Author: Katja Brinkmann

Lifestyle reporter living in the south of Italy, writing about people, dogs and other. Passionate photographer.
Love is not Enough

Love is not Enough

Vincenzo Cicirelli, 38, always wanted to be a vet, “like everyone would like to be a vet as a child”. Why everything turned out a bit different from what he expected, why vets often have…

Out of Africa

Out of Africa

Meet black labrador Mtoto, Swahili for “baby”, who was born in Nairobi, Kenya in 2013 and now shares his Lecce home with a handful of peacocks, half a dozen rabbits and a couple of turtles….

An Apple a Day…

An Apple a Day…

Mela means apple in Italian. And little big labrador Mela sure brought happiness into Donato’s life. Even though, having already two dogs at the time being (and very little time to spare as a domolition…

Like the Wind

Like the Wind

Cristiana and Gaetano are parents not only of the two little boys Antonio, 5, and Arturo, 2, but also of a little Saluki named Vega (3). Elegant, independent, sophisticated. Definitely not a dog for everyone,…

Perfect World

Perfect World

Paola and Gabriele have been Labrador lovers all their lives. Lola, 12, is their fourth in the “family”, the apple of their eye, a bit grey around her teeth but the sweetest dog they could…