Mutterings
Welcome to Mutterings; Proprietor (& former journalist) Sarah Mountford's collection of photos, articles, links, comment, videos, recommendations and understandings from the world of Mutts.
DOGS IN LOCKDOWN
Spring 2020: strange times for us all, and not least for our dogs. Obviously there are joys of endless cuddles, company and companionship but, like many a parent out there with children recently come home to roost, learning to share your home FULL TIME with those you love doesn’t necessarily come without its challenges!
BLOOMIN’ BREXIT…
Brexit looms. (Possibly. Sometime.) Bringing with it plenty of questions about everything, but what we’re interested in here is dogs – and more specifically, how Brexit will affect people wanting to travel abroad with theirs.
COOL SCHOOL: WHO’D HAVE THOUGHT A MUSIC FESTIVAL WOULD BE SUCH A PERFECT TRAINING GROUND!
HOUSE OF MUTT @ LUCKNAM PARK, SPRING 2017
Pictures paint a thousand words so I'll leave it to the photos to tell the story of the first HoM @ Lucknam Park Retreat!
HOW MANY STEPS?
Exercise, like baking, used to be one of those activities that lots of us liked to think about but not all that many actually did.
NATURE OR NURTURE?
CHRISTMAS CHEER?!
Papers are full of horror stories about the Christmas health hazards for dogs at this time of year (ie Daily Mirror 'More than 6,000 dogs are expected to have suffered chocolate posoning in 2016, a quarter of cases in December alone....').
HERE’S LOOKING AT YOU …
I spent a day in London last week studying Proprioception for dogs.
IT’S BEEN LUVVIE’LY …
We've had a luvvie'ly time this month with a TV crew here one day and a brace of radio reporters the next.
PUPPIES – HOW MUCH IS THAT DOGGIE IN THE WINDOW?
Short noses, googly eyes and wrinkles have hit the news recently. A selection of traits which, vets from the British Veterinary Association have said, are harmful to the dogs that carry them and the purses and emotional reserves of their owners. Radio 5 Live and Radio 4's You and Yours programme both covered the story and came to the House of Mutt to ask about our experiences of these brachycephalic breeds.
CAUTIONARY ‘TAILS’ FROM THE VETS….
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) is urging pet owners to watch out for potential hazards to their pets this Christmas as findings released today reveal that a nativity display, antifreeze and £200 in £20 notes were just some of the items that landed animals in veterinary practices over the 2014 festive period.
PODGERS, PORKERS, CHUNKIES – OR JUST ‘COMFORTABLE’? THE OVERWEIGHT DEBATE CONTINUES….
Researchers at the Veterinary Record journal report that one in four dogs shown at Crufts were overweight.
TOP 6 FACTORS THAT VETS THINK IMPROVE DOGS’ HEALTH AND WELFARE ….
WHAT IS YOUR DOG THINKING?
WHAT DO YOU RECKON: MIGHT ANIMALS GRIEVE LIKE HUMANS?
VETS AND GOOGLE
VETS ADVANCE RESEARCH INTO THE VERY NASTY SM, ‘NECK SCRATCHER’S DISEASE’ …
New research by the University of Bristol's School of Veterinary Sciences, shows selective breeding may be the way forward to reducing the incidence of syringomyelia (SM) - a painful condition that can lead to paralysis - in the Cavalier King Charles spaniel and other toy breeds.
SMELL AND ASSOCIATION: AN OBSERVATION FROM THE ‘SCIENTISTS’ AT HOM
Dogs, like people, behave differently in different situations.
DOGS IN THE NEWS …
STORE EASTER CHOCS AWAY FROM DOGS, WARN BVA VETS…
Curious pets could be at risk if they hunt down their owners’ haul of chocolate eggs and treats this Easter, warns the British Veterinary Association (BVA).