While a puppy who has never been left alone coupled with an inexperienced owner may sound like a recipe for disaster, Graeme Hall, dog behaviour expert and author of “All Dogs Great and Small” says we still have time to help our pups adjust to a change in routine, but cautions that this should be done slowly, and in small steps.

For those who already share their lives with a canine, however expensive, Graeme Hall has a new podcast, Talking Dogs.Good is a sensitive and caring listener, the type of person who thinks dogs are better than people.

(Picture: EDCH /SWNS.COM)The UK’s ‘unluckiest’ dog has found a new home – after five years at an animal shelter. (Picture: EDCH /SWNS.COM)And now staff, who dubbed Star the UK’s unluckiest dog, said he has found a home with Graeme Webb, a professional photographer from Hawick, Scottish Borders.