The Borders Canine Club

Snuffle mats! Another activity we regularly do here at The Borders Canine Club! They have so many benefits as well as being great fun for your doggies! Here’s a few on the benefits: 🐶Helps with feeding, slowing down the fast eaters & encouraging the fussy ones as well! 🐩Mental stimulation, getting your dog motivated, engaging their brain & using their nose / smelling skills! 🐕Perhaps due to injury or the weather your dog can’t get the normal exercise, these are another form of exercise & stimulation for them! 🐾A welcome distraction & way to keep your dog entertained, which could help with stress as well as separation anxiety! Here’s just a few reasons why you should introduce snuggle mats to your dogs! And what’s even better we have a range of different snuggle mats available to buy for our members at The Borders Canine Club!

Making lick mats for the dogs! One of the activities we regularly do for doggies boarding and within our daycare! This time we used: •Blueberries 🫐 Full of antioxidants, vitamins C + K, good for your dogs immune system 🫐 •Plain Greek Yoghurt • High in calcium + protein, probiotic & can help your dogs digestive system • •Local Honey 🍯 Local honey = local pollen, which can help with allergies, skin issues + can help reduce inflammation 🍯 •Peanut Butter 🥜 Dog friendly, must not contain xylitol (toxic to dogs) Full of vitamins B + E & protein 🥜 •Banana 🍌 Low in calories, high in potassium, magnesium, biotin, vitamin B6 + C 🍌 Always in moderation** Benefits of lick mats: Great for dental health, can help with anxiety by causing a distraction, giving a focus, helping with boredom. Helping with your dogs energy as well!

Check out our story for the doggies reactions to lickimats this evening 😛🥹

Bella loved playing bubbles! Bubbles are a great way to interact & bond with your dog! It’s also a great energy burning exercise, it also engages your dogs brain and body, encouraging them to work on their eye-paw coordination! If you’d like to have a go at home, make sure you are using a dog safe bubble solution, as a lot of the commercial ones are toxic to dogs and can make them poorly. Instead why not treat them to a dog specific bubbles, you can get them in several flavours that your dog will enjoy.. Bella enjoyed her bacon favourite bubbles, we also have ‘peanut butter’ flavour bubbles for your dogs to enjoy! 🫧 🥓

Bella loved playing bubbles! Bubbles are a great way to interact & bond with your dog! It’s also a great energy burning exercise, it also engages your dogs brain and body, encouraging them to work on their eye-paw coordination! If you’d like to have a go at home, make sure you are using a dog safe bubble solution, as a lot of the commercial ones are toxic to dogs and can make them poorly. Instead why not treat them to a dog specific bubbles, you can get them in several flavours that your dog will enjoy.. Bella enjoyed her bacon favourite bubbles, we also have ‘peanut butter’ flavour bubbles for your dogs to enjoy! 🫧 🥓

Puzzles for dogs? We encourage all our dogs to try out new puzzles & games! Here’s Ronnie having a try with a puzzle feeder. Puzzle feeders are so beneficial to use for your doggies, providing dogs with mental stimulation, reduces boredom & for those that eat quickly, it’s helps to slow down mealtimes! Enriching your dogs life! We also have snuffle mats, lick mats, flip boards, kongs to name a few which we use every day with your doggies! Who’d like to see more photos and videos of what else we get up to when looking after your dogs? 🐾🐾

It’s not always about the playtime, it’s about love & cuddles! 🥰🐾

Bria enjoying the sprinkler! 😍🤣🐾

Did you know sniffing is great for your dog? 🐾 Just 20 minutes of sniffing is the equivalent to an hour’s walk in terms of enrichment for your dog! It’s also great for their well-being too & enriching as well as stimulating their minds! Dogs experience much of the world around their sense of smell, so let them sniff away! They will enjoy it & it’s great for them at the same time! One simple game to play: through a small amount of kibble out onto the grass and encourage them to find it! This can also be played indoors on hot days, hiding some treats around the house and encouraging them to find it! Always use the same key word when playing a game, so they learn the association of the word to the action/game you want them to play!

Splish splashing around in our daycare! The best outdoor forest environment day care for your dog to explore and have fun!

The Borders Canine Club, the best friendships for your dog(s) start here! 🥰🐾

Mabel in her favourite spot in the forest! 🐾🐶

Fun & Games on a beautiful Monday! 🐾

Fantastic Wednesday! Lots of happy dogs! 🐾

Saturday afternoon stroll! 🐾

Clever boy Noah! 🐾🐾

Happy Monday! What a brilliant start to the week! 🐾

Splashing around 🌊

A day at the beach for The Borders Canine Club! 🐾

Happy Thursdays 🐾🥰