The wind has set in, and the days are getting colder and colder. With the weather change comes the rain. For dog owners everywhere, rain means mucky pups!! On every single walk now, I find that I am having to clean the dogs afterwards. It doesn’t rain every day thankfully, but the lack of sunshine means that mud and puddles linger for much longer than they…

Fireworks are the nemesis of many a dog; their big lights in the sky and crashing sounds can turn even the bravest dog into a shivering wreck who is foaming at the mouth. While the level of anxiety caused by fireworks can vary from dog to dog, it is sensible as an owner to start building your dog up to the sounds a few weeks…

Want to win free tickets to arguably the best dog show in the UK? This year the Eukanuba Discover Dogs event is back and bigger than ever. With over 3,000 dogs expected this year and thousands more animal lovers, you will be in for a treat this year at Discover Dogs. Our fav part of Discover Dogs is meeting all the breeds. This year there…

  Sometimes being a dog owner is exhausting. I am relatively lucky that my 3 hardly need any exercise and rate pretty high on the laziness scale. However, having said that, I still don’t always have time to fulfil my dogs every need and still retain my “humanness” (job, friends, relationships, etc). They can be demanding at times (even though combined they weigh 25lbs!!). On…

Providing you have the necessary permissions from your building and landlord having a dog in the city can be one of the most pleasurable experiences of urban living. SIZE One thing you need to take into consideration when choosing a city dog is the size of your dog versus the size of the space they will be living in. If you live in a studio…

Today I received my first piece of hate mail from a stranger that stumbled upon City Dog Expert online. It was a little bit of a shock to the system as normally the emails I receive are from people that like the website. Bubble burst. The hate mail was along the lines of “keeping a dog in a small space in the city is cruel…

As pet owners, sometimes we just have to follow the words of that rather annoying Disney song goes “Let It Go”. We cannot afford to take ourselves too seriously as dog owners because trying to micromanage every element of our own life (let alone our dogs life) is the easiest way to set yourself up to fail. Dogs will be dogs at the end of…