With an increasing demand for quality kennel accommodation for dogs and cats, a good boarding kennel is a sound investment and can provide a healthy income if run efficiently. Running your own Boarding Kennels, the only guide of its kind available, is essential reading for anyone who is considering starting out in the business. This new edition by animal care expert David Cavill provides advice on every aspect of running a boarding kennel. With an exhaustive breadth of detail it covers every related topic, including: boarding fees, raising finance, insurance, kennel cleaning, dangerous dogs, types of food, exercise, grooming, beds and towels, staff training, accommodation, advertising, puppy and kitten rearing, and product sales. Comprehensive and unique, Running your own Boarding Kennels also includes information on ancillary services such as dog-walking, pet sitting and home boarding.

Patsy's Bulli Off at Supemacy, the lager lout of the world of dogs, was created by Di Johnson for the magazine, Dogs Monthly in 1995. With David Cavill, the then publisher of Dogs Monthly, she subsequently transcribed many of his columns for the magazine and Bulli quickly became a celebrity in his own right as he thought the unthinkable and said the unsayable. His material, which has to be said was nothing short of chaotic, has now been edited by David into a reasonably( ) fluent narrative - although Bulli's unique style, spelling and misunderstandings have been retained.

Series of articles on aspects of canine psychology, dog ownership and pet politics