The PAWLY journal
Article index
Everything written so far, 157 articles, grouped by topic. Start with Luxembourg if you have just arrived, or with Choosing care if you are deciding who takes your keys.
Luxembourg 25
- What a dog actually costs in Luxembourg , 6 min
- Where to get a dog in Luxembourg, and how to check , 6 min
- If your dog goes missing in Luxembourg , 7 min
- Dogs in apartment buildings: the rules, the neighbours and the noise , 7 min
- Making a flat and a balcony safe for a dog , 5 min
- Travelling out of Luxembourg with your dog , 7 min
- Being out with your dog in Luxembourg City , 7 min
- Leaving Luxembourg with your dog , 6 min
- When a fight happens: the first hour and the paperwork , 5 min
- Moving flat inside Luxembourg, with a dog , 5 min
- Bringing your dog to the office , 5 min
- Pet health insurance: what to compare before you sign , 6 min
- Dog vaccinations in Luxembourg: required, recommended and situational , 7 min
- The neighbour's dog barks all day , 5 min
- Holidays in the south: the diseases we rarely see here , 5 min
- Choosing a vet in Luxembourg, and preparing for the night you need one , 7 min
- Where to walk a dog in and around Luxembourg City , 7 min
- Moving to Luxembourg with a dog: the first ninety days , 6 min
- A dog, a city and no car , 5 min
- Keeping your dog safe: theft, escapes and identification , 4 min
- Taking your dog on public transport in Luxembourg , 7 min
- Finding a flat in Luxembourg when you have a dog , 5 min
- Dog insurance in Luxembourg: the one you must have and the one you might want , 6 min
- Luxembourg's dangerous dog list: the breeds, the obligations, and the debate , 7 min
- Registering your dog in Luxembourg: the complete guide , 8 min
Health 34
- Grooming and coat care through the Luxembourg year , 6 min
- Worming: a schedule, not a reaction , 5 min
- Dog first aid: the six emergencies and what to do first , 6 min
- When a dog will not eat , 6 min
- How to read a dog food label , 5 min
- Living with a dog on daily medication , 5 min
- Feeding, portions and how to tell if your dog is the right weight , 7 min
- Neutering: a medical decision, not a default , 6 min
- When a dog loses its hearing or its sight , 6 min
- Getting the most out of a veterinary consultation , 5 min
- Kennel cough and the other things dogs pass to each other , 5 min
- Managing seasons in an entire bitch , 5 min
- Ears: the three signs that mean an appointment , 5 min
- Feeding through a dog's life stages , 5 min
- Getting weight off a dog, and keeping it off , 6 min
- Arthritis: the pain owners file under old age , 6 min
- The itchy dog: working through it in the right order , 5 min
- Sleep: the thing nobody optimises and everybody notices , 5 min
- Quality of life, and the decision nobody prepares for , 5 min
- Walking a senior dog: what changes, and what should not , 7 min
- Car travel: restraint, sickness and the rule about parked cars , 6 min
- Teeth: the problem owners find least interesting and vets see most , 5 min
- Ticks and fleas in Luxembourg: season, prevention and removal , 7 min
- Night pacing and confusion in an old dog , 5 min
- What to do during a seizure , 5 min
- Vomiting and diarrhoea: home care or the vet , 5 min
- Scooting: it is usually not worms , 5 min
- Vaccination: core, non-core and titre testing , 5 min
- Restricted activity after surgery, in a flat , 5 min
- Raw feeding: the honest version , 4 min
- Long-backed breeds, stairs and the spine , 5 min
- Kidney disease in an older dog , 4 min
- Diabetes: the routine that makes it manageable , 4 min
- Lumps and bumps: what to check and when , 4 min
Behaviour 23
- Adding a second dog: the honest version , 6 min
- Reading your dog: the signals people miss , 6 min
- Fireworks and noise phobia: preparing before December , 6 min
- Barking in an apartment: six causes, six different answers , 6 min
- Hybrid working and the dog that cannot cope with Wednesdays , 6 min
- Preparing your dog for a baby , 6 min
- The dog left behind when another pet dies , 5 min
- The dog that is afraid of people , 5 min
- Resource guarding: trading instead of taking , 5 min
- Sharing paths, parks and terraces with everyone else , 6 min
- Adolescence: when your trained dog stops being one , 5 min
