The right dog,
and their story.

What each breed is really like to live with, and a journal for the years after.

Flo, a tricolour Rough Collie, close up and smiling on a walk

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A few questions about your home, then the breeds that fit it.

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A page from Flo’s journal: the date, the two who wrote it, her photo and its caption

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One page a day for everyone at home, and a tip that knows your dog.

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Sources on every breed page.

Breed explains only about 9% of how individual dogs differ in behaviour (Morrill et al., 2022), so meet the dog too. Each breed page names the standard or study behind its figures, and says when a figure has none.

Breed standards
FCI and The Kennel Club
UK vet records
VetCompass, Royal Veterinary College
Growth references
WALTHAM puppy growth studies

What each breed is really like to live with.

Size, growth, lifespan, health and temperament, with where each figure comes from. Here is Flo’s breed.

  • Heights and weights from the breed standard
  • Lifespans from UK vet records, where a study has them
  • Health risks from published studies

From the Rough Collie page · Flo’s breed

Rough Collie

Gentle and sensitive, and quick to bark at the unusual.

Class · Familyalso Companion

Adult male
20.5–29.5 kg
45–65 lb
Adult female
18–25 kg
40–55 lb
Fully grown
11 mo
Lifespan
13.3 yrs

Breed traits

  • ActivityA good daily walk and play
  • AffectionAffectionate on its own terms
  • VoiceVery vocal

Sources on the page: FCI, The Kennel Club, VetCompass, WALTHAM

See the Rough Collie page ›

The routine, kept straight.

Everyone at home writes on the same page, and the reminders reach every phone.

Today: Flo’s week, and the daily tip under it
A day’s page, written together by two of the household, with her photo from the park
The calendar: her month, each day coloured by how it went
  • A page a day: a note each, and the photo from the walk
  • How the day went, in a tap: her mood, training and walks
  • A daily tip from your notes, her breed and her age
  • Vaccinations and vet visits, ready when the kennel asks
  • What’s due, before it’s late
  • Weigh-ins charted against the band her breed grows within
  • Her seasons logged, and the next one estimated
  • Every meal, and how it went down
  • Her goals and firsts, each kept with its day
  • On this day: a card on Today when an earlier year has the same date
  • A private group for your puppy class, seeing only what you share

Photos, tips after the first seven, the breed band, heat tracking and starting a group are Kintail+.

A book of their days.

The months bind into your pup’s Tale: a chapter a month, told from your own pages.

A page from her month

Crate milestone done! Full hour, completely calm. Didn’t even look up when I walked past. Took her to the field after as a reward: a run on the long line, then a sit in the dirt, grinning, harness askew.

The chapter it became

One evening she lay down for a full, calm hour without once looking up, and afterwards, out on the long line in the field, she sat in the dirt grinning, harness askew, as pleased with herself as we were.

Your first monthly chapter is free; the rest are Kintail+.

A chapter of Flo’s Tale: one month’s story, written from her journal

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  • Heat cycle tracking (for females)
  • Breed weight bands on your charts
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