Let these adorable ticklish pets soothe your lockdown woes

Let these adorable ticklish pets soothe your lockdown woes

So pure, so good (Pictures: Splitpics UK)People have been sharing pictures of their pets being tickled and honestly, it is exactly what our lockdown needed.Oh, to be this relaxed (Picture: Splitpics UK) This is a belly begging for a little rub (Picture: Splitpics UK) That’s a happy face, right?

Boyfriend hides engagement ring in dog poo bag and proposes while on a walk

Boyfriend hides engagement ring in dog poo bag and proposes while on a walk

That’s one place to hide an engagement ring (Picture: Caters News)While many women dream of their partner popping the question in elaborate and romantic ways, Annabelle Brett said she could not have been happier with her ‘sh*tty proposal’.

The Invention of the Modern Dog review – our long obsession with canine design

The Invention of the Modern Dog review – our long obsession with canine design

Selective breeding is how it’s done, the careful matching of mates in order to produce puppies with exactly the desired characteristics. Miscegenation was blamed, too, for a certain lowering of the doggy moral tone Tempers started to fray to the point where, in 1880, one breeder sued the newspapers for libelling his prizewinning bloodhound.