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The Puppy Diaries – The Fourth Year
Welcome to the Puppy Diaries! This is our annual update on the progress of Murdock, a whippety lurcher and subject of our popular puppy diaries series that we started in 2020. Murdock turned four earlier this week and this is how he’s been doing. In our last update we talked about some of Murdock’s issues, how he was coping and what we were doing to try and improve his behaviour. So it’s really great to be able to look back and see how far he has come since then. I think when a dog reaches the age of three you automatically assume...
The Puppy Diaries – The Third Year
Welcome to the Puppy Diaries! This is our annual update on the progress of Murdock, the subject of our popular puppy diaries series that we started in 2020. Murdock turns three in a couple of weeks and it is probably fair to say we should rename this segment as the ‘dog diaries’ from now on as he progresses into adulthood, although he still acts like a crazy puppy some of the time. As a lockdown puppy, Murdock did not get the same kind of exposure to people and other pets that some dogs normally do. Although he attended puppy training classes when...
The Puppy Diaries – The Second Year
Some of you may remember our popular puppy diaries series that we ran last year, following the progress of lockdown lurcher puppy Murdock, from birth to 12 months. Last week, Murdock turned two, so we decided it was time we checked back in to see how he is getting on. At two years old Murdock is now fully grown and has calmed down quite a lot although he still gets incredibly excited when he sees anyone he knows as he has a small group of ‘favourite people’ that he loves to hang out with. He can feel a little bit...
The Puppy Diaries – The Twelfth Month
This is the ninth instalment of our puppy diary, featuring Murdock the lurcher puppy, with candid insights and practical tips on welcoming a dog into your home. A new collar This month we bought Murdock his first ‘big boy collar.’ He has pretty much stopped growing now – although he may get a little big bigger, his neck isn’t going to increase significantly. As you can see from the photos we got him a traditional sight hound collar. Also known as fishtail collars these collars are normally made of leather and are wide in the middle with tapered ends. Sighthounds...
The Puppy Diaries – The Eleventh Month
This is the eighth instalment of our puppy diary, featuring Murdock the lurcher puppy, with candid insights and practical tips on welcoming a dog into your home. Birthday on the beach Since the last blog, Murdock hit a big milestone in his life. He turned one on the 30th April! To mark the occasion, we had a meet-up on the beach with some of his family members and it was tremendous fun. As a lockdown puppy Murdock can be a little nervous around people and dogs that he doesn’t know but he didn't seem to mind anything or anyone on...
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