Trails & Waggy Tails

18/08/2024

Sammy dog out on adventures 🐕‍🦺🐶😃

31/10/2023

Happy 🎃 Halloween From all the paws

11/10/2023

Morning zoomies with the gang😀🐺 and yep the wee guy loves how the stubble tickles🙈😂

01/10/2023

Sammy on his hols a few weeks ago doing a spot of canoe training..

01/10/2023

Phone video dump... I've been meaning to pop some videos up from out walks for about a year now. Here's the start of a wee video dump of over the last year...ita been a tough year without Our Joshy but young Sammy is coming along grand and is loving his new role😀😊🐺

14/09/2023

💙🌈The worst thing about loving our Paws is that they sadly age so much quicker than ourselves, it's something I really struggle with... Over the last year we've lost 90% of my original gang and my own boy... in the last few months 3 more of our much loved paws have crossed the bridge, Here's the first of 3 tribute posts to 3 pawsome paws Big🐺 Mr Jax🐺🌈💙 sadly crossed over the rainbow bridge last week..After a wee stay at BARK Jax landed on his feet after things didnt work out at his first home, Yeah for sure at the star he was em a handfull but wow whgat a dog once he settled in his new home.... A true family dog Jax truely adored his family and built his word around them as his focus,,, Out on walks with me he was the most loyal dog( apart from Joshy) Jax always made me smile with his antics, his squeaking in the van in transit and on walks would crack me up.
He was truely respected amongst the gang and was Joshys 2nd in command. He would look after the other paws and me.....If i ever needed help Jax was always there by my side....A big gentle loving giant of a clown who will be a big big miss.....

Heaven just got a little noisier 🐶🌈🐺💙

26/08/2023

Walk up Ben Ann on Sunset with Kai and Sammy a few weeks ago to earth ourselves out😊🐺 as the sun started to set my phone ran out of battery🙈 not so great for safety and photos but it sure made us soak in the majestic sunset..

25/08/2023

We are so spoilt to live in such a beautiful area, and on our walks we do get to witness some amazing spectaculs .Here's an osprey doing what they do best ♥️ a very rare sight on the tweed and just lovely to see 🙂

22/08/2023

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28/06/2023

Notice to all today's clients I'm going to be running way late today.. one of our morning clients is needing medical assistance on our arrival so dealing with this just now and waiting for an ambulance to arrive...Sorry for any inconvenience caused

17/05/2023

Now safely home😊Lost dog!!!Just found a wee Jack Russell wandering up th3 Road near West end Court... not collar or tag so t9 keep the wee girl safe we call by bark woth her...

13/05/2023

Say Hello to my new trainee assistant Sammy pup.. Sammy is 7 mths old GSD/Bel mal x from rescue as was our legend Joshy dog... Wee Sammy has had a tough start in life but has settled in so amazingly well both in work and home life.. He has such a lovely character both socially respectfully to our older paws and playfull with the young puppers...and he absolutely loves people and cuddles..
The last few weeks I've been assessing Sammys confidence eg around bird scarers ect..Here's some photos from our first camping trip away in the canoe at Loch Etive/ Glen Etive... which he absolutely loved...🐺😁

05/03/2023

01/03/2023

Well I'm kind of lost for words🌈💙 My and our ♥️ Joshy ♥️dog has sadly crossed over the rainbow bridge on monday... Josh has been such an amazing dog to me and all our dogs..
Joshy has been kind of my guardian angel
Who really dragged me out of a dark place and kick my backside into shape and made me who I'm am today....the most wild and uncontrollable dingo who arrived home from rescue with me turned out to be the most loyal, courageous and smartest dog I've met and a natural born leader who took me into the world of doggy behaviour and educated myself to another level... without Joshy there would be no Trails and Waggy Tails... in 2015 set the business up based around joshy.. one night in Jan that year when starting I looked at him and said we're going to do this and be the best at what we do, and bo did joshy take us there!!!! He has helped so many dogs in town and has so so many stories of finding missing dogs and peeps to stopping 2 break in's... what a boy...i was going to end with rest in peace joshy... but I'm sure he's already met up with the rest of the gang over the bridge and causing mayhem....more photos will follow later next week his walk pals with him from the last 7 years...go get em boy🌈💙♥️

