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Socialising Clever Cancer Dogs

Socialising Clever Cancer Dogs

At the end of May I was invited to be part of Medical Detection Dogs Graduation and Celebration Day at Stowe School, near Buckingham.  What little I know about the charity has been learnt through my contact with them, since

carolinegallup July 10, 2016July 11, 2016 Dog Lovers, Events, Health and Wellbeing, Working Dogs Read more

Google is Blind to Creative Minds

Google is Blind to Creative Minds

Recently I received a slew of positive comments about this blog.  One in particular highlighted the dilemma I face with each blog I create.  Google is blind to creative minds and diverse lives!  I know this, not only because I’ve been

carolinegallup June 29, 2016June 29, 2016 Creative Writing, Dog Lovers, Health and Wellbeing, Real Life Journeys to Happiness, Writers as Carers Read more

A Cast of Thousands – My Trials with a Tsunami and Orthopaedics

A Cast of Thousands – My Trials with a Tsunami and Orthopaedics

When I fractured my ankle in a Tsunami 30 years ago, I didn’t envisage hoping for a fusion between veterinary medicine and human to solve my problem.

carolinegallup June 8, 2016June 9, 2016 Dog Lovers, Health and Wellbeing, Real Life Journeys to Happiness Read more

Bucks and Pups

Bucks and Pups

From Ruislip to Wooburn Green to find family, fun and fulfilment.

carolinegallup May 20, 2016May 20, 2016 Arts and Crafts, Dog Lovers, Health and Wellbeing, Moves Out of the City, Photography, Puppy Love, Real Life Journeys to Happiness, Uncategorized, Village Life Read more

Friends for a Reason, a Season or a Lifetime

Friends for a Reason, a Season or a Lifetime

I first met Dave England on the Stage Management and Technical Theatre Course run by the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) in 1986.  We studied Stage Management with 20 or so fellow students, graduating as ‘Class of ‘1988’

carolinegallup April 22, 2016April 23, 2016 Arts and Crafts, Crafters and their stories, Dog Lovers, Featured Artists, Photography, Uncategorized Read more

British Truffles in Somerset

British Truffles in Somerset

Amber is one of my two Sprocker Spaniels.  Ellie is a puppy from Amber’s first litter and now a professional truffle dog. Marion Dean founded the Truffle Hunters Dog School after having to change direction due to a health problem which left

carolinegallup April 19, 2016April 19, 2016 Dog Lovers, Gastronomy, Health and Wellbeing Read more

Medical Detection Dogs

Medical Detection Dogs

Here’s a couple of updates on Alan, the puppy I donated to Medical Detection Dogs.  Come on Jeremy Hunt, why aren’t you using these dogs to detect cancers as a matter of course.  It’s a no brainer: the current secondary

carolinegallup April 18, 2016April 18, 2016 Dog Lovers, Health and Wellbeing Read more

Sniffing Saves Lives

Sniffing Saves Lives

Shared by kind permission of Tim Ferens, a veterinary surgeon in High Wycombe who wrote this article in response to me donating one of Amber’s second litter puppies (pictured below) to Medical Detection Dogs who carry out invaluable work as

carolinegallup April 14, 2016April 15, 2016 Dog Lovers, Health and Wellbeing Read more

Dogs Monthly – April 2010

The Curved House Editor October 8, 2015October 8, 2015 Dog Lovers Read more

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