I signed up for the an Animal Behaviour and Welfare course, run by Edinburgh University through Coursera – they offer short online courses from universities available free to people all around the world. It’s the end of week two, and I thought I’d share some of the interesting things I’ve learnt so far. What Drives […]

Scamp’s evening exercise routine involves a lot of binky-chase (you run at me and jump, I race half way across the room throwing in a binky, you run at me… and so on around the sofa and under the table). Binky-chase always ends with Scamp doing a sudden stop instead of a run, so the […]

Scamp’s not usually allowed outside because it’s hard enough keeping him safely contained in the house. However, Gypsy’s old run is empty so I bundled him into a carrier (okay, I opened the door and he hopped in) and then shut both of us in the run before letting him out. He had great fun […]

Radio 4 had a brief section on rabbits on Friday, you can listen online here (rabbit section starts around 12 minutes in). They interviewed Brigitte Lord, a Lecturer in Rabbit Medicine and Surgery and Heather Childs, a rabbit breeder/shower. Among other topics they discussed the social behaviour of rabbits. The difference in their points of […]

After a week of wind and rain its suddenly toasty hot again. Here’s a picture and a couple of videos from the last lot of sunny weather I didn’t get around to posting. I know I give the impression Scamp is a little terror but that’s only 98% of the time. He does occasionally slow […]