14/12/2022

⚠️ Important notice to all today's clients and paws....⚠️ with the road conditions we will be going onto a limited priority service for today where we will just be checking in on the paws who are left alone or parents are infirm... the roads are pretty bad and the time thing to get from a to b safely mean we can't service everyone sadly.... if anyone has any concerns please feel free to give me a call🙂🐺

13/12/2022

⚠️Mr Otter struggling with ice rafts this morning⚠️ All dog owners please be very careful if walking next to the tweed with you paws... things are freezing up creating ice rafts which carry a lot of weight in the fairly heaving current also creating dangerous ice up patches dogs could easily walk on by accident and fall though the risk of hyperthermia is real.... So maybe best to keep away or keep dogs under complete control... Please share!!

02/12/2022

Now home safe and sound..😁 found a stray staffy up on North Rd he crossed over the road 8n front 9f us
He's a big canny lad.. pr9obs going to drop him by bark as I'm limited for space please share thank you

18/11/2022

⚠️Attention ⚠️all clients switching in to a priority service with shorter walks today as there are main road closures due to flooding.. the Tweed and White adder are 8n flood and are breaching their banks. The ground is so soft on walks risk of slips and injuries are higher for both walker and dogs...Anyone on todays walks who can cancel please gi e me a wee msg... many thanks Geoff and Joshy

02/11/2022

Good evening, Im sure you regular clients have heard me mention or threaten to take you out on walkies with us periodically throughout the year. Well today we started the ball rolling with Andrew Robertson ( Molly dogs Dad ) for joining us on lunchtime walks and taking these lovely photo's and enduring the hat stealing muddy paws and madness

Yep I won't lie i did have a wee chuckle as our Parker didn't hold back from being the ass of the group and gave the photographer some parker hell🤣 Thanks again Andrew...

On photos im on track to capture all our paws this week esp if the weather holds

01/11/2022

Joshy taking in our Beautiful river tweed

01/11/2022

Forgot about this wee chap.. Whilst putting in some paddling miles training for the great glen trip back in May we came across this young seal... Boy he curiously followed us down the tweed for about 9km....yeah and joshy dropping his ball accidently on purpose the rascle🙈🤣 needless to say I hide his ball during any challenging water due to the risk of dog over board..

18/10/2022

Thanks for everyones support over the last few qeek you guys are all amazing🐺😊Was going to start snaping hours again this week and noticed the cams mem card has got a few photos on its from a few months ago so will edit them before I start snapping again...in the mean time i need to clear out some photos from my phone to start things off.. Some chill time with Joshy from a few weeks ago...Signal Rock Glencoe, or originally named "Torr na grian" which means knoll of the sun. The name signal rock comes mainly from false tales started in the 70s that the signal for the Glencoe massacre were given from the rock. Though the rock is thought to have an ancient history with druids using the rock as the both the rising sun and setting sun could be seen from the rock....and yep I'm sure joshys bark echoed all the way to fort william🙈🐺😄

29/08/2022

🌈💙In tribute to our🌈 Dexter who sadly crossed over the rainbow bridge this weekend, Dexter was such a character who gave us so many happy memories, Oh so cheeky, loving, gentle, stubborn and squishy😊at times a bit of a joker who started the popular crazy of stealing my hat😆 loved by us all so much....He was a true gent to the other paws and was loved by them all so very much too! Dexter had all my staff wrapped around his paws and would always got what he wanted if i said no by cuddling into the staff and i swear he would laugh at me from behind them......

