Our dogs
Dexter & Tilly
Life with two very different spaniels: walks, routines, mishaps, progress and the small things they teach us.
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Two spaniels, zero personal space.
Dexter, Tilly and the honest business of sharing a home with two spaniels who have very different ideas about work, affection and personal space.
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Start with what you need.
Every pathway now opens a real collection page. Breed-group guides lead to individual profiles instead of using one breed as a stand-in for an entire group.
Choosing a breed
Breed guides
Start with purpose and daily reality, then move into individual breed profiles and the questions worth asking before choosing.
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Behaviour & training
Kind, practical ways to understand communication, build useful skills and make everyday life calmer for dogs and people.
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Care & enrichment
Routines, games, sniffing, rest and realistic ideas that help dogs feel safe, involved and fulfilled at home.
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Choosing a dog
Choose a guide by breed group.
These cards lead to actual group guides. Individual breeds sit inside the relevant guide, while crossbreeds and mixes remain separate from pedigree groups.
Breed group guide
Working dogs
Large and often powerful breeds developed for practical jobs such as guarding, pulling, rescue and farm work.
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Pastoral dogs
Herding and livestock-working breeds often shaped by quick responses to movement, close observation and purposeful activity.
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Gundogs
Breeds developed to locate, flush, point or retrieve game, often combining cooperation with scenting ability and enthusiasm.
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Hounds
Scent- and sight-led breeds developed to pursue or locate quarry, with independence, speed or persistence shaping everyday life.
Read the Hounds guideBreed group guide
Terriers
Bold, persistent breeds developed to find and control vermin, often carrying far more drive than their size suggests.
Read the Terriers guideBreed group guide
Toy dogs
Small companion breeds whose size changes the logistics but not their need for training, choice, enrichment and respectful handling.
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Utility dogs
A deliberately varied group for breeds whose original roles do not fit neatly into the other recognised categories.
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Crossbreeds & mixes
Dogs with parents from different breeds or populations, where inherited traits and adult outcome can be less predictable.
Read the Crossbreeds & mixes guideReal life. Careful research.
Clear about where our information comes from.
Stories about Dexter and Tilly come from our own experience. Breed guides and practical articles draw on careful research as well as real-life observation. We make the difference clear without treating one dog’s experience as a universal rule.
Health concerns belong with a vet. Serious or persistent behaviour problems may need help from an appropriately qualified professional.
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