A dry month might not be on the menu for your dog this January but if your four-legged friend over-indulged during the festive period, give them a healthy kick-start to 2015 with a month of supping WOOF&BREW – that’s tea for for dogs!

We’ve finally got our Christmas hat on so now that we’re feeling festive, we share the first of four gift guides for you and your furry ones. Kicking things off is our Christmas gift guide for your dog, with everything from tasty stocking fillers, to gifts for £25/£50/£100 or less, to luxe buys. Dig in!

Who needs to wait for Santa Paws’ arrival when organic dog food purveyor Lily’s Kitchen are serving up a daily, lip-smackingly-good treat come December 1. Yes that’s right our four-legged amigos, Lily’s Kitchen has launched an Advent Calendar exclusively for dogs. But hurry you’ve got less than a week to get your paws on one before you can let your chops loose onto its contents.

We know that you guys need little encouragement when it comes to woofing down your dog food and lapping up your H20 but on lazy days there’s no harm in spelling mealtimes out. From bamboo wood, to write-your–own to finest ceramic, enjoy your dinner, hydration and treats in style with our pick of slogan dog bowls and more.

If your dog is suffering a slump after all the Bank Holiday fun, give them a lift with deliciously natural and organic dog treats from our latest love – Fetch & Follow. 

Basil has scoffed and chomped his way through their Carrot & Apple Nibbles and Coconut Party Cloud flavours, demonstrating behaviour reserved only for his favourite treats – sit, accept and then run off so no one else can get their paws on his prize …

Basil and I attended Crufts earlier this month, and while I marvelled at all that was on offer, Barkarama’s four-legged reporter was mainly concerned with sniffing butt and scoffing the food freebies. His efforts did not go unnoticed, for clever canine clogs Basil managed to sniff out two new doggy dinner delights as he made his way through the many halls of the Birmingham NEC …

Forget gifting your dog with heart-shaped dog toys and pet accessories in varying shades of pink and red, the most successful way to a man’s best friend’s heart is food, which is why we’re loving Alpha and Ruby’s Valentine’s dog treats.

Great coffee, scrummy cake and dog-friendly; Basil and I are feeling pretty damn excited at the news that Scooby’s Boutique Coffee Bar will open its door TODAY in North London’s Muswell Hill.

With its’ human and hound menu, lounge and boutique dog shop, Scooby’s sounds like just the kind of place for us modern dog owners to meet ‘n’ make friends, old and new. I caught up with Scooby’s owner Lisa Owen-Hughes earlier this week to find out what doggy delights lay in-store …