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Moving Countries with your Pet - Between Singapore and Scotland

May 18, 2023

Trooper’s family are the epitome of what the saying “dogs are family” means. Singapore Special Trooper was abandoned by his previous family and arrived at the shelter with a paw missing. Fortunately for him volunteer Paula fell in love with this happy soul and became his forever family when they adopted him in November 2021. With an orthopaedic leg fitted out for him by his new family, he was ready to conquer the world.

HOW TO HELP YOUR DOG’S EXCESSIVE BARKING

May 06, 2023

As human beings we speak to communicate verbally and like us, dogs use barking as one of their methods to communicate. This natural behaviour is their way of ‘speaking’ with us and while it’s perfectly normal behaviour when it is excessive, it’s indicative of an issue that needs your attention.

BENEFITS OF A LONG LEASH FOR DOG WALKS

April 24, 2023

Respected dog trainer and consultant Fred Leow shares training tips on the use of a long leash for dog walks.

Moving Countries with your Pet - Singapore to New Zealand

April 02, 2023

"Spending all the money we have to have Maggie be with us on our moves has been worth every cent. We have had so much joy exploring the world with our best doggo by our side and can't wait to explore more of New Zealand with her!" Read more about Maggie's world explorations ...

Moving Countries with your Pet - Hong Kong to the UK via Paris

December 04, 2022

Many travelers will tell you Singapore Airlines (SIA) is one of the world's best airlines and one of our customer's experiences held testament to this.

MOVING COUNTRIES WITH YOUR PET SERIES : SINGAPORE TO PORTUGAL

October 16, 2021

In this blog as part of the Moving with your Pets series, we cover transporting your dog from Singapore to Portugal during COVID times.

Bringing home baby to meet your dog - Sunny and Felix

May 09, 2021

Sunny is a lucky Singapore special, who was adopted by an animal-loving couple and former fellow volunteer, Ina Lehmann and now lives in Germany. Sunny has shown true Singapawrean adaptability, adjusting to a new country, changes in the weather, and most importantly, smoothly taking on the role of becoming a big fur brother!

Teach with Kindness #chooseforcefree

April 19, 2021

Top Dog Trainer Tips - Reward-Based Training (loyald.com) We had a chat with Dr. Jaipal Singh Gill, Executive Director, SPCA Singapore on SPCA Singapore’s recent “Teach with Kindness“ campaign to address cruelty in training. A campaign that Loyal.D is very passionate about and we were fortunate to partner with SPCA Singapore in helping to promote better tools in training.

Moving Countries with your Pet Cat: Singapore to Seoul

March 20, 2021

Loyal.D had a chat with Colette Alexandratos, a fellow volunteer and one of our favourite illustrators. In February 2021 Colette moved from Singapore to Seoul, South Korea with her cat Socks. Wherever life may take you, even in these challenging COVID times, there are ways to move with your pets and our Blog series hopes to reassure and share experiences from those like Colette who have relocated with their pet.

Healthcare Tips for Senior Dogs - Interview with Rehabilitation Veterinary Dr. Priya - Part 3

January 29, 2021

To wrap-up our dog blog series on arthritis and joint issues for senior dogs, we spoke with Dr. Priya of ARK Veterinary Rehabilitation who has been a big supporter of dogs in shelters and is an expert in the area of veterinary rehabilitation.

Healthcare Tips for Senior Dogs: Fostering Senior Shelter Dog CX - Part 2

January 28, 2021

Fellow volunteer, Jennica has been dedicated to helping shelter dogs in Singapore for years, especially the dogs at SOSD Singapore and OSCAS (Oasis Second Chance Animal Shelter). Last year during the circuit breaker, Jennica and her husband decided to foster CX, a lovable senior dog from OSCAS who they have been actively helping with her health issues. Besides CX, they have their own senior dog Helix (who they adopted and brought over from the US) and then another two Singapore Specials, mid-aged Goofy and young Senna. We had a chat with her about looking after her seniors.

Healthcare Tips for Senior Dogs: Arthritis and Joint Pain Management - Part 1

January 27, 2021

We first noticed it in the morning, when instead of having a wet nose and enthusiastic waggy wake-up, we saw our dog sleepily and slowly get up, stretch gently and then limp his way towards us. The limp would slowly reduce during the walk, as his joints warmed up for the day. From happy, energetic long walks to now slower, sniffing sessions, we have seen the changes that life brings along with the marching of time.

Moving Countries with your Pet Series: Singapore to Germany

August 24, 2020

Annika used to volunteer with us at OSCAS (Oasis Second Chance Animal Shelter) and we sadly had to say goodbye to her but also happy as she was taking Pepper! Five-year-old Pepper had been through some upsetting times as she was left behind suddenly by her first family, who returned to the UK without her. Fortunately, we found her an initial fosterer so she did not need to return to the shelter that night she was let go. From then on she was fostered by Annika, who fell in love with this smart, easy-going girl and could never ever leave her. Together they flew back to Germany just before Singapore went into lockdown and here is how they did it.

Health Care for Aging Dogs: Incontinence and Kidney issues

March 08, 2020

As our own dogs grow older, we've seen various issues prop up and so we decided to start a blog series with tips from people providing healthy care for their own dogs in their senior years. Depending upon the breed, in most cases, a dog is considered to have entered senior years between the age of 5-10 years.

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