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Always two sides

I am indebted to my life-long friend, Dan Gomez, for this piece. Background (Personal nostalgia warning!!!) Dan and I go back too many years; I mean way too many!  He and I met in Spring 1979 when I...

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The Tenacity of Dogs, part two.

More on how dogs adapt to challenges in their lives. (As readers picked up from my closing comment in yesterday’s part of this story, technology has rather interfered with events.  ‘Touch wood’ things...

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Story time – Paloma

Something new for the New Year – stories about dogs! Preface. Before I met Jean in December 2007, she had been rescuing feral dogs in the Mexican beach town of San Carlos for many, many years. Over...

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The book! Chapter Twenty-One.

Learning from Dogs Chapter Twenty-One He was settling very quickly into the local scene.  It was a strange mix of Americans and Mexicans.  Then within the Mexican population there appeared to be as...

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Meet the dogs – Paloma.

Too obvious an idea! It was all Jean’s fault!  In that the other day I was talking to her about ideas for posts for Learning from Dogs and Jean suggested a series featuring each of the nine dogs that...

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Meet the dogs – Dhalia

Dhalia – the third of our nine dogs. There have been previous tales in this series of meeting our dogs.  Firstly, Paloma and then Lilly.  Now comes Jean’s story about how she found Dhalia. ooOOoo...

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Meet the dogs – Hazel

Hazel – our dog number six. Last week Jean wrote about Casey. Slight difference this week in the sense that both Jean and I equally know the story of how Hazel came into our lives. So you are stuck...

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Meet the dogs – Sweeny!

Little Sweeny; our dog number seven. Last week, I wrote about Hazel.  The week before Jean wrote about Casey. This week it’s back to Jean writing about the one little dog we have here at home: Sweeny....

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Suzann’s Dog Spot – Number One: Diamonte

Finding homes for wonderful dogs. I’m delighted to announce a new feature for Learning from Dogs, a feature that will be close to many of your hearts; of that there is no doubt. The background. Those...

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Rescuing has no borders!

Please, please can you help find homes for these gorgeous puppies. Please read to the end and share this post as widely as you can! Thank you! Many know that I first met Jean in San Carlos, Mexico over...

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The tale of a rescue dog.

We rarely get to know what a rescue dog has been through. Of the ten dogs that we have here at home, two are pedigree dogs purchased from breeders, that’s Pharaoh and Cleo, two are rescue dogs that...

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The ‘Dog Lady’.

The story of Paloma Just want to go straight to what Jeannie wrote and I published back in January, 2014. There will be more memories of Paloma coming along on Monday. ooOOoo Preface. Before I met Jean...

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Happy Birthday Jeannie

It is Jean’s birthday today. This photograph was taken on the 8th January, 2008. Jean and I had met for the first time late in 2007. It was close by in San Carlos, Mexico. Jean then lived in San Carlos!

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Musings from a 77 year old!

Where did it all go? That is: Life! Or more accurately my life. I was born in Acton, London before the end of WWII. I am in my 77th year. Life these days seems to be more or less a paradox. There are...

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