http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog A blog about rural life in the UK, our countryside and my country life. It's all here, farming, gardening, wildlife, animals and rural dating. Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:41:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/%e2%80%98fighting-like-cats-and-dogs%e2%80%99-is-it-really-true/ http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/%e2%80%98fighting-like-cats-and-dogs%e2%80%99-is-it-really-true/#comments Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:41:54 +0000 Sally http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/?p=772 Researchers, studying the relationship between cats and dogs, have concluded that cats and dogs are more than adept at reading each other’s signals. Dogs actually adapt their own greeting behaviour to accommodate the cats in the house. Although cats and dogs have very distinctive personalities, depending on how you go about setting the relationship up, [...]]]> http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/%e2%80%98fighting-like-cats-and-dogs%e2%80%99-is-it-really-true/feed/ 14 http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/country-kids-online-secure-website-for-kids/ http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/country-kids-online-secure-website-for-kids/#comments Sun, 15 Aug 2010 08:17:02 +0000 Sally http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/?p=751 Do you know we have a website for country kids? A friend said that her sons were looking for a grown-up type of site for kids but all they could find were either pre-school age or sites about celebrities/fashion, or that concentrated one one subject. So we made a website for country loving kids! You [...]]]> http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/country-kids-online-secure-website-for-kids/feed/ 5 http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/pets-and-fireworks-protect-your-animals-on-bonfire-night/ http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/pets-and-fireworks-protect-your-animals-on-bonfire-night/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:58:14 +0000 Sally http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/?p=723 Pets and fireworks simply do not mix. Bonfire night is a fun time for us roasting marshmallows and going “ooooh” as fireworks paint the sky can actually be a pet’s idea of hell. Every year many pets are lost or injure themselves through the fear of fireworks. Whether you have a dog, cat, horse or [...]]]> http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/pets-and-fireworks-protect-your-animals-on-bonfire-night/feed/ 2 http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/petting-farms-and-e-coli/ http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/petting-farms-and-e-coli/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:28:49 +0000 Sally http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/?p=706 To date, there have been a reported 64 cases of people infected with E Coli 0157 bacteria from Godstone farm in Surrey and four petting farms have now been closed (either by health officials or voluntarily). So far there are no known links between the four farms and one petting farm has two different strains [...]]]> http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/petting-farms-and-e-coli/feed/ 7 http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/should-i-microchip-my-pet/ http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/should-i-microchip-my-pet/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:34:32 +0000 Sally http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/?p=695 We all know the answer to the question should I microchip my pet is yes but if you’re anything like me you always say to you’ll do it next time we’re passing the vet and then promptly forget. Yesterday I got home to be told by Mum not to open the round pen as we [...]]]> http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/should-i-microchip-my-pet/feed/ 6 http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/labrador-retriever-puppies-working-dogs/ http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/labrador-retriever-puppies-working-dogs/#comments Sun, 12 Apr 2009 09:13:31 +0000 Sally http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/?p=355 Exelby Labradors have a current litter of labrador retrievers that will make excellent working or show dogs. I haven’t yet seen any pictures but judging by the parents I can’t wait to get a look at the puppies. Beanie (Exelby Beanie Baer) produced a litter to Timantti Solid Davidson (that is his photo on the [...]]]> http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/labrador-retriever-puppies-working-dogs/feed/ 6 http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/rouble-the-black-labrador/ http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/rouble-the-black-labrador/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:44:18 +0000 Sally http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/?p=351 I wanted to share some pictures of my freinds dog, for whom I wrote the Ode to the Utility Room, mainly in the hope that you will all go awwww and join me in my kidnap plan to save him from the utility room bogeyman. Rouble was bred by Helen and Frank of Claychalk Labradors [...]]]> http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/rouble-the-black-labrador/feed/ 13 http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/ode-to-the-utility-room/ http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/ode-to-the-utility-room/#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:08:00 +0000 Sally http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/?p=315 I thought I would share with you just how horrid I am to my friends. A good friend has a beautiful black labrador that I have been trying to kidnap for ages. Because he has managed to creep further and further up the stairs, to the point that he was sleeping on her bed while [...]]]> http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/ode-to-the-utility-room/feed/ 14 http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/online-shopping-where-to-buy-wellies/ http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/online-shopping-where-to-buy-wellies/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:04:46 +0000 Sally http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/?p=196 Do you need new wellies but don’t know where to buy them or are you finding the prices for wellington boots at your local farm supply shop getting out of hand? Perhaps every time your welly fills with slurry you promise yourself a new pair but never seem to find the time. This is where [...]]]> http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/online-shopping-where-to-buy-wellies/feed/ 13 http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/understanding-horses/ http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/understanding-horses/#comments Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:57:25 +0000 Sally http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/?p=195 There’s a new blog on the block called HorseHandler for horse behavioural problems, written by equine behaviorist Steve Thompson and is a jolly good read. In his about me section Steve says “My work involves teaching horses and their handlers how to get around behaviour issues without conflict. My ‘motto’ is Compassion, Consideration, Cooperation because [...]]]> http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/understanding-horses/feed/ 1