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'When you are blind, your physical world is only as far as your arms can reach, but with my guide dog, my world is limitless'Tubby little bundles of joy, guide-dog puppies may be irresistibly sweet, but they’ve been expertly engineered to perform life-changing duties, discovers Katy Birchall.
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Country Life 28 May 2025Country Life's May 28, 2025, issue cover star is an eight-week-old Labrador — a tubby little bundle of joy, who has been expertly engineered to perform life-changing duties by Guide Dogs UK.
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Goodwoof: 'The remarkable thing is how few incidents of biting there are, from dogs and owners'Now in its 4th year, Goodwoof could be the canine Glastonbury. Charles Gordon-Lennox, the Duke of Richmond, reveals some of the secrets of its success.
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Chelsea Flower Show 2025: The first garden designed by a dogMonty Don and his dog, Ned, have collaborated on a show garden at this year's Chelsea Flower Show.
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Ben Randall: Why your dog behaves for some people, but not othersAward-winning dog trainer Ben Randall shares his advice with Country Life readers on one of the most common questions he gets asked.
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Betty is the first dog to scale all of Scotland’s hundreds of mountains and hillsFewer than 100 people have ever completed Betty's ‘full house’ of Scottish summits — and she was fuelled by more than 800 hard boiled eggs.
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Having a ruff day: Kennel Club exhibition highlights the plight of vulnerable spaniel breedsPhotographer Melody Fisher has been travelling the UK taking photographs of ‘vulnerable’ spaniel breeds.
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How many puppies in the average litter? Country Life Quiz of the DayPlus a 1960s house, Hollywood's most famous cavewoman and more in Friday's quiz.
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The most successful dog breed in the history of Crufts? Country Life Quiz of the DayPlus the stars in the sky and a curiously-named colour.
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The fast and the furryous: When some cool canines stole the show from priceless cars in St MoritzThe ICE is synonymous with beautiful cars, but everyone knows that the real stars of the show are the dogs strutting their stuff on St Moritz's frozen lake.
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'As fun a dog as you’ll ever come across’, and a global icon — so why have smooth fox terriers become so rare?Once so popular they were labelled the ‘English terrier’, numbers of smooth fox terriers have dwindled to worrying levels. Yet these smart and charming little dogs could rival the labrador if better known, devotees tell Flora Watkins.
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How to train a new puppy: Five bits of advice that'll save you days, weeks and months of troubleOur expert dog trainer Ben Randall has advice for owners of new puppies.
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'We're accidentally getting a puppy for Christmas — and we need help!' Ben Randall on helping a dog cope with ChristmasMost family homes are never more lively and raucous than they are at Christmas, but dogs don't give birth to a schedule. Ben Randall helps a reader worried about how their new puppy will cope.
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What to do when your dog is aggressive towards other dogs while out on a walkA-list dog trainer Ben Randall tells the tale of tackling a tricky issue with a dog getting aggressive while out on its daily walk.
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What to do when your dog gets attacked by another dog out on a walkBen Randall deals with a reader's difficult situation as an ordinary walk took a turn for the worse.
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What happened when Country Life put The Queen's Jack Russells on the Girls with Pearls pageAfter the sad news that one of Her Majesty The Queen's beloved Jack Russells died at the weekend, today's special edition of the Dawn Chorus looks back at the day that Beth and Bluebell took over Country Life magazine's famous Frontispiece page to become the first ever canine Girls in Pearls.
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How to deal with an older dog starting to show some bad behaviour after many happy yearsA-list dog trainer Ben Randall helps a reader whose ageing dog has started changing its behaviour — and not for the better.
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Ben Randall: Ask Country Life's canine agony uncle a question about your dogOver the past two years our award-winning dog trainer Ben Randall has been sharing his advice with Country Life readers.
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How to look after a dog who's gone deaf, by A-list trainer Ben RandallBen Randall handles a query from a reader whose dog has lost her hearing.
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What do you get the dog that has everything? A shepherd's hut with a heated towel railPlankbridge's latest hut is designed specifically for washing the dog. Because a clean hound is a happy hound.
