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Lockdown’s most popular pet names

Lockdown’s most popular pet names

Over the last year we’ve written a lot about caring for your pets in lockdown – and the fact that more people than ever have decided to get a cat or a dog in order to keep themselves company during long boring days at home. New research by insurance company Go Compare has revealed that they conducted more than 97,700 insurance quote for puppies alone, during 2020.  With so much access to pet data, the insurers were also able to reveal some of the most popular pet name choices over the past year as well. So if you’re thinking of getting...

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The Puppy Diaries – The Ninth Month

The Puppy Diaries – The Ninth Month

This is the sixth instalment of our puppy diary, featuring Murdock the lurcher puppy, with candid insights and practical tips on welcoming a dog into your home. You may have noticed that we’ve missed a few months as Murdock has begun to settle into family life and there have been less milestones to report. He is nearly ten months old now, still growing, still very playful and chewing everything but he has now reached the age when we have had to make the tough decision of whether to get him neutered.  Why neuter your dog? As well as preventing unwanted pups, neutering...

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How your dog can help to reduce stress and anxiety

How your dog can help to reduce stress and anxiety

Whilst it is normal to feel anxious from time to time, many of us can feel overwhelmed by the current situation, with uncertainty around our work or home life and whether things will ever truly return to ‘normal.’  This can affect both our physical and mental health and make us feel as though we lack control, causing lack of sleep or restlessness which leaves us feeling exhausted. Often during an emotional crisis, people turn to animals for support and the effects can be amazing. This is one of several reasons why pets have become so popular during lockdown. Dogs in...

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Sustainable pet ownership: 7 tips for reducing your carbon pawprint

Sustainable pet ownership: 7 tips for reducing your carbon pawprint

The RSCPCA have recently launched their new ten-year strategy Together for Animal Welfare which acknowledges that the climate crisis is a huge threat to both animals and humans and should be addressed as part of their ongoing strategy. With this in mind, they have recommended some steps that we can all take to be more sustainable in our pet ownership and more mindful about how we treat waste and unwanted items that we use when feeding or caring for our pets. Here are a few of their top tips that you can start doing right away in order to become a more...

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How to get your puppy to sleep better at night

How to get your puppy to sleep better at night

With more people getting puppies during lockdown, sleep has become a real issue for some new dog owners as puppies generally sleep for less time at night than fully grown dogs – and both prefer to be close to people when they sleep if they are allowed to. According to a study by Dogs Trust; whilst puppies aged 16 weeks sleep for significantly longer than older dogs during the daytime, they sleep for less time at night and only really begin to match their owner’s sleep patterns once they reach one year old. By which time, 27% of owners will...

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