by drblackwell | Jul 25, 2026 | Close encounters of the furred and feathered kind
Can Our Pets Communicate Telepathically? Fido’s Saviour In 2010, my mum, who by then needed carers, was living with me and Fido, my third Jack Russell. Since I was still working as a full-time consultant, I arranged for carers to visit Mum daily. One day, when...
by drblackwell | Jul 14, 2026 | Close encounters of the furred and feathered kind
Jasper’s Coming of Age Jasper (AKA Jaz, “STOPIT, LEAVEIT and DROPIT) is the fourth Jack Russell I’ve had the privilege to share my life with . . . and by far the most self-willed, stubborn, destructive, and spoilt of all my Jacks. But he also saved my sanity...
by drblackwell | Jun 21, 2026 | Close encounters of the furred and feathered kind
The Curious Case of Keston’s Testicles Keston was my second Jack Russell terrier. He came into my life due to a chance encounter with a woman called Miriam, whom I met while waiting to have a new tyre fitted in Swansea. It was a few weeks after my beloved...
by drblackwell | May 24, 2026 | articles, Close encounters of the furred and feathered kind
Evening, All. Episode 1 – The Robin and the Buzzard One of my favourite UK TV programmes was Dixon of Dock Green, which the BBC broadcast from 1955 to 1976. It told the stories of the life of an affable, wise and compassionate London policeman called...
