The pet I’ll never forget: Shackleton, the cat who faked his own death
Late one night during the first Covid lockdown in 2020, my partner, Louisa, and I were watching TV in the sitting room when a...
Tim Dowling: all the new puppy wants to do is eat and pee – anytime, anywhere
Thanks to a strict system of positive reinforcement, the little dog has learned that it’s good to pee outside. Unfortunately it still has no idea...
The pet I’ll never forget: Anya, the big-hearted dog who taught me never to take life for granted
My life was mostly happy – I had a job I enjoyed and a husband I loved. But as the Covid-19 pandemic took over...
Miserable? Hardly! A celebration of ‘cat ladies’ through history – from Mary Pickford to Taylor Swift
Three years after JD Vance made his disparaging remark about “childless cat ladies” to the then Fox News host Tucker Carlson, the Republican vice-presidential...
I sympathise with Lily Allen on untenable pets – I love my cats but I don’t see how I can keep them | Michele...
Last week, the pop star Lily Allen was viciously criticised on social media after it was revealed that she had rehomed her dog Mary...
The pet I’ll never forget: Nala the tabby, who terrorised other cats and had to be hidden from the landlord
It was September 2016 when my parter and I walked into our local Cats Protection shelter looking to adopt our first pet together. There...