was horrified to find nothing in there. I thought I'd accidentally deleted the contents so I went about searching my backup drives for the files. Then it dawned on me ... I hadn't taken a...

I don't know how it came about that Kate from Jerrymara Estate and I set up a mutual appreciation society on Instagram but it's been a lovely journey. I suppose the main thing we have in common is our love for rescued blockheads – her gorgeous 11yo blockhead Jetty is...

Just over seven years ago, while adding listings to my Bullbreeds in Need page, I saw this little face looking up at me. I actually gasped. I decided that I had to drive to the pound straight away to meet him. Dave arrived home as I was rushing out the door and I...

At least one of them was happy to wear the hat! Before I go quiet for a month I wanted to say a massive thank you to everyone who engages with my blog posts and generally makes me feel like I’m not talking to myself on here! I hope you and yours all have a wonderful...