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5 Behaviourist Tips To Bring Fresh Feeding Into Your Dog’s Training
As if you didn’t need more encouragement to try Master Bowie’s meals! Guest blog by Lauren Hewitt-Watts BSc MRes CABClinical Animal Behaviourist, Founder of Dog Mum Mindset®️ In 2023, positive + ethical training is the vibe. We often use food for training, and so what better way to reap the benefits of this than to…
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5 Fun Games That Will Improve Your Dog Walk
Walking (with) your dog can be a fun and engaging physical and mental exercise. It’s also the time for you and your dog to bond. Yes it means take a break from your phone and just talk to your dog – by talk I mean engage with – though I do often converse with my…
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Sniffing Games for Your Dog’s Mental Exercise
Sniffing is such an important and natural behaviour for our dogs. That’s how they gather information, interact with their environment and communicate. Allowing our dogs to sniff and explore is one of the best mental exercises we can do to keep their brain sharp, prevent boredom, decrease hyper-activity and lower stress level. A mentally stimulated…
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Ep.10 Paw Wow with Tara O’Connell, Founder of The Diary Apps
Balancing the demands of a busy life is not an easy task. Good news is that our pets can help us achieve a good life balance and in return, be happier themselves! Having a pet can enhance our social life, promote exercise, reduce stress and take the focus away from our day-to-day life issues. The…
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Bowie’s Essentials In A Box
Including first aid, grooming, health and beauty kit. With a New Year comes the desire to clean up and organise my stuff… well at least my dog’s (Bowie) stuff. I put all his essentials (minus his food, treats and toys) in a ‘dedicated’ box and stored the box in the laundry, in an easy-to-reach place…
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The Rainbow Bridge
The Rainbow Bridge is that meadow in front of the pearly gates where our deceased animals wait for us, so they can escort us into heaven when we die. Whether you believe in Rainbow Bridge or not, it does help pet owners to cope with the loss of their beloved fur-mates. There’s no easy way…
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Perfect Imperfection
Celebrating Love & Resilience in Every Little Perfect Imperfection I can’t think of anything better to conclude Master Bowie’s ‘Look Beyond My Disability’ series other than celebrating these beautiful dogs’ all little perfect imperfections – and no one is more perfect to do that than Alex Cearns OAM. Alex is an Australian decorated, award-winning Perth…
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Look Beyond My Disability: Meet Diesel
Diesel is one hell of a superdog. He’s been on TV, pet and animal expos, a mascot for a vet clinic, and he even appeared on his very own dog food label at one stage. When Diesel was 6 years old, he was diagnosed with an illness known as Progressive Retinal Atrophy (PRA). PRA is…
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Look Beyond My Disability: Meet Alma
Like humans, dogs don’t choose to come into this world with disabilities. However some dogs were born with it, some inherited it then became disabled later on in their life, and some sadly had it due to accident, neglect or mistreatment. Sometimes you can see the disability, but other times you can’t. These dogs adapt…
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Get to Know Your Fur-Mate
Like humans, every dog is different, even though they’re from the same breed or parents. They may have similar characteristics or behaviour, but I’d like to think that each dog has his/her own unique personality. Their personality may be influenced by their environment, training and their owner’s personality. I’m sure, you know your dog’s best,…