- Adopting a rescue dog: the first three days, three weeks and three months , 7 min
- When two dogs in the same house start fighting , 6 min
- A dog living between two homes , 5 min
- Working breeds in a city flat: the honest version , 5 min
- What actually tires a dog indoors , 5 min
- How much exercise does your dog actually need? , 7 min
- Enclosed dog areas: who they suit, and the etiquette nobody writes down , 6 min
- Dogs and cats in the same flat , 6 min
- Why group dog walks are not always a good idea , 7 min
- Separation anxiety: the signs owners miss and what actually helps , 7 min
- How long can a dog really be left alone? , 7 min
- The dog that eats faeces , 5 min
Training 16
- The dog that barks and lunges on the lead , 6 min
- Cues in a multilingual household , 6 min
- Jumping up: fixing the greeting , 5 min
- A twelve-week training plan for a new dog , 6 min
- The dog that eats everything off the pavement , 6 min
- Teaching a settle, the most useful thing a flat dog can learn , 6 min
- Playing with your dog, and the rules that make it useful , 6 min
- The front door: barking, deliveries and escapes , 5 min
- Teaching a dog to accept handling before it needs it , 5 min
- Crate training without the guilt , 7 min
- Harness, lead and collar: what to buy and what to avoid , 6 min
- Lead pulling: fixing it without gadgets , 7 min
- Building a recall you can actually rely on , 7 min
- Trimming your dog's nails at home , 5 min
- Running with your dog, safely , 5 min
- Dominance, alphas and other advice to ignore , 4 min
Seasons 10
- Autumn hazards: acorns, conkers, mushrooms and dark walks , 6 min
- A dog-friendly break within an hour of Luxembourg , 6 min
- Thunderstorms: the fear that arrives without a date , 5 min
- Walking in the dark, from October to March , 5 min
- Long walks and hikes: what a dog needs to do them safely , 5 min
- Dogs in hot weather: the Luxembourg summer guide , 7 min
- Water, rivers and the algae that kills dogs every summer , 6 min
- Forests, hunting season and wildlife , 5 min
- Christmas markets and winter events with a dog , 4 min
- Winter paw care: road salt, grit and frozen ground , 6 min
Puppies 4
Choosing care 12
- Day care, a walker, a sitter or a kennel , 5 min
- Choosing a dog trainer when the title means nothing , 5 min
- Puppy or adult dog, for a working household , 5 min
- What a new dog actually needs, and what to skip , 6 min
- Choosing a groomer, and what to ask before you book , 5 min
- What a proper meet and greet actually involves , 6 min
- Choosing a breed that fits your actual week , 5 min
- Kennel or in-home sitting: an honest comparison , 7 min
- How to choose a dog walker: fourteen questions worth asking , 9 min
- What a good dog walker should tell you after every walk , 7 min
- When someone in the household is allergic to the dog , 5 min
- Fostering a rescue dog: what it involves , 5 min
Essays 33
- The words we use about dogs , 4 min
- The walk you do not feel like taking , 4 min
- Children, dogs and the supervision nobody does , 4 min
- What a walk actually costs , 4 min
- Small dogs, and the training they never get , 4 min
- The dog in the photograph , 4 min
- On saying no , 4 min
- The dog you did not choose , 4 min
- The animal we made , 4 min
- August , 4 min
- The best forty seconds of somebody else's afternoon , 4 min
- What we mean by a good dog , 4 min
- The year that asks the most , 4 min
- The park at six , 4 min
- Letting a dog say no , 4 min
- Two minutes on the pavement , 4 min
- Who is the walk for? , 4 min
- The myth of the tired dog , 4 min
- The expatriate dog , 5 min
- What your dog reads in you , 5 min
- The stranger with your keys , 4 min
- What we owe an animal that cannot leave , 4 min
- Write down the boring days , 4 min
- The trouble with breeds , 5 min
- Time, not love , 4 min
- Winter through a dog's nose , 4 min
- Silence in a building of neighbours , 5 min
- Rescue or breeder: the argument that never ends , 4 min
- The lead as a social contract , 5 min
- A city measured in walks , 5 min
- The kindest mistake , 4 min
- Against convenience: the industrialisation of pet care , 5 min
- The eleven-hour dog , 5 min
Between the articles
Dogs being dogs, in every season.
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