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

THERE'S AN enthusiasm for their dogs' welfare that grips some dog owners, but which non-dog owners might regard as so misplaced as to border on lunacy. And it troubles me to admit that the Doyenne and I appear to be slipping into the “barking” category.

AN IRISHMAN told us where the expression  once in a blue moon' came from. It's when a second full moon occurs in a single calendar month. The moon isn't actually blue, of course, and why it should be so described the Irishman did not say.

“NATURE RED in tooth and claw  €¦” was scarcely how I would have characterised the Curlie, the one-time curling pond at the east boundary between the mid links of Montrose and the town's Medal golf course. I was with Denis Rice, a Montrosian who has returned to his home town and now lives scarcely a badly shanked golf shot away from the old pond.

“IF YOU want a story, here's one you won't believe”. Well, there was a red rag to a bull and I just had to hear it. This is the fifth year of writing my column and I've learnt not to dismiss any stories about nature and wildlife, however unlikely they may seem at first.

PEAJOCKS, BUBBLYJOCKS, the fighting Jocks – the word  Jock' seems to have a broad application in the Scots' vernacular.