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I am constantly meeting new people and when they get a chance to hang out with a dog for a while, the usual thing they say is ‘I want to get a dog of my own’. Well my nan’s next door neighbours have done something even better for dogs. They are now looking after dogs whose owners go away on holiday. You might remember how anxious my Mum and Dad were when they needed to find someone to look after me while they went to a wedding. I am sure lots of dog owners will be very pleased to get their dogs looked after in a family home.

I have talked about the advantages of gold as a form of investment before and something else in its favour occurred to me yesterday - gold is dense and compact and if you have to move around it is easy to take it with you, unlike antiques or works of art investments. I suppose that is why nomadic people in particular would buy gold as one of the best ways to preserve and transport their wealth and purchasing power. As an investment product, silver and gold can be bought in coin or ingot form. Ingots are generally silver ingots of pure bullion cast in a convenient size and shape. This is a very good time for buying bullion, as an investment or as a special and enduring gift. Remember Father’s Day is coming up and I know mine would be very pleased to receive a Gold or silver bar instead of after shave.

Yesterday Mum brought me over to stay at Nan’s house to help with the packing. I have quite a nice time here because Nan always cooks some sausages for me and I get them as treats. She also had a lot of frozen turkey, left over from my last enormous doggie bag. The chef at the carvery was really generous and so i am still enjoying the meat. I heard Mum say she was making some appointments and I knew she wanted her nails done. Today she left me with Nan while she went off to have her acrylic nails redone and painted. I went round to meet her, the lady who owns the shop has aChihuahua herself and she made a big fuss of me. But I think I am being taken to the vet. I wonder what embarrassment is in store for me?

Viewing houses and buying them is the fun side of the property world. Dealing with mortgage lenders is the less interesting part, but a necessity. These are not people you would invite round for dinner, I suppose, but they can prevent you getting the cash advance you need if theres is a problem with your credit report score. Mortgage companies are starting to use a system called credit scoring. This means they access your credit report and see all the existing debts, how much is owed, how promptly you pay, and whether you have been bankrupt in the recent past. All this information is combined into an overall credit score for you, which the lender can use to rank your repayment abilities. If you want to check your score and maybes get it put right, go to Picturecredit.com

Here in the UK the new Animal Welfare Act came into force this week. The five main obligations for any dog owner in the UK now are:

• A suitable environment (where the dog lives) - that means the dog must be protected from the extremes of temperature and weather
• A suitable diet (what it eats and drinks) if you feed your dog so much tat he is clinically obese you will contravne this Act .
• To be able to behave normally - as a dog.
• To be housed with or apart from other animals, (whatever is best for that particular animal).
• To be protected from pain, suffering, injury and disease - not leaving your dog suffering from an infection or open wound.

I really hope this helps all dogs, cats and other pets get the basic care they deserve.
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