by Nigel Sligh | Apr 25, 2022 | Blog
The word Corgi comes from Welsh meaning dwarf dog. The breed originated in Wales as a herding dog. There is a folk legend that says Corgis were a gift from woodland fairies and the breed’s markings were left on it’s coat by fairy harnesses and saddles. Welsh Corgis...
by Nigel Sligh | Apr 25, 2022 | Blog
As a beginner you want to choose the type of tropical fish that give you the best chance of success in your aquarium. So, picking fish that are fun and easy to care for is important. Neon Tetras Neons are the most popular freshwater tropical fish due to their size and...
by Nigel Sligh | Apr 25, 2022 | Blog
Nana, the round-the-clock babysitter, from the Peter Pan film is a close characterisation of this breed of dog. This protective dog really loves children and is gentle and friendly. In the early 1880’s explorers and fishermen from Ireland and England described two...
by Nigel Sligh | Apr 25, 2022 | Blog
The earliest written records of the St Bernard breed are from the monks at the Alpine hospice of Great St Bernard in 1707. These were working dogs and were smaller than today’s St Bernard show dogs, they were about the size of a German Shepherd Dog. The ancestors of...
by Nigel Sligh | Apr 25, 2022 | Blog
Husky is a general name given for a sledge-type dog used in northern regions. The word husky originated from the word referring to the Artic people, Inuit (Eskimos). English sailors pronounced it ‘Huskimos’. Later in 1852, husky was referring to the dogs kept by the...
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...
