Care 4 Pets

21/08/2022

Don't miss this on Saturday! No entry free, it's bound to be a great day

Barry Rotary and Friends of Animals Wales present....
A Charity Fun Dog Show & Summer Fete

to be held on Saturday 27th August at Romilly Park, 12 till 4.

Free entry to the park and Fete. Dog Show entry is £2 per class, or £5 for three classes.

Plus.....

Lots of stalls and activities....

18/07/2022

☀️ Dogs and Ice Cubes ☀️

The hot weather has returned and we find yet again the usual messages shared across social media.

DO NOT walk dogs in this heat - true ✔
DO NOT leave dogs in hot cars - true ✔
DO NOT give your dog ice cubes - false ❌

Will ice cubes, frozen treats or frozen KONGs cause your dog harm?

No. ❌

There are lots of posts in circulation that suggest from an unknown and unnamed vet's advice that giving ice or frozen treats will cause serious harm or even death. This is not true.

Please when you see anything shared on social media question the source. An unnamed vet and veterinarian practice, a post copied and pasted, or simply posted from a cropped screen shot is an instantly questionable source.

If your dog is fit and healthy with no signs of heat stroke they are more than safe to:
- eat and ice cube
- play with ice cubes
- have ice in their water bowl
- have frozen food/doggy ice cream
- have a frozen KONG
- enjoy frozen treats inside ice

These can only be dangerous when a dog is already suffering from heatstroke and have been given iced water in an attempt to cool them down. This cools them down too quickly and can potentially send their body in to shock.

If your dog is overheating or suffering from heatstroke, then please get your dog to a vet as possible!

To avoid heatstroke DO NOT walk your dog in hot weather.
You can very easily miss walking your dog for a number of days. Scent work, enrichment activities or mental stimulation are great ways to entertain your dog on hot days.

Missing a walk will not harm your dog.
Giving a frozen treat or KONG will not harm your dog.

Heatstroke will......

17/07/2022

13/01/2022

This is an X-ray of a 2 week old puppy.
Look at how far the bones have to grow before they become a proper bony joint! This is why you should never let puppies jump, walk up/down stairs, over exercise or over train. Doing too much impact activity at a young age will cause serious issues later in life, or even at a young age as hip dysplasia and other orthopaedic conditions are rising in puppies!
Remember the puppy rule for every month increase activity by 5 minutes! For example an 8 week old puppy only needs 10 minutes physical activity a day - a 6 month old only needs 30 minutes a day of physical activity!!
*physical activity includes - going for a walk, training, playing fetch, running, playing with other dogs etc.

Enjoy your new puppy but remember you wouldn't make a 6 month old baby run a mile a day so don't make your puppy either!

18/12/2021

Happy Christmas to our wonderful customers. Pop in today or next week to see our brilliant range of Christmas jumpers, bow ties, Christmas toys and of course to pick up your pet's present from Santa! Thank you Knight (Hana's pup) for showing off one of our Christmas jumpers! We will be closing half day on Christmas eve so be sure to visit today!!

23/09/2021

One charity says the animals were in the most heart-breaking and appalling conditions it had seen.

10/08/2021

Jon and I are looking after this gorgeous girl for Barneys Small Dog rescue. Pippa is nearly 4 and is just gorgeous. She is now available for adoption. https://www.facebook.com/110264580694518/posts/373501674370806/

19/07/2021

17/07/2021

Is your dog suffering in this heat? Taking care of your dogs in this weather is not easy, we have a range of cooling products to help keep your dog comfortable. A selection of quality cool mats are currently on offer too!

05/01/2021

Can anyone help?

25/12/2020

Merry Christmas to our wonderful clientsx and staff

09/11/2020

Love this

19/07/2020

Hello everyone,

Janette and I would like to thank you for the wonderful support we have received following the sudden passing of David, Janette’s partner, and my son, on Saturday 4th July. Your cards, messages, and obvious caring have been so comforting to us. David’s funeral is to take place on Tuesday 28th July so we ask for your patience a little longer. We are supporting a wonderful charity in lieu of flowers in David’s name, the charity, Action for Children, helps fragile children who have a difficult start in life, a cause close to David’s heart. If anyone would like to donate this is the link https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/davidslegacy/ Thank you once again, Alison and Janette.

