by Nigel Sligh | Apr 25, 2022 | Blog
Erinaceus europaeus, the west European hedgehog is one of seventeen hedgehog species and is Britain’s only spiny mammal. It’s a distant relative to the shrew, and it has changed little in the last 15 million years. They are born in litters ranging from one to eleven....
by Nigel Sligh | Apr 25, 2022 | Blog
The first recordings of goldfish were during the Jin dynasty (265-420). The fish were collected from the orange or yellow mutations of various species of Asian Carp which had been reared for food fish for thousands of years. It was during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644)...
by Nigel Sligh | Apr 25, 2022 | Blog
In the 1800’s the most common European dog used for protection and herding was the Continental Shepherd Dog. Although these dogs looked similar, in the 1890’s, three separate breeds emerged, they were, the Belgian Shepherd, the Dutch Shepherd and the German Shepherd....
by Nigel Sligh | Apr 25, 2022 | Blog
Ranked in the top 10 most popular breeds in UK over the last 5 years. Bull baiting was outlawed in England in 1835, so some ‘unemployed’ Bulldogs were bred with Terriers and Pugs to make them smaller so they would be more suitable as a companion breed rather than the...
by Nigel Sligh | Apr 25, 2022 | Blog
This type of hound is bred for strong hunting instincts, great energy and like all scent hounds , for a very keen sense of smell. There are different breeds of foxhound, each simply called Foxhound in their native countries. For many Centuries English hunters...
