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05/09/2024

Morning walk along the beach 🏖️

03/09/2024

Looking after these cuties for a couple of weeks 🥰

26/08/2024

Looking after Miss Sadie this week 🥰

23/08/2024

I totally agree. I feel people expect too much from their dogs. Your dog does not have to play with every dog.

Being frantically chased is not play❌
You may have noticed this yourself. 👀....if play is allowed to get to that hyper, frantic play, signals are not given well, and not received well and that can lead to big issues.💥
Maybe you expect your dog to play with all other dogs.❓
Guess what ?
Dogs do not need to play with all other dogs, in fact it is healthy to be choosy with who they interact with.
Dogs have the right to consent to play or not.
Just because we wish them to play does not mean they consent.

Toys.
So many issues arise with dogs playing with their own toys around others they do not know.
They can be highly prized items. The simplest way to avoid issues is don't play with your dogs toy around other dogs you do not know and even if you DO know them caution is needed.
Many dogs do not like to share.

Pairing dogs with different play styles and energy can cause big problems.. A dog that constantly chases may not read the "cut off" signals given by the less energetic dog.

Always listen to the little voice inside....and if you are at all unsure, advocate and stop play, or don't allow it to even start.

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19/08/2024

Sleeping beauty 🥰.

18/08/2024

A week with Ziggy and Roo 🥰

17/08/2024

Another session with Dobby. As Dobby is not a fan of getting the leash on, I started to make the leash more appealing. Every time Dobby decided to approach the leash I gave a treat.

03/08/2024

Dobby is slowly getting more confident around me. She will come up to me for a sniff and I can play the touch game.

27/07/2024

Saturday morning visit to Dobby. Continuing to build trust with her. Dobby is food motivated so she loves playing the treat and retreat game.

19/07/2024

A night with Dobby 🥰. Dobby is an anxious dog and takes time to get used to strangers. I just have been ignoring her and playing treat and retreat game. It’s all on Dobby’s terms. The owner is being proactive and having me do a night here and there and do visits so when she wants to go away on holiday Dobby will be comfortable with me.

27/06/2024

Ivy the little cutie 🥰

22/06/2024

Can’t move, Ivy has made herself comfortable.

21/06/2024

Ivy chilling on her cat pole 🐱

18/06/2024

Looking after Ivy now for a couple of weeks. A little cutie 🥰.

17/06/2024

Such a handsome boy 🥰

16/06/2024

A lovely walk around the park. Ash was enjoying all the new smells.

15/06/2024

Looking after Ash for the week, such a gorgeous boy. Love my cuddles 🥰

09/06/2024

Stopping for coffee while out on our walk.

09/06/2024

Look at that beautiful face ❤️

08/06/2024

Looking after Sadie over the long weekend 🥰

22/03/2024

Very wise words. Think before you get a dog, will they fit in with your lifestyle.

Everyone who is thinking of getting dogs should read this because you need to understand this reality:

***I am a 21st century dog.***
-I'm a Malinois.
Overskilled among dogs, I excel in all disciplines and I'm always ready to work: I NEED to work.
But nowadays I get asked to chill on the couch all day everyday.

-I am an Akita Inu.
My ancestors were selected for fighting bears.
Today I get asked to be tolerant and I get scolded for my reactivity when another approaches me.

-I am a Beagle.
When I chase my prey, I raise my voice so the hunters could follow.
Today they put an electric collar on me to shut up, and you make me come back to you - no running - with a snap of your fingers.

-I am a Yorkshire Terrier.
I was a terrifying rat hunter in English mines.
Today they think I can't use my legs and they always hold me in their arms.

-I'm a Labrador Retriever.
My vision of happiness is a dive into a pond to bring back the duck he shot to my master.
Today you forget I'm a walking, running, swimming dog; as a result I'm fat, made to stay indoors, and to babysit.

-I am a Jack Russell.
I can take on a fox, a mean badger, and a rat bigger than me in his den.
Today I get scolded for my character and high energy, and forced to turn into a quiet living room dog.

-I am a Siberian Husky.
Experienced the great, wide open spaces of Northern Europe, where I could drag sleds for long distances at impressive speeds.
Today I only have the walls of the house or small garden as a horizon, and the holes I dig in the ground just to release energy and frustration, trying to stay sane.

-I am a border collie
I was made to work hours a day in partnershipwith my master, and I am an unmistakable artist of working with the herd.
Today they are mad at me because, for lack of sheep, I try to check bikes, cars, children in the house and everything in motion.

I am ...
I am a 21st century dog.
I'm pretty, I'm alert, I'm obedient, I stay in a bag...but I'm also an individual who, from centuries of training, needs to express my instincts, and I am *not* suited for the sedentary life you'd want me to lead.
Spending eight hours a day alone in the house or in the garden - with no work and no one to play or run with, seeing you for a short time in the evening when you get home, and only getting a small toilet walk will make me deeply unhappy.
I'll express it by barking all day, turning your yard into a minefield, doing my needs indoors, being unmanageable the rare times I'll find myself outside, and sometimes spending my days sunk, sad, lonely, and depressed, on my pillow.
You may think that I should be happy to be able to enjoy all this comfort while you go to work, but actually I’ll be exhausted and frustrated, because this is absolutely NOT what I'm meant to do, or what I need to be doing.
If you love me, if you've always dreamed of me, if my beautiful blue eyes or my athletic look make you want me, but you can't give me a real dog's life, a life that's really worth living according to my breed, and if you can't offer me the job that my genes are asking, DO NOT buy or adopt me!
If you like the way I look but aren't willing to accept my temperament, gifts, and traits derived from long genetic selection, and you think you can change them with only your good will, then DO NOT BUY OR ADOPT ME.
I’m a dog from the 21st century, yes, but deep inside me, the one who fought, the one who hunted, the one who pulled sleds, the one who guided and protected a herd still lives within.
So think **very** carefully before you choose your dog. And think about getting two, rather than one, so I won't be so very lonely waiting for you all day. Eight or ten hours is just a workday to you, but it's an eternity for me to be alone.
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17/03/2024

It’s been a pleasure looking after Henley, I will miss her 🤗

16/03/2024

A nice morning stroll along the beach and across the park 🐾

10/03/2024

I love my morning walks with Henley 🐾

10/03/2024

Early morning walk and then rest of the day lying under the aircon 🐾

08/03/2024

Gorgeous morning for a walk. Went nice and early before it gets too hot.

Dog owners please think before walking your dogs in hot weather, the ground and sand gets hot. Check the surface before taking your dog for a walk.

06/03/2024

Henley 🥰. I have the pleasure of her company this week.

03/02/2024

This weekend is with Bella 🥰

27/01/2024

Koda and Darcie 🥰

21/01/2024

I have had a lovely few days with Lucy 🥰