Author: Mariah Wheeler

Many people have a certain idea of what parenthood will look like. Perhaps they always assumed they’d have all boys or one boy and one girl. Maybe they hoped for twins or always dreamed of raising sisters. Gender disappointment is completely normal. You can’t help your feelings and emotions and it may not make sense at the time. But once your child is born, you will love them regardless. People often have a specific idea of what parenthood will look like for them. Perhaps you’ve imagined they’ll have all boys, or one baby boy and one baby girl. The lovely…

Many people want and need dogs to do certain jobs for them and indeed part of the reason dogs have evolved so successfully with us is that they have been incredibly useful. They are good hunting partners, they protect our homes and crops and now dogs are doing even more incredible work by detecting human and animal disease and helping conserve our planet – the subject of my new television show that is currently in production.  Research has also shown that a dog’s attachment to a human is like a child’s to a parent. In fact dogs behave similarly to…