Sleep is as important to animals as it is to us however you should be aware your dog’s sleep pattern is different to ours. Young puppies can sleep for up to 20hrs a day, adult dogs can sleep for around 16hrs. This won’t be in all in one go, it will be broken up into small sleep […]
Hi Everyone, Quick post today about the heat we are experiencing. I know after the long wet winter and lack of sun we have had this year, we are understandably all very excited now the sun is shining and the weather is warm. A word of caution though, your dog may unfortunately not share […]
Hi Everyone, Last weekend I had the absolute pleasure of attending the inaugural “Fun Dog Show Barclay Park” organised by Anthony Corrigan, Louise Guiver (who runs Dogs First Aid Hertfordshire and Central Bedfordshire) and the Friends of Barclay Park. I, Louise and Lisa all gave short talks on “How to recognise pain” (by myself), “First […]
Hi Everyone What a fantastic weekend, I was one of the many pets and owners that attended a sunshine filled “Goodwoof”. Accompanied by my partner and “Nellie” the boxer we enjoyed an action packed Saturday at the historic Goodwood Estate, better known by many for its racecourse and “Festival of Speed”. Goodwoof has been running […]
Hi Everyone Today I had the pleasure of attending the Home Counties Boxer Welfare (HCBW) Fun Day at the Charles Morris Hall in St. Albans. HCBW was originally founded to support the Boxer breed find loving homes in the home counties and through their continued success they now help Boxers all over the UK. Boxers […]
Hello Everyone, Today is national Pure Breed (Pedigree) dog day. Let me start by saying I love all dogs regardless of if they are a pure breed, a cross breed or a mongrel. It is well known that unfortunately our purebred dog’s do tend to have more heath problems than mixed bred dogs but that […]
Hi Everyone, Somewhat of a change to my usual posts around care and treatment for your beloved pets but today is Lost Dog Awareness Day! I therefore wanted to take this opportunity to ask you to consider how prepared you are for the unthinkable – your beloved pet lost. You may not be aware that your local vets can quickly and easily scan […]
Hi Everyone, I’m sure you are all aware but it’s currently National Pet Month all through April and with that in mind I wanted to talk about something none of us want our pets to experience, pain. Let me start with a question. Do you think you can notice if your dog is in pain? […]