I want to get a dog but I have to work, how does everyone on broadway market do it ?

Cheers man!

And ha, Owen is half Scottish deerhound and we got him from Wales. If any hound should be happy in the rain it's this one, but absolutely not. I think it's actually the noise heavy rain makes on the floor that really freaks him out - he seems to interpret it as the floor melting/changing. I'm sure he'll get over that.

Today was the first time in months my partner has been up and out of bed before I have. I woke up to this. Quite alarming.

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Alarming, then lovely once you get past the breath. Rupert having his first puppuccino, bless him he's still cautious with nice treats. He seems worried it's not for him :)

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What a sweet face!

He is gorgeous. Those eyes

Looks like a good boy

Just a wee boy who loves his comforts

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You shoud not use surgical spirit or cotton pad/bud (it leave tinnie cotton strands/pieces) instead you use saline water on cotton gauze swabs and clean eye from far top corner of the eye going down towards (caruncle) down the nose.
If you can get Chloramphenicol Eye Ointment cream (in Europe its called Oftalmolosa Cusi) you clean the eye and put that on the edge of the bottom of the eye lid.

thank you (thanks @citron, too!)

it’s cleared up on its own fortunately, but really good to know what (not) to do in future.

Pickles mostly seems to enjoy the rain and gets some crazy energy when she's wet but if it's just going to the garden for a wee I can see the reluctance. Her hair was getting too matted so we had to give her a shave just as it got cold and we've not had working heating so she's been a proper duvet dog.
Picture is pre shave

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Anyone got any experience of training a dog to stay still enough to ride on a front rack?

Would obvs attach something comfy with sides to sit in.

Would love some answerrs as I fancy getting a basket for mine in the summer, I was thinking of just doing a little bit at a time when i do get it to get him use to it

Where’s everyone getting their rescue dogs from?

We got Crumpet from Underdog International. They were great for us. Instead of just picking a dog based on a few photos and a short description, we told them what our situation was (small place in a city, small garden, cat, young children in immediate family etc) and they paired us with the perfect dog for us!
I can't remember who it was (sorry!) but someone else on here had a much less positive experience of them but we'd definitely use them again.

Spent Christmas at my sisters in Salcombe, she was short on beds so I had to share..

My wife and kids got the room next door..

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Also had a long walk round to the Gara Rock hotel. Needless to say that he slept like a log that night !!

Seems sensible! I have to figure out a basket that will work.

@Chalfie We got this beaut from Battersea a fortnight ago, 6mo old small lurcher we’ve named Cora. She’s bangin.

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Awwwwwwww yes !

Very cute! I've no experience with training a dog to behave on a bike but I'd really recommend starting as soon as you can. The things Crumpet struggles with are the things that we didn't get her accustomed to when she was young. The main examples being escalators and the underground, which we didn't introduce her to until she was over a year old. She's 3 and a bit now and still gets nervous if we go anywhere near an escalator!

Good advice, thankyou. We took her in a tiny train hop the other day, she didn’t like the ‘gap’ much… hopefully more familiarity will help.

Anyone got any ideas for a simple basket that can be attatched to a front rack? Was thinking a plastic laundry basket.

I’ve trained a couple of dogs to sit in a basket and a couple of bigger dogs to sit in the front of a bakfiets. However I’ve completely failed with some other dogs. I would suggest giving it a go but as you have a lurcher I’d recommend a harness and a means of making absolutely sure she can’t jump out. One thing I noticed was that as soon as you start to move the dogs tend to either sit still or jump out. The latter are the ones I had to give up on. There was no way they were going to stay sitting once underway. I trained the smaller dogs by putting them in the basket and carrying them about before putting the basket on the bike.

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Gilet weather in Glasgow this morning:

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Don’t you believe it, border terrier’s are weather proof!
On second glance, yours looks to still be a pup, once that double coat takes hold there’s no stopping them.

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Great picture!

Yep. She was running and rolling around in the snow like total loon once she got a bit of off the lead action.

She's 3 but tiny even for a BT. She was attacked by a pitbull cross as a pup (documented many pages back) and had to be shaved and stitched by the vet, so her double coat is like a 4 inch wide shaggy mohawk down her back. Hence the puffer.

So many other Borders up here compared to London. Borders and spaniels are to Glasgow what cockapoos and French bulldogs are to East London.