It started with a puppy and a broken vacuum.

Melo arrived at nine weeks old: four kilograms of white fluff, one berry-red harness, and a coat that would eventually defeat two vacuum cleaners. The internet had a thousand generic dog sites and almost nothing that took double coats seriously.

So we built the site we needed. Hello Melo is care advice for Samoyeds, Huskies, Great Pyrenees, Pomeranians, and every gloriously over-coated mix — written from daily life with one, checked against groomers and the fluffy-breed community, and updated when we get something wrong.