Vale Pet Sitters Limited

02/08/2024

The wonderful Andrew Cotter does it again to celebrate the Olympics with Olive and Mabel…

29/06/2024

Another fun day at the Longhouse. A short lie in, followed by a trip to Pets At Home to meet people and other dogs, a walk in the Forestry and a buffalo bone with Bob.

13/05/2024

It’s been a hard first day, working to entertain our daycare dogs and the newest recruit to the VPS family is taking a well-deserved nap! Meet Tilly. Her name is short for Matilda/Mathilde, Holy Roman Empress & very nearly queen of England, who was responsible for the Anarchy 1138-1153; that somehow seems appropriate given the chaos she’s causing so far! Looking at her, butter wouldn’t melt 😍

10/03/2024

Happy Mothering Sunday to all mums, whether of humans or any other sort of animal!

21/02/2024

We’re back online!

16/02/2024

We've currently got no internet at home, which also means no phone (either landline or mobile). Therefore if you don't receive a response to an email or message, it's because we are entirely cut off from the outside world until it's fixed! I’ll be popping out to get messages fairly regularly but please do be patient.

01/11/2023

It’s with a heavy heart that we have to report that the Vale Pet Sitters family lost a founder member this evening. After a short illness, Henry crossed the rainbow bridge today. As you can appreciate, it’s a difficult time for us and especially for Bob, who’s lost without his best friend. We’re still open and operating as usual but please bear with us if we don’t respond to enquiries straight away. As you’ll appreciate, it’s going to take a while to get used to the new normal, without our biggest boy. He was a good boy.

30/09/2023

‼️‼️OWNER FOUND‼️‼️ Thank you again , you wonderful lot ❤️

We need your help again. This beautiful older lady was found in the cowbridge area and brought to us.
She is microchipped but the phone number is not up to date.
The very kind couple who brought her in are going to knock door to door to try and find her home.

If you know who she belongs to or she is yours please contact us. Proof of ownership will be required.

We are here until 5pm after that you can always message us via Facebook.

Thank you in advance!

01/04/2023

Apologies to those whose messages we haven’t been able to respond to over the past few weeks. Unfortunately, we have been dealing with family illness which has impacted our response times. We’ll get to you as soon as we can. If your enquiry is urgent, please call or email. Thanks for your patience.

12/03/2023

As spring approaches, the Vale will welcome thousands of lambs to its fields 🐑

Help protect them by keeping your dog on a lead when around livestock 🐾🐶

29/01/2023

Please can you share........
Missing from Usk!!!
Hello, my name is Anastasia, and this is my cat Tishka. We are from Ukraine. Tishka went missing on December 7. We tried to find him, but we didn’t succeed. A few days ago I received information that my cat was found in Cardiff, near Plas Mawr School. But after studying the information in more detail, I realized that it was January 2 and now I have no idea where he can be. He has a chip, but it is registered to a Ukrainian address. I would like to ask you to place an ad on your page, if possible. Pm us please if you have any information and we can pass this on. Thank you X

31/12/2022

I’m delighted to say that we’re finally back online. My strategy of staying in bed this morning, after getting up to be ready for the past two days’ 8am appointments, when the engineer didn’t show, has paid off! He arrived at 8.15am and I had to answer the door in my PJs! Despite that shock, and the fact that he was scared of dogs, he fixed the fault and we now have both broadband and landline. Hallelujah!

30/12/2022

We still have no broadband or phone. which has been the case since the early hours of Christmas Day. We have no mobile signal at home but are nipping out every few hours to try to collect messages. Apologies if you’re trying to reach us; blame BT, who have now missed two engineer appointments over the past couple of days. We hope to be back online tomorrow but that’s been the case for a few days now. Please bear with us if you’re waiting for a response and we’ll be in touch as soon as we can.

12/12/2022

🙏 BLANKETS AND TOWELS NEEDED 🙏

Can you help by donating your old blankets and towels to us? We're going through them at a rapid pace again right now so any help would be really appreciated. We're currently down to our last ones for the dogs so this is quite an urgent ask for us.

Our rescue centre based in Llanharan is open until 5pm every day and there is a big red donation bin just outside reception.

Thank you very much 🐾

13/11/2022

Thinking today of all the animal victims of war and particularly of Simon, the only cat to be awarded the Dickin Medal.

His name was Simon

12/10/2022

I’m not sure we’d need more than “eat” for Henry but it really would be interesting to know what they’re thinking!

"I just imagine how much deeper the bond will be."

02/10/2022

Hi everyone. Facebook has changed the business interface and unfortunately we haven’t been getting any message notifications. Apologies for any delays in responding. I think we’ve now figured it out and will come back to you asap.

07/08/2022

Another stressful afternoon for our boarders! Bob’s not judging at all 😊

17/07/2022

13/07/2022

07/07/2022

***Wales Neutering Campaign***

Under the campaign you can get your pet cat neutered & microchipped for just £5.00! 😽

The scheme is available directly via the participating vets, contact details can be found here: www.cats.org.uk/what-we-do/neutering/neutering-campaigns/walescampaign

You can zoom in on the map or search using your postcode by clicking in the top right corner, and click on the pins for the contact details of your nearest vets.

01/07/2022

WE'RE IN DESPERATE NEED OF BLANKETS AND TOWELS

Can you help by donating your old blankets and towels to us? We're going through them at a rapid pace right now so any help would be really appreciated.

We're currently down to our last ones for the dogs so this is quite an urgent ask for us. Our centre is open until 5pm today and over the weekend so if you can drop off to us we'll be here...and very pleased to see you.

Thank you very much.

28/05/2022

Photogenic guests in the garden!

24/05/2022

We are receiving so many messages and enquiries that I’m afraid we simply can’t keep up and get back to you all. We currently don’t have any availability for overnight boarding until October and don’t have capacity to take any new clients for the time being. I will update as soon as our books reopen for new customers.

17/05/2022

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00177np

A useful reminder (at 3 minutes into the programme) that you should always check your boarder’s licence!

Alex Jones and Jermaine Jenas are joined by Myleene Klass, Joe Alwyn and Alison Oliver.

15/05/2022

RAPESEED
At this time of year, there are posts circulating social media regarding rapeseed, which are shared extensively and understandably worry many dog owners. The posts state that rapeseed is extremely poisonous for dogs, and can cause signs including haemolytic anaemia, blindness, damaged nervous system, digestive disorders and breathing problems.
These posts are misinformation. The signs mentioned are only seen in grazing animals, and most dogs remain asymptomatic after exposure to rapeseed. Dogs can develop gastrointestinal upset if they have ingested some of the plant, and there have been reports of skin reactions which resemble burns, but this is extremely rare and does not happen to every dog which comes into contact with it.
We have contacted some of the organisation's posting this content, so they will hopefully be amended soon.

06/05/2022

Good morning!

20/04/2022

We’ve been so desperately busy with many, many enquiries over the past few weeks. If you’re waiting to a response, don’t be shy to message again - we won’t be offended! Unfortunately, however organised we try to be, the quantity of correspondence has been rather overwhelming and it’s proven impossible to keep up. Thanks for your understanding.

13/04/2022

A desperately disappointing article from the Times on options for holiday dog care. At no point does it mention the legal requirement for a boarder to be licensed and we know that so many unlicensed boarders are springing up all over the country. We are often booked for several months in advance. However, we always advise anyone we can’t assist on how to find a licensed boarder. No licence = no insurance and no oversight.

I have a dream. Or rather, a recurring nightmare. I go away on holiday, leaving my dog, Bobby Jean, with someone to look after her. But they lose her, and she’s