Jeremy Clarkson has opened up about the “problems” he has been facing at his Diddly Squat Farm in the Cotswolds, as he revealed his dog has been left in a “spiral of despair”
Jeremy Clarkson has revealed there “have been problems” at Diddly Squat Farm as he discusses a “spiral of despair.” The 65-year-old former Top Gear presenter has been operating his Oxfordshire farm for six years.
Jeremy initially bought the thousand-acre site in 2008. It housed what was then called Curdle Hill Farm.
Nevertheless, Jeremy chose to take control of the farm when the previous tenant retired, a journey he chronicled on Amazon Prime Video’s Clarkson’s Farm, reports the Express.
Viewers of the popular series have witnessed Jeremy grapple with the challenges and setbacks of agricultural life.
The Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? presenter has endured weather-battered harvests alongside the highs and lows of rearing livestock on his farm.
It’s the latter that Jeremy says he’s been contending with recently after welcoming 11 red fox Labrador puppies onto the farm.
“Sweet, eh? Well, yes, but there have been problems,” the star wrote in The Sun. Jeremy explains the litter’s mother contracted mastitis due to the sheer number of puppies.
The ailment causes a dog’s mammary glands to become inflamed and tender. It can result in reluctance to nurse the young puppies as well as depression and anxiety in the dog.
Jeremy added: “To stop the puppies trying to get on a teat, we had to move her out of their pen. This has sent her into such a spiral of despair that all she does all day is stare at the floor—or wander round the garden digging up every single one of the plants we have.”
Viewers of Clarkson’s Farm saw Jeremy expanding his empire in the most recent series when he launched The Farmer’s Dog pub.
The establishment welcomed its first customers in August 2024, despite a mass exodus of staff members.
Jeremy marked its first anniversary with a celebration. Taking to Instagram to commemorate the milestone, he wrote: “Exactly a year ago, we opened The Farmer’s Dog to support British farming.
Today, there are 146 people on the payroll, and I’d like to thank every single one of them for making it such a roaring success.”
Alongside pouring his own Hawkstone Lager, Jeremy aimed for “every single thing” at the establishment to be produced or cultivated in Britain.
The television personality later admitted he had “failed” in this mission—as it would prevent him from offering a gin and tonic.
On the pub’s website, Jeremy clarified: “You can’t have a pub that doesn’t offer a gin and tonic. But there is quinine in tonic water, and you can’t grow that in Britain. Sure, I could have served gin and water instead, but I didn’t think you’d enjoy it very much. Especially as, instead of a slice of lemon, you’d have been given a slice of turnip, or some potato peelings.”
