Puppies and gardens!


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Puppies and gardens!

March 24, 2026

It’s that time of year again! Hooray!


Mud is subsiding, spring is springing, and we want to get out into our gardens.


And if you have a new puppy, you’ll already be spending plenty of time in the garden, monitoring the all-important housetraining!


But while you’re standing there, on the end of the lead, as your puppy sniffs and circles and tries to focus on what he’s doing, cast a critical eye over your garden.


You need to look for all the puppy hazards ...

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