Four Paws Boarding Kennels & Cattery

19/11/2024

FYI, the roads up to the kennels are clear! ❄️

04/11/2024

Guess what we got!
Thanks to everyone who have supported us and given us glowing reviews!

"Four Paws Kennels and Cattery has been selected and approved for the GBBRB Best Businesses in Britain 2024.

This offer is presented only to businesses that have maintained a 4+ star google review rating or equivalent proof of customer satisfaction."

Looking forward to many more years with your help!

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15/09/2024

"While we don’t call it a cure, we’ve found that a ketogenic diet can be effective in improving outcomes when treating dogs with cancer. As well, our data support the idea that a raw keto diet can lower blood glucose, improve insulin sensitivity, and reduce inflammation. Many dogs were given just weeks to live when they arrived at the KetoPet Sanctuary, often with late-stage terminal cancer.

Remarkably, 55% of the dogs who graduated from the KPS program are still going for long walks, enjoying belly rubs, eating a raw keto diet, and experiencing a quality of life far beyond their original prognosis. Some of these sanctuary dogs are even living cancer-free today. Based on these findings and data collected during our studies, we now believe that a ketogenic diet is the optimal diet for all adult dogs."

At KetoPet, our mission is to help dogs everywhere live longer, happier lives by teaching pet parents how to feed a raw ketogenic diet.

14/09/2024

If you have trouble feeding medicine or pills to your dog, this stuff is brilliant! It shapes around the pill really easily and holds its shape! Plus if you fry it in butter, it tastes great!! :-)

14/09/2024

High-fat, Low-carb:

"A 6-month prospective, randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled cross-over dietary trial was designed to compare a ketogenic medium-chain TAG diet (MCTD) with a standardised placebo diet in chronically antiepileptic drug-treated dogs with idiopathic epilepsy. Dogs were fed either MCTD or placebo diet for 3 months followed by a subsequent respective switch of diet for a further 3 months."

"In conclusion, the data show antiepileptic properties associated with ketogenic diets and provide evidence for the efficacy of the MCTD used in this study as a therapeutic option for epilepsy treatment."

Despite appropriate antiepileptic drug treatment, approximately one-third of humans and dogs with epilepsy continue experiencing seizures, emphasising the importance for new treatment strategies to improve the quality of life of people or dogs with epilepsy. A 6-month prospective, randomised, double...

11/09/2024

Now they're coming after your pets....

"Our four-legged friends don’t drive gas-guzzling SUVs or use energy-sucking appliances, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have a climate impact. In fact, researchers have showed that pets play a significant role in the climate crisis."

Pets’ meat-heavy diet is the biggest climate offender, but there are things you can do to reduce their impact.

11/09/2024

"Resolution of malignant canine mast cell tumor using ketogenic metabolic therapy alone"
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"This is the first report of a malignant cutaneous mast cell tumor in a dog treated with KMT alone. The resolution of the tumor in this canine patient could have been due to the diet-induced energy stress and the restriction of glucose-driven aerobic fermentation that is essential for the growth of most malignant tumors. "
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It's good for the body to get into a ketogenic state, the most popular way is to drastically reduce carb-intake. This forces your body to use its own stores of fat instead of burning sugar for energy. Then feed the body with food it can use for energy straight away such as meat and fat.

This is the first report of a malignant cutaneous mast cell tumor in a dog treated with KMT alone. The resolution of the tumor in this canine patient could have been due to the diet-induced energy stress and the restriction of glucose-driven aerobic fermentation that is essential for the growth of m...

31/08/2024

"Training a Dog to Be Left Alone:"

As school-break comes to an end and people return to school and work, your pets may need to re-learn the old routines but sometimes, it can take time.
Bare in mind that although the text mentions anxiety, there are differences between real separation-anxiety and frustration, both require different approaches, so make sure you have a BEHAVIOURIST who can diagnose them.
Vets are good at what they do but few are trained in emotional and behavioural problems, just as behaviourists are generally not trained in pharmacology. So a vet might prescribe something to calm the pets down but it doesn't tackle to root problem, however, there are situations where medicating a pet is NECESSARY in order for the rehabilitation to be successful.

https://www.breakthroughdog.co.uk/articles/health-and-wellbeing/training-a-dog-to-be-left-alone/?utm_source=Breakthrough+Ambassador+Scheme&utm_campaign=e203dbec66-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_04_20_08_06_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-751e50b3fd-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&mc_cid=e203dbec66&mc_eid=e866c9017e

16/08/2024

Created by a behaviourist colleague of mine, this brand of dog food is to help you and your dog resolve behavioural issues. As always, this is done alongside other rehabilitation and behavioural modification work with your behaviourist.

