Before Stirling arrived (December 2025), we were prepared for a dog who would hide away and slowly come out to get to know us. Instead, the opposite happened. He immediately became my shadow; following me everywhere, even into the bathroom, and trying to rest his head on my lap while I was on the loo! I knew I had to put a stop to that gently, so I started by shutting him out of the bathroom and just talking to him through the door. Over time he began to follow a little les

By Anna Nicola, web team blogger Trigger warning: Themes of death, depression, grief, loss, mental illness If you have recently lost a...