Trooper’s family are the epitome of what the saying “dogs are family” means.  Singapore Special Trooper was abandoned by his previous family and arrived at the shelter with a paw missing. Fortunately for him volunteer Paula fell in love with this happy soul and became his forever family when they adopted him in November 2021. With an orthopaedic leg fitted out for him by his new family, he was ready to conquer the world.   ..read more

As human beings we speak to communicate verbally and like us, dogs use barking as one of their methods to communicate. This natural behaviour is their way of ‘speaking’ with us and while it’s perfectly normal behaviour when it is excessive, it’s indicative of an issue that needs your attention ..read more

Respected dog trainer and consultant Fred Leow shares training tips on the use of a long leash for dog walks.   ..read more

Fellow volunteer, Jennica has been dedicated to helping shelter dogs in Singapore for years, especially the dogs at SOSD Singapore and OSCAS (Oasis Second Chance Animal Shelter). Last year during the circuit breaker, Jennica and her husband decided to foster CX, a lovable senior dog from OSCAS who they have been actively helping with her health issues. Besides CX, they have their own senior dog Helix (who they adopted and brought over from the US) and then another two Singapore Specials, mid-aged Goofy and young Senna. We had a chat with her about looking after her seniors ..read more

As our own dogs grow older, we've seen various issues prop up and so we decided to start a blog series with tips from people providing healthy care for their own dogs in their senior years. Depending upon the breed, in most cases, a dog is considered to have entered senior years between the age of 5-10 years ..read more

Top Dog Trainer Tips - Reward-Based Training (loyald.com) We had a chat with Dr. Jaipal Singh Gill, Executive Director, SPCA Singapore on SPCA Singapore’s recent “Teach with Kindness“ campaign to address cruelty in training. A campaign that Loyal.D is very passionate about and we were fortunate to partner with SPCA Singapore in helping to promote better tools in training ..read more

To wrap-up our dog blog series on arthritis and joint issues for senior dogs, we spoke with Dr. Priya of ARK Veterinary Rehabilitation who has been a big supporter of dogs in shelters and is an expert in the area of veterinary rehabilitation ..read more

In this blog as part of the Moving with your Pets series, we cover transporting your dog from Singapore to Portugal during COVID times ..read more

Loyal.D had a chat with Colette Alexandratos, a fellow volunteer and one of our favourite illustrators. In February 2021 Colette moved from Singapore to Seoul, South Korea with her cat Socks. Wherever life may take you, even in these challenging COVID times, there are ways to move with your pets and our Blog series hopes to reassure and share experiences from those like Colette who have relocated with their pet ..read more

Sunny is a lucky Singapore special, who was adopted by an animal-loving couple and former fellow volunteer, Ina Lehmann and now lives in Germany. Sunny has shown true Singapawrean adaptability, adjusting to a new country, changes in the weather, and most importantly, smoothly taking on the role of becoming a big fur brother ..read more