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Is Toy Selection Based on Genes or Socialisation

By Jenny Talorman · 14 years ago

There is a lot of question as to why boys and girls choose the toys they do. Although there have been strides towards equality, the expectation of society is that boys are loud, dirty and ...

Interactive Toys Serve as Great Learning Tools

By Jenny Talorman · 14 years ago

Picture yourself, if you will, as a child experiencing the middle of summer. It's that time of year when the soft threat of school looms over a child's head, almost destroying the lazy days that ...

The Huf House – Quick to Build and Eco Friendly Too

By Josie Anderson · 14 years ago

The Huf House first found it’s way into the UK collective consciousness thanks to Channel 4’s Grand Designs programme with Kevin Mc Cloud. The programme followed the story of David and Greta Iredale, whose Huf ...

Advice on Helping Your Cat to Get into Shape

By Josie Anderson · 14 years ago

Just like people, pets are getting bigger. They may now be domesticated, but our pets’ ancestors were used to scavenging and eating whatever they could get, whenever they could get it. This hunter instinct has ...

Dog Insurance Becomes More Importance as Obesity Grows

By Josie Anderson · 14 years ago

Dogs love nothing more than fresh air and a game of fetch but it seems more and more are turning into couch potatoes, suffering from the effects of bad diet and little exercise. The PDSA ...

Pet Adoption

By Jenny Crossland · 15 years ago

For many families, the household is not complete without a pet. If you are thinking of becoming one of the 18 million pet-owning households in the UK, owning 27 million animals, you might want to ...