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Thinking of getting a dog? Reality check

Article about the realities of dog ownership. By Laure-Anne Viselé, November 2010 Free leaflet FREE A5 brochure for your waiting room or shelter: Dog ownership suitability test. Please feel free to print and distribute. Why this article? I am prompted to write this article as yet another friend has just sent his dog back to […]

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The ultimate social integration prop: dog or kid?

Article about social integration with a dog in the Netherlands. By Laure-Anne Viselé, August 2010 Integrating to Dutch society For those of you unacquainted with the word, ‘inburgering’ means ‘ integration’ in Dutch. Personally, it took me a while to integrate after I’d first arrived from the UK. My first ‘house’ was an apartment in […]

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