Pampered Pooches

Faithful Hound fractured his toe recently and I have spent quite a few hours at the vet. All that waiting time got me thinking about dogs and how mad we are for them.  In 2014 there were 9m dogs registered in the UK.  That’s twenty four percent of households with a pooch living in them.  And it’s big business.

This dog-centricity has even made it locally with the opening of a doggy spa, which offers as one of its products, a Deep Sea Mud Bath.   Why would you want to pay for your dog to wallow in mud when they can jump into a swamp in the woods for free?

And if you want to earn some money to pay for all this pampering, you could always become a dog walker.  A recent survey has found that professional dog walkers can earn an average of £26,500 a year.  I know: I did a double take as well when I read it.

However, fond dog owners beware.  One of the candidates for the new head of the RSPCA believes that all dogs should be liberated “from our firesides”.  Yes that’s right – Faithful Hound should have his collar removed and be set free – out into the world, no longer enslaved to us.  That would be interesting.  I wonder how far he would get?  Probably the front door step and if we didn’t let him back in, there’s always the Doggy spa down the road or a friendly dog walker - for a price that is.