Luna's Pawdcast

It happens. I'm sure you know that feeling, when everything seems to go wrong all at once. You get taken to the vets, lose your favourite ball and realise that your human has cancelled your playdate with your best friend. One of those things is bad enough, but all three? Life can be unfair.

It's easy to get grumpy, to think that the universe is conspiring against you, to get into your bed and vow to stay there, not even emerging for a biscuit. Well, let's not be silly about this, but you take my point.

Well, my human friends, I think it's ok to acknowledge that sometimes, life is a little bit rubbish.

On those days, we need a plan of action.

You know when you feel really rubbish, when you have those days when nothing is going your way and you just want to cry?

Well, when you have those days, how do my canine friends make you feel?

We're there for you, aren't we? We know when you're down and we know that we can try and make you feel a little bit better.

I was listening to my human over the weekend. I know, that shouldn't be news, but what she said upset me.

She walked past me as I was chillaxing on the sofa. She stroked my head and said 'you're so beautiful' as she continued on to the kitchen. She's not wrong, I'm cute. They were not the words that upset me, obviously...

We are all a work in progress. All of us.

Every day, we need to be kind to ourselves and remember that we're doing our best.

As a reminder, here are Three Ps of human training that I have devised after careful observation of numerous perfectly imperfect humans.

Would you like to know one of my (many) secrets to happiness? Yes? I thought so. It won't surprise you to read that it's simple. After all, us dogs don't like to overcomplicate things. That's your job. Here it is. As a general rule, I do what I love and I love what I do. Simple.

Are you a bit fed up of walkies being our only lockdown activity? Well, let me share with you why I think it’s really important to keep walkies as part of your daily routine.

When life becomes overwhelming – which is, understandably, happening quite often for many of us at the moment – where can you go to just ‘be’ while you recharge your batteries?

Would you like to know one of my (many) secrets to happiness? Yes? I thought so. We all need a burst of happiness right now, don’t we?

It won’t surprise you to read that it’s simple.