NHS For Pets

Sir Stinkalot of Doggleton-Wagfordshire, aka Tango, went to see the vet today. But not just any old bog-standard, garden-gnome variety vet, no. We went to the Edinburgh Pet Hospital run by the PDSA (People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals). It’s like the NHS for pets, except the waiting times aren’t as long as they are in

Hurpling

We walked up the Water of Leith path and back down to The Shore. I wanted to keep going up the cycle path towards the wee waterfall but another dog-walker pointed out that Tango was “hurplin”. Although I’ve never heard that word before I knew he meant “limping”. Tango does have arthritis so I felt