It’s a Dog’s Life!

‘A dog is a man’s best friend’, so they say.  They are our companions. They are, like us,  social carnivores that hunt in the daylight. We were made to collaborate. How much more effective we would have been as hunters with dogs to detect and chase our prey.  And dogs... Read more »

Top Doggerel

Beeley Moor at ten thirty, on Sunday.    A column of grey four by fours Barbour and tweed in a huddle,   Sausage and eggs and plus fours,   Top dogs! And so eager to show off    Their bright eyes, the shine on their coats.  The day may be cold and depressing,   Their senses, wag-tailed and wet-nosed.    The crack... Read more »