Welcome to "Man with two dogs" - the family website for dog owners and dog walkers.

WAKING UP with snow on the ground and hearing the central heating fire up, got me thinking back to the years when the Doyenne and I were bringing up our family at the Kirklands.

PANDEMONIUM REIGNS when grandchildren come to stay. Last weekend we expected only grandson James to be visiting, but son Robert and daughter-in-law Kate blew in with Cecily and Fergus. The decibels rapidly rose to unforeseen levels!

WALKING DOGS is a grand way to keep in touch with your neighbours.

AN IRISH girl tells me that last Tuesday was St Brigid's Day, and that the Irish traditionally regard the first of February as the first day of spring. The fair Saint would have got a healthy suntan if she'd spent the day in our garden, and with Irish luck it was a foretaste of what we can expect to come.