All dogs are brilliant but sometimes a dog arrives at the salon which takes the prize for ultimate cuteness. Thursday saw two come in quick succession - a tiny little Yorkie and a ten-week-old Cocker cross

Mille the Springer Spaniel. "Um, what are you going to do?" Normally Springers live up to their name and will bounce around the grooming table full of pent up energy. "You're not coming

In dog grooming, as in life, sometimes a small change can make a big difference. Ozzy watching me very carefully An Excitable Cocker Spaniel Ollie, a one-year-old Cocker Spaniel, was in for his first groom

The perception that owners have of their dogs can sometimes be way off the mark once that dog enters the grooming salon. Meg, the Border Collie This happened to me a while ago at the Canine Groom School.

18-month-old Cavalier Rupert was in on Thursday for his first ever groom at a salon. Rupert wondering where his humans have gone The Importance Of The First Groom As professional groomers we want every

After spending a year or so away from Steemit doing lots of other things I'm back once again and ready to enter the fray once more. It looks like a few things have changed so I'll have to spend a bit of

Britians Prime Minister, Mrs Theresa May, today made a statement to the UK Parliament on the latest UK military action in Syria. The Prime Minister was under pressure to lay out the justifications for

It has been a bad week for the UK opposition Labour Party amid claims of anti-semitism and falling membership numbers. The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn (Source) Accusations of Anti-Semitism Labour's leader,

This is my #monomad entry for this weeks Friday topic, flowers. Taken last summer using a Samsung phone and edited using Photoshop. Not sure of the flowers name though! Many thanks to @brumest for hosting

This is my entry for week 8 of the #petshots contest. This is a picture of our dog Tiggy having fun on the beach. She is about two and a half years old now and is a Jack-a-Poo (Jack Russell and Poodle

Am I crazy to be contemplating a career change at age 60? As more of us are living longer and healthier lives a career change at a later age isn't as unusual as it first appears.According to UK government

One of the best ways to add year-round interest to a garden is to have plants and trees with good structure and colour. This Maple in Bodnant Gardens in North Wales is a great example of the kind of tree

This is Pippy, our Jack Russel, when she was about 10 weeks old. We should have known from poses like this that she would turn into the diva she is today! Many thanks to @gabeboy for hosting this contest.

A Giant Redwood planted in 1876 towers above the garden at Bodnant, North Wales. A zinc nameplate at the base of this tree gives it the name Sequoia Gigantea but today this type of tree is known as

Bodnant Gardens in North Wales were given to the National Trust in 1949 by the 2nd Lord Aberconway (Henry McLaren) and are still owned and run by the Trust today. The hall shown in the following two pictures

Bodnant Gardens in North Wales prides itself on having a garden for all seasons. To help provide colour all year round, the gardeners at Bodnant have planted many blubs and early flowering shrubs.Iris

Winter does not need to be a dull and lifeless season in your garden. With a little thought and planning, there can be beauty and colour even during the cold winter months. Comprised of colourful dogwoods

Another peeling bark Acer this week. If you have space this type of tree is great to have in the garden as if provides all year round interest. In summer you have the foliage. In autumn the foliage turns

I look upon the seasons as almost living entities. Winter is angry and bitter, Spring is feminine and warm, Summer is loud and boisterous while Autumn is aged and wise.Each battle for its time in the year,

The peeling bark of a Acer always looks good when backlit against the sun. A big thank you to @old-guy-photos for hosting #treetuesday Images All Images By The Author I hope you have enjoyed this post