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The Shiba Inu, as a dog

21st May 2025 Going Postal 2270 Comments

This little Japanese breed is all over the internet with its cute face and happy vibes. Think “doge”…that dog. I’ve owned them before they were cool, and still own two, and know of another 5 [more…]

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How to be Top (Dog)

16th September 2021 Columba Palumbus 2899 Comments

There is no such thing as the perfect gundog, and anyone who says there is should be ashamed of the barefaced lies they tell. There are some incredibly well trained dogs out there, and some [more…]

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A Dog’s Life

8th January 2021 Columba Palumbus 4734 Comments

He was born in the maze of kennels and lean-tos in the back garden of an unassuming end terrace on the outskirts of Aldershot. The house was owned and inhabited by a strange and mysterious [more…]

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Meet Phoenix the Egyptian Duprasi – Last Update

23rd December 2020 Going Postal 1834 Comments

Thanks Going Postaliers, for these wonderful ‘photographic adaptations’ – I saved them after my first article on Phoenix in June – they are in her photo file and much appreciated. But I have to write [more…]

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Meet Phoenix, the Egyptian Duprasi

4th June 2020 Going Postal 4504 Comments

Reaching the ripe old age of 61, being a bit of a hermit and having semi retired, I decided to act upon my love of small animals and adopt a hamster. Having looked after hamsters [more…]

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Want To Pulverise Stress? Get A Furry BFF!

12th October 2019 Going Postal 2155 Comments

People in the UK are reeling under stress, according to the Mental Health Foundation, with 74% of people feeling that they cannot cope with this burden. Because stress is strongly linked to Type 2 diabetes, heart [more…]

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Do You Like Chillies?

1st August 2018 Æthelberht 2191 Comments

In the comments which nobody reads I often post photos of my parrots. In some photos I’ve posted they’re eating chillies. Some people have asked why I feed my birds hot chillies every day and [more…]

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Parrots

27th April 2018 Æthelberht 2041 Comments

Sixty Million Years Ago You Would’ve Been Their Lunch Ever since we met my wife had wanted a parrot. Personally I had zero interest in them but she had kept a Cockatiel for many years [more…]

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