Hi @teefers I tested the code this morning. The ‘single page to folder with subpages’ and the ‘single page to single page’ redirects worked fine however I couldn’t get the ‘multiple sub pages to single page’ code to work for all possible pages - this was the code…
RedirectMatch 301 ^/gifts-dog-lovers/dog-sayings-word-art/(.*) /gifts-dog-lovers/inspirational-dog-wisdom-life-quotes-prints/
I tested it on the excellent htaccess code tester as recommended by @joeworkman
It worked for these URLs
https://www.theenlightenedhound.com/gifts-dog-lovers/dog-sayings-word-art/
https://www.theenlightenedhound.com/gifts-dog-lovers/dog-sayings-word-art/print-1
but not for this one
https://www.theenlightenedhound.com/gifts-dog-lovers/dog-sayings-word-art
I guess because there was no / at the end?? but that is a possible URL that could be searched so I have to address it
So I just wrote a 301 for each of my single pages separately to be sure all bases are covered … not too much of an issue as there are only 15
The great thing with the code you shared is not just that it works 
but also that it doesn’t generate the extra / on the redirected page if the user puts a / at the end of the page url they were looking for… so that is great -thanks so much
So in summary, if this helps anyone else, then this is the code from Doug that I used:
Redirecting a single page to a folder with subpages:
RedirectMatch 301 ^/folder-name/page-name /new-folder-name$1
in my case this was the following…
RedirectMatch 301 ^/gifts-dog-lovers/dog-is-my-co-pilot-print /gifts-dog-lovers$1
Redirecting a single page to another single page
RedirectMatch 301 ^/folder-name/page-name /new-folder-name/new-page-name
in my case this was the following…
RedirectMatch 301 ^/gifts-dog-lovers/dog-sayings-word-art /gifts-dog-lovers/inspirational-dog-wisdom-life-quotes-prints
Thank you so much again for your help. I had a massive headache yesterday after a full day of trying to sort this out so I am very happy today!!