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Shetland ponies in a stable

Training and games, Behaviour

Indoor games and enrichment

White hamster in owner's hands

Essentials, Getting a hamster

Top 10 tips for looking after a hamster

Dog at a wedding - top image

Behaviour

How to include your pet in your wedding

Pet myth 1

Essentials

Fact or fiction? Pet myths explained

Hamster Harriet at Burford rehoming centre

Getting a hamster, Health

Looking after a hamster

Chinchilla Hoop from Burford rehoming centre

Training and games, Health

Enrichment for small pets

allergy cat

Health

How to cope with pet allergies

child new pet advice

Health

How to get your children ready for a new pet

Flora with owner

Essentials, Getting a pet

The benefits of pet ownership

pet names - staffie

Essentials, Getting a pet

Top 20 most popular male and female pet names of 2017

rehoming myths slice

Essentials, Getting a pet

Pet rehoming myths debunked

PBSS

Bereavement

What to say to someone who has lost a pet

Oreo pet pix

Behaviour

How to photograph pets

Sad dog

Bereavement

How pets cope with loss

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Blue Cross is a registered charity in England and Wales (224392) and in Scotland (SC040154). A company limited by guarantee. Registered company in England and Wales under company number 00363197. Registered address Shilton Road, Burford, Oxfordshire, OX18 4PF.

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