The Dog Paper
Summer 2025
Pack the sunscreen, pop on your plakkies, and take the puppies to the beach! Summer’s in the air, and we’re dreaming of icy-cold Coke in glass bottles, granadilla lollies and long lazy afternoons! Here’s to wild puppy tales of mountain hikes, farm stays and beach romps. Here’s to nose nudges and side snuggles, to laughter through sprinklers, and wet pawprints through the house. Here’s to hearts full of sunshine.
CONTENTS
p3 Hello, pupsicles! / p4 Therapy dog / p5 Doggie dish towel / p6 Dog motifs / p8 Out with dog / p10 WOOF! / p18 Canine care / p22 Healthy dog / p24 Holiday hounds / p26 Dog shop / p28 Dog tails / p30 Doggie do’s
p3 Hello, pupsicles! / p4 Therapy dog / p5 Doggie dish towel / p6 Dog motifs / p8 Out with dog / p10 WOOF! / p18 Canine care / p22 Healthy dog / p24 Holiday hounds / p26 Dog shop / p28 Dog tails / p30 Doggie do’s
This edition is filled to the brim with some of our favourite things…doodles for you to doodle, competitions that’ll keep your pup’s tail wagging, reads that linger long after the page is turned, outings fur everyone, and so much more. So, come a little closer, settle in…we have your holidogs sorted.
Our resident vet, Dr Amir, shares tips on how to keep your dog safe during sunny summer adventures…
Why be drab when you can be furrrrbulous?! See our ‘Dog Shop’ for all the cutest trends, shop our top picks in beds, baskets, collars and more…
WOOF!
The temperature’s rising, shirts are optional and tails are wagging – meet the men and mutts redefining summer heat…
In ‘Holiday Hounds’, artists Tracy Lynch, Frank van Reenen and their son Negan roadtrip to their Eastern Cape holiday home with their Boston terriers, Bella and Chaplin…
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Dog and Leisure Edition 4 is free with every copy of House and Leisure Volume 19 (Holiday).
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