Thank you for the Happiest life ever Dad😉🐾

17/07/2022

⚠️⚠️ Important Notice to all clients ⚠️⚠️
Due to the extreme heat forecast unfortunately I'm going to cancel all afternoon walks and offer a limited morning for the most in need Monday and Tuesday....our vans are kitted out to deal with extreme heat but feel it would be irresponsible to continue into the heat of the day with a normal service for our paws welfare and us walkers..So will just be a most needed priority service in the morning . Sorry its a late call but wanted to be sure the weather is proceeding as forecast!! I will be up extremely early so can help any of our in need clients and paws and please feel free to call me with any questions ....many Thanks Geoff and Joshy dog

15/05/2022

Thanks again to everyone who donated and supported us along the way you know who you are... from the peeps at home who help us with logistics and the business to peeps on the trail who helped me and donated to the cause the team on sat from( in your element scotland and the crew and patrons from the spirit of scotland) and many walkers who were walking the trail too🙂 we took Monday off due to the rain so the adventure continued on Tuesday with a lot of miles planned to cover... which we did using the river oich which was absolutly beautiful but running faster wilder than normal due to Mondays monsoon..this saved us some time and a portage as we left loch oich, The river got a much wilder so we decided for safety and a dry ride to hop back onto the canal at Kytra locks and made our way to the monster portage at Fort Agustus.. We arrived at Fort Augustus and started a 3 way portage through a bustling system which was some impressive engineering..
Before setting into the monster loch ness we got some forewarning of massive waves from crew of the spirit of scotland who also gave us some advice on the lochs massive waves and starting geography.looking down the l9ch to see no land horizon was an experience. we needed to sick to the shore the wind was blowing incase a wave capsized us.. that way we and all our gear would be safely washed to shore in little time.. the only issues being that shore line was very inhospitable due to large rocks in the at the waters edge thay waves were crashing into and an aray of cliff faces with only a few safe points to ditch to shore..for Sure the adventure was real now and safety was first in our route planning... we set off in the the moster of loch ness in 2 ft waves by the the time we cover a mile or two the wind pick up amd found ourselves in 3 ft waves that were breaking around us so hastily headed to the only land able piece of shore that had no dangerous rocks we could be washing with waves... at this point we felt very small and for the first time on out trip alone with all walkers on the opposite shore line due to the geography...Great care and planning was paramount and boy I started to realise the battle I was about to have with lochness due to the weather forecasts for the coming days...
We camped on a tiny shingle beach under a cliff which wasn't ideal but was safe..Next morning we watch how the waves were forming for our launch off and made off hastily into the rolling sea that is lochness up and down for 3 hrs plus with the wind on our back we would eat up miles but had to be so switched on to keep the canoe pointing the right was to to keep a safe distance from shore to avoid 3 to 4 ft breaking... We pulled in at Foyers campsite after thing got a little wilder and had some waves slightly was over the canoe...joshy and I didn't feel too good and took a while to figure we were suffering from motion sickness😂.. I've read about many failing at lochness due to the waves and could totally understand why... she is a monster for sure and demands respect...the next day we headed back out into the waves following an group of paddlers with an experienced guide of the loch... we rode the waves for so long till they pulled off(sea sickness I think as the guide did mention feeling rough🤣 and we continued on till it got to rough where we were sea sick again🤢🤣...Friday we rested up and ate for fun to gain some energy to finish the challenge as it was mega wind up 40mph winds.. I won't lie at this point I though many times about giving up.. we were at the bottom of the loch which is the roughest part of all and with a bad point to cross bit so close to the end.. after that I was back to the shelter of the canal and the monster would be behind us.. Saturday morning seen the winds drop to make the move so off we went and paddled like made to the finish line.... I won't lie it was tough challenge esp loch ness but oh so beautiful and a backdrop thats world famous for its beauty and didn't disapoint so worth it for the charities we've all supported who contribute so much for our community and battle to do the best for our community every day to which we are so grateful for... once I've counted all cash in I'll pop up a final total... thanks again everyone you ate amazing Joshy and Geoff🐺🙂

14/05/2022

Job done😄 thank so much for all you support and apologies for the lack of updates the last 3/4 days have been a battle against the monster that is loch ness, And with no Internet signal...on route home once back ill do a proper catch up of our adventure as boy it turn in to a proper one😀... thank again From joshy and Geoff