Help A Moya raise money to support Action for Children

25/06/2020

21/06/2020

Good news!

11/06/2020

Please be aware

20/05/2020

Drop in Nail Clipping Sleek & Chic Dog grooming

We have had a number of requests for appointments for dog nail clipping, we are unable to make individual appointments so we are setting aside time on Saturday between 12.30 and 2pm for drop-in nail clipping. If you arrive at the salon between these times you will be seen for your dog's nails to be cut. If there is a queue outside please observe the 2-metre social distancing policy. The door will be locked and only one dog at a time will be permitted, you will be asked to wait outside. Please remember that only people that can walk to the salon should make this trip.

08/05/2020

Remembering the brave animals too

Remembering the brave dogs too...

05/05/2020

Hi everyone, we are really pleased to say that we are now open Monday to Saturday inclusive following the return to work of our lovely Debbie who is working with Janette to make sure all of your pet's needs are met. Please be aware that we continue with the social distancing policy and only one person at a time in the shop. We are still offering a delivery service for orders over £10 in Barry and £15 in other local areas. Alison, Janette & Debbie

22/04/2020

Would you like to win a £20 voucher to spend at My Favourite Pet Shop? It's simple, 1. Like this page, 2. Comment on this post saying how you found out about MFPS and 3 Share this post to your page, we will choose the winner at random in a week's time! Loads of lovely things at MFPS to spend your £20 on 😁😁😍

11/04/2020

Not in our area but please take care and ensure you wash your dog's feet and undercarriage when you return from a walk.
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/case-alabama-rot-confirmed-wales-18061702

Dog owners have been issued important advice

22/03/2020

22/03/2020

Hello everyone, we are very aware of the need to put in place extreme practices at this time. We have decided to have just one groomer working at the salon, this will be Tracey. Kim, Kate and Alison will not be available with immediate effect so we will be in touch with people who have appointments to rearrange where we can, we ask for your patience and understanding. We believe that the practices we are putting in place will allow us to protect our staff and our clients. We will be locking the door and instructions for entering will be posted on the door, please adhere to these strictly. Please do not enter the second door with the staff only sign. We know how important it is to make sure that your dog is kept in good condition but it may be that we will not be able to offer regular appointment schedules so we are recommending at this time that you consider a total clip down to maintain your dog's comfort. Please feel free to contact us either on Facebook or by email [email protected] or call 01446744633. Stay safe, Alison and staff.

21/03/2020

Important information from Origin Vets

COVID-19 information for your exotic pets. This is a long heartfelt post.

Firstly thank you for your continued support of Origin Vets over the last 7 years. We really appreciate this.

As you all know, we see a huge variety of species and many of our patients are urgent cases that do need to be seen. This is important for pet health and we know how important your pet is to you. We still want to help your pet so that you do not have to worry.

However, there is a risk that clients waiting near each other in waiting rooms and spending much time talking to our vets will cause an increase in spread of Coronavirus. We do not want to put our colleagues or clients at risk as much as we can avoid.

We have therefore made an important decision about the foreseeable future and we need our clients to respect this in order to protect the public and our colleagues

We have decided that we will continue to see urgent cases only.
EXAMPLES OF THIS Includes the following:

Respiratory difficulties
Trauma
Inappetance
Gut stasis especially in rabbits and rodents
Collapse
Lethargy
Dental issues especially in rabbits and rodents
Egg binding
Follicular stasis
Strainging to urinate/blood in urine
Straining to pass faeces/blood in faeces
Problems with giving birth
Urgent neutering eg due to tumours

For routine husbandry and dietary talks we will be able to arrange video calling for you so you do not need to leave your home.

We request that any client that needs to bring their animal to the practice sits in the car. We ask that you knock the door with your elbow to let one of us know that you have arrived.We will collect your animal from you and examine them in the practice. We will consult via the phone (Cardiff and Bridgend clinics we will be running the Zoom App as a trial next week). All payments will be taken over the phone. On the rare occasion that a client needs to be present in the room we have alcohol hand gels and also soap available to wash your hands. We request that you avoid touching the doors and tables. Our colleagues will open all the doors for you.

