There is so much information on the web these days and let’s not forget all our family and friends that like to give us advise on what to feed and what not to feed our puppies. To help we have come up and gathered all the best information to provide you with the best food […]
First 6 Months With Your Puppy
Getting your first puppy to join your family is a huge but such a wonderful decision that you can make. One of the main things to keep in mind as we walk you through what to expect from your puppy in the first 6 months is that if you have ever had children then it […]
Tips for Puppies and Kittens Around Your Home
We all love pets and most of us choose, or wish, to live with them at various stages of our lives. Many of us claim that their house becomes a home when we add a pet. Having pets around the home not only provides a lot of joy and happiness but sometimes they […]
DIY Animal Shelter
I get a huge amount of satisfaction from DIY projects where I haven’t had to spent a single penny. It makes you feel incredibly resourceful, and using discarded or leftover materials is great for the environment too. Bonus! As you may remember, we’ve had to hand-raise a lamb who was abandoned last year and […]
Inexpensive Dog Toys
Gone are the days when the pet dog was left outside and hardly acknowledged. Nowadays our pets are well and truly a member of the family, and we enjoy treating them as such. This is definitely true for Em and I who have both owned dogs for as long as we can remember. I […]
Inexpensive Cat Toys
Cats are incredibly easy to keep entertained. They usually spend large parts of the day sleeping but will have the occasional spurt of energy which is best steered towards toy play rather than destructive play. Here are a few things I did to keep my cats entertained. One: Scratching Post The number […]
Chicken Health
Today I want to share with you all how we look after our chickens on a day-to-day basis. I’ve written about protecting your chickens from predators and treating them for pests here, but the best solution for any pest control is prevention. So, to keep your girls happy and healthy and to keep them in […]
Homemade Dog Treats
Today I wanted to share some of my fur-kids favourite treats. In keeping with “going back to basics”, making a special treat for my dogs that is healthy is something I wanted to try. I know what’s in it, I know it’s good for them, and best of all, it’s super easy! Molasses Peanut […]
Natural Dog Shampoo
I love my 3 fur kids but they can be a little smelly sometimes. Especially when they somehow manage to find that one dead animal on the farm every time and roll in it. Yuck!! And as for the smell……. there are no adequate words to describe it. So doggie bathing is a very […]
Keeping Chickens; My First 6 Months
Back in August 2017 I wrote about research I had done into keeping chickens (here). Well, 6 months down the track I am absolutely loving our girls and am so happy I took the plunge and just went for it. Our chicken coop arrived at the end of August and it was exactly […]