Breakthrough StartUp dog food can help balance emotions so your dog can focus on learning. Designed to support dogs suffering from stress & anxiety.

20/07/2024

Now we can buy "Franken-food" for our pets! Meat grown in petri-dishes and grown using industrial chemicals and machinery.

"UK shoppers are set to experience a revolutionary change in pet care as lab-grown pet food hits the shelves, making the UK the first European nation to greenlight the sale of cultivated meat."

Lab-grown meat (for human consumption) made a certain way has recently been banned by the FDA, Italy has banned ALL lab-grown meat. So why are we OK with feeding it to our pets? It's made from nothing but laboratory chemicals, there's NOTHING natural about it! It is absolutely disgusting, unethical, immoral and pure insanity!

Here's why it can be sold in the UK:

" "We are proving that there is a safe and low-capital way to rapidly bring cultivated meat to market.""

It's simply cheaper and disguised as "climate-friendly".

So what's the driver for the industry?

"...includes a focus on cost reduction and scaling up production to achieve industrial volumes ..."

This means you'll pay the same as always but THEY can make it cheaper and make more profits but what's the end goal? Simple. They normalise you buying Franken-meat in the stores for your pets and then they'll start switching out real meat for Franken-meat on the shelves for people. First it'll be Franken-mince because it's easier to hide then slowly move toward Franken-steam, Franken-bangers, Franken-burgers. The only way you'll know is if you read the label.

The UK has become the first country in Europe to approve the sale of cultivated meat, which is created by taking a small sample of cells from an animal and growing them in a lab

20/06/2024

The Pet Blood Bank reached out and asked if we could raise some awareness, so why not have a quick gander, maybe your dog could save a life!

https://www.petbloodbankuk.org/

02/06/2024

We see more and more cases who are mis-identified as "anxiety" rather than "frustration" or "impulsive". Anxiety-related issues can include constant barking, howling, jumping, pulling leads, etc BUT they must include other signals in order to diagnose it as "anxiety".

Frustration and impulsivity can manifest themselves with the same behaviours BUT come with other signals not attributable to anxiety. For one, when on walks, they portray the normal dog-behaviours and they maintain their appetite for example. Anxiety-cases would not normally include these.

Impulse-control and frustration-control determines whether or not the dog is called "well-mannered" or "polite", "rude" or "pushy". Managing this is not complicated or difficult but it does require consistency and knowledge. 😁

"Today, we’re diving into the world of impulse control! Impulse control is all about our dogs managing their own impulses, rather than us having to micromanage them and constantly tell them “stay,” “leave,” or “no!” Just like humans, dogs can struggle to control their impulses – particularly around things they find exciting or worrying. This can lead to undesirable behaviours such as pulling on the lead, barking or jumping up. By working in impulse control in our training, we can help our dogs learn to make good decisions and offer behaviour we like around many common distractions, exhibiting self-control and making better choices. Impulse control can also help to reduce frustration in our dogs, as they are offering behaviours rather than trying to access something and being denied."

https://www.bestbehaviourdogtraining.co.uk/blog-post/mastering-impulse-control-a-guide-to-training-your-dogs-self-discipline-and-behaviour/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq-IUS8N0G4&t=474s

Dogs use a lot of impulse control daily but there are lots of ways dogs instincts are more likely to show so we need to teach our dogs how to use impulse control. Heres the best ways to taech impulse control.

22/05/2024

Just a reminder that all of our information and details on how to book and what information we need, along with prices and drop off and pick up times are on the website.

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28/03/2024

We're back to normal today!

Please email any requests or questions!

23/03/2024

The kennels will be closed 23-27Mar, open as normal from Thu 28 March. Emails will be answered then.

Cheers!

15/03/2024

EPIC CLIMB!!

I'm going to tackle the Crib Goch "knife-ridge" near Mt. Snowdon, via the lesser-known North Face ridge. I'll be relaying updates along the way which hopefully will be posted on FB as I clear each of the 5 stages.

Hopefully I can inspire people to donate a little to the Cylch and you can do so via this link or in the village shop.
The exact date will be determined by the weather but I'm hoping the first week of April. Due to the structure of the North Face ridge and Crib Goch, the winds cannot be above a certain speed. I should have a good idea of the date about a week or so before I go but I won't know for definite until the day before, so stay tuned!

I can't wait!

Weʼre raising money to help Cylch Meithrin Talhaiarn buy new furniture.. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.

26/01/2024

Our landline is down so please direct any enquiries via email:

[email protected]

Thanks!

12/01/2024

Unfortunately, due to the insurance industry updates, we will no longer be able to accept XL bullies because our insurance provider can no longer provide us with that cover.
Your alternatives may be:

a) a home-boarder who can look after them while you're away
b) family or friends
c) specialist XL / bully / staffie kennel

/Chris