As previous please contact us before hand if you answer yes to one or more of the following:
- Have you been outside the UK in the last 14 days or been with anyone that has?
-Have you developed a continuous cough, a fever, muscle aches or been in contact with anyone who has in the last 14 days?
-Are you self isolating?

Please don't worry if you answer yes to any of the above , we will work a plan out for your animal to be seen safely.

Why are we doing this ?

Protection of the public especially those at risk is paramount. We are desperately trying to prevent the spread but still treat your exotic pets on emergency basis.
We must conserve our oxygen supplies and equipment including masks and gloves so that the human hospitals are able to obtain them. There is also every chance that the hospitals will require veterinary support in the forthcoming weeks .
By reducing our clinics to emergency only means we are able to do this .

Anybody who has an animal on longterm medication will be able to have repeat medications. We ask that you ring in advance to order these and when you arrive that you knock the door and one of our team will give you the medication through the door. Payment will be taken over the phone.

We do apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. We trust you understand our reasoning.

We are social distancing and by our wonderful clients helping we will be able to continue to provide the veterianry support needed.

Origin Vets wishes to thank the NHS colleagues for all they are doing and we are ready should you need our help.

Origin Vets wishes to thank the partner practices for continuing to allow us to work for our emergencies.

Thank you for your support and please stay safe.

The Origin Vets Team

20/03/2020

My Favourite Pet shop opening hours change

19/03/2020

Hello everyone, we are doing our best to plan ahead for the measures required around the Coronavirus. If there is a nationwide lockdown, we don’t know how this will affect us and whether we will be allowed to trade. We have received a delivery of Nutriment and are expecting a delivery of Eden, Burns and a general delivery today which includes some products that we don't normally stock such as general dog and cat food. What we don’t know is to what scale our suppliers will be able to meet demands. For this week we are trading as normal today, Friday and hopefully Saturday. We will of course be putting our regular customers first as they are the people that keep us going during normal times. Please be assured we are doing our best to make sure that things run as smoothly as possible in these difficult times. We are planning a home delivery service if permitted and will keep you updated on this. Stay safe. Alison, Janette and Debbie.

17/03/2020

HELP! We are now a casualty of the virus!! Our charity shops are now closed as most of the volunteers are elderly. As a result we have now lost our funding for our cats. We still have to feed them and no doubt have trips to the vet. Also as a result we will not be able to take in any cats unless in a dire emergency. We will not be able to help out people with veterinary fees for cats and dogs until our shops reopen. Unfortunately we don’t know when this will be! If you would like to support our funding we have an Amazon wish list (link on our webpage, maesteganimalwelfaresociety.org), a Pay Pal account ([email protected]) or you can donate straight to our bank.
Maesteg Animal Welfare Society, Nat West, sort code 53:81:27. Acc no 21780315. We have never asked for funding previously as we are almost self sufficient via our shops, but people have been generous in the past with donations of money and food on top of our charity shop funding. All our cats in our care will be well looked after as always, but if you would still like to adopt we are available, however please make sure you have adopted all the safety measures as advised by government legislation. Please wear gloves and make sure you do not have a sore throat, cough etc. we do not want any infection in the cattery. We still have to care for the cats so we must make sure we are not infected in any way. If a cat is adopted we have room for another to come in. Thank you for your support in this matter.

16/03/2020

Hello everyone, we are aware that there are going to be many changes over the coming weeks, people aged over 70 may be restricted to their homes and a total lockdown will be challenging to say the least. We are also aware that many people shop at other stores, such as Pets at Home, possibly for items we do not generally stock. We are doing our best to be proactive and plan ahead for the next few months or so. We don't know what will happen with our own suppliers so we are offering to order in items now that we don't normally hold in stock in the event that you won't be able to get to your regular supplier. As we tend to specialise in pet food not usually obtainable at supermarkets etc we don't normally hold stock of basic brands but we think this would be a sensible thing to do. If you would like us to order in, while we can, products that you think you will need, please either get in touch by phone 01446 744633 or message us here or email [email protected]. We hope to be able to offer a delivery service too if things get worse. Please do not hesitate to contact us. Kind regards, Alison, Janette and Debbie.

11/03/2020

Take care

It's owner claimed the other dog ran out from diners sitting outside a cafe and had her dog Loki in its mouth