Pet Routine Enhancing Your Dog's Well-being: 5 Types of Environmental Enrichment for Dogs What do you like to do in your free time? Going out with friends, watching TV, surfing the internet, reading a book, cooking, playing sports... we can choose from many options available to distract us. Just like us, our pets also need to try new things to keep them stimulated
Pet Routine How a balanced routine improves your dog's well-being It's no secret that we're big advocates of positive dog training and that this methodology helped us build the relationship we have with Gaia today. Positive training also showed us all the benefits that a well-structured and balanced routine can bring to your dog - and, consequently, to you. We
Pet Training Beyond obedience: why do we choose positive training? When we decided to get a Border Collie, we knew that our routine would change and that it would be a big challenge, so even before Gaia arrived we searched for information about dog training - we took several online courses, bought all the necessary items and were confident that
Pet Travels Travelling by Plane with your Pet: AFTER the Trip In the first two posts of our series on travelling by plane with your pet, we talked about the main questions that arise before the trip (click here) and gave some tips that can help you and your pet during the trip (click here). In this third and last post
Pet Travels Travelling by Plane with your Pet: DURING the Trip In the first post of our series on air travel with your pet, we addressed the main questions that arise before your pet's trip (click here to access the first post). Now it is time to talk about the precautions to be taken during the trip. Once again, we count
Pet Travels Travelling by Plane with your Pet: BEFORE the Trip After we decided to move to the UK, at the beginning of 2022, our biggest concern became Gaia's transportation. If moving and travelling are already so stressful for us humans, imagine what it's like for the animals, who have no idea what is going on. In addition to the concern
Curiosities Genius Dog Challenge - what it is and how Gaia joined the project Since March 2020, Gaia is part of an international research project organised by ethologists at Eötvös Loránd University, in Budapest, about word-leaning dogs (dogs that can learn the names of objects). There is a common belief that dogs are able to understand words or even sentences. However, researches show that
Pet Travels 5-Day Dog Trip to Edinburgh and the Scottish Highlands Last April we were thrilled to explore the beautiful city of Edinburgh and the breathtaking Scottish Highlands. It was our first long trip inside the UK since we moved to London, so we were very excited and want to share our trip with fellow dog owners who are planning a
Pet Travels Renting a Car with a Dog Travelling with your dog can be an exciting and fun adventure, but it can also present some challenges, especially when it comes to renting a car. It can be really confusing to find a suitable rental car that allows your dog to come along since each rental company has its
Pet-Friendly 5 Tips for Frequenting Pet-Friendly Places with Your Dog Luckily, the number of pet-friendly places to go with our dogs is growing by the day. But not all dogs are accustomed to frequenting these environments and, sometimes, what was to be a pleasant outing ends up becoming a nightmare. That is why we gathered five tips for you to
