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The Poppy Effect
One year on!

One year on!

Well here we are year on and it feels like I’ve always had Poppy. Even my friends who I tell are shocked it doesn’t feel like a year it just feels like she’s always been with us. Here’s a few things I’ve learned along the way so...
Poppy Running with Abandon

Poppy Running with Abandon

Recently the granddaughter Poppy’s previous owner visited and saw Poppy and said she looked like a different Dog. I think Grandad just being an older chap wasn’t able to be as physical with Poppy so she was a little more docile with him. It made me think...
Dealing with anxiety

Dealing with anxiety

In the beginning… Any dog going through what Poppy went through is bound to be anxious. Leaving home, losing her previous human, a long drive and ending up somewhere unfamiliar so anxiety was something I was really careful to look out for. At first I missed the...
And then there was Issy (part 1)

And then there was Issy (part 1)

On the 17th of January 2024 I was chatting to a mate I work with who is a fellow dog lover and I was telling him all about Poppy. He asked me to get her up on the camera (I work from home) so he could see her so I pick her up, and as is the case with everyone who...
First Sunday walk and explore!

First Sunday walk and explore!

Poppy arrived on a Saturday night so it was perfect the next morning we were able to get up at a leisurely hour and just hang out. We were off out later with her new friends to explore Cuerden a lovely woods and park area just a short drive from where I lived. Jack...