Paw and Hoof Petcare

20/04/2024

Amazing work from everyone at The Iron Horse Ranch last weekend

20/04/2024

UK Sniffer Dog
Great morning sniffing Oscar

09/03/2024

Here we go again.

05/03/2024

Lambing pens up. All work overseen by Harry

05/03/2024

Horse fed, what's next?

02/03/2024

When will we understand this reality?

I am a 21st century dog.

-I'm a Malinois.
Overskilled among dogs, I excel in all disciplines and I'm always ready to work.
Today I get asked to chill on the couch all day everyday.

-I am an Akita Inu.
My ancestors were selected for dog fighting.
Today I get asked to be tolerant and I get scolded for my reactivity when one of them approaches me.

-I am a Beagle.
When I chase my prey, I raise my voice so the hunters could follow.
Today they put an electric collar on me to shut up, and we want you to come back to the booster with a snap of your fingers.

-I am a Yorkshire Terrier.
I was a terrifying rat hunter in English mines.
Today they think I can't use my legs and they always hold me in their arms.

-I'm a Labrador Retriever.
My vision of happiness is a dive into a pond to bring back the duck he shot to my master.
Today we forgot I'm a walking dog and great racing I'm fat and have to babysit.

-I am a Jack Russell.
I can take on a fox a badger and rat bigger than me in his den.
Today I get scolded for my damn character and wish I could turn into a living room dog.

-I am a Siberian Husky.
Experienced the great spaces of Northern Europe, where I could drag sleds at impressive speeds.
Today I only have the walls of the garden as a horizon, and the holes I dig in the ground just for occupation.

-I am a border collie
I was made to work eight hours a day, and I am an unmistakable artist of working with the herd.
Today they are mad at me because, for lack of sheep, I try to check bikes, cars, children in the house and everything in motion.

I am ...
I am a 21st century dog.
I'm pretty, I'm alert, I'm obedient, I stay in a bag...
but I'm also an individual who needs to express their instincts, and I'm not suited for the sedentary life you'd want me to lead.
Spending eight hours a day alone in the garden, seeing yourself a little in the evening when you get home and only entitled to a small toilet walk will make me deeply unhappy.
I'll express it by barking all day, turning your yard into a minefield, doing my needs indoors, being unmanageable the rare times I'll find myself outside, and sometimes spending my days sunk on my pillow.
You’d think then that I’m happy to be able to enjoy all this comfort while you go to work: actually I’ll be exhausted, because this disease is not the plight of humans but also of the dog of the 21st century.
If you like me, if you've always dreamed of me, if my beautiful blue eyes or my athletic look make me want, but you can't give me a real dog's life, a life that's really worth living, and if you can't offer me the job that my genes are asking, so give up on me.
If you like the way I look but aren't willing to accept my temperament traits derived from a strict genetic selection and think you can change them with your sole good will, then give me up.
I’m a dog from the 21st century, yes, but deep inside me, the one who fought, the one who hunted, the one who pulled sled, the one who led a herd still sleeps.
And sooner or later, for better or for worse, he will wake up.
So what are you gonna do?
Will you give in to me?
Will you abandon me?
Or are you gonna just delete me?

16/02/2024

Could of been worse

16/02/2024

Luther thinks spring is here. I might regret the lack of a rug

16/02/2024

Hay delivery unloaded and stacked, 15 dogs fed and walked, 12 stables mucked out all before 10.30, who needs the gym!

15/02/2024

The countdown begins. Let's get the finishing touches to the training Zara!

14/02/2024

Please contact Jenni Collins for a 1-1 consultation

13/08/2023

Look what's arrived..🤦

15/07/2023

Ziggy in lake

12/07/2023

Handy Pony.
Set up the course today ready for Sundays event at Brackenspa Livery, Stainfield.

Watch this space for the course set up of Horse & Hound

12/07/2023

Running Order
Dog registration 10.00
First class 11.00
Handy pony 10.00-12.00
Horse &Hound 30cm 10-12
Horse & Hound 50 cm
12-1
Fancy Dress 1-2

09/07/2023

Thanks for everyone attending our scurry today.
1st - S Cox with Mabel
2nd - P Urban with Gibbs
3rd - S Wilson with Jet

05/07/2023

Join Paw & Hoof at this exciting event.

09/06/2023

Obedience training
Thursday 15th June
Starting 19.00
Ryhall Grange Farm
Ryhall.
Contact Jenni Collins

09/06/2023

Paw & Hoof Petcare
Annual Dog Show
16th July @
Brackenspa Livery Yard
Stainfield
New for this year
Handy Pony
Fancy dress
(Horse/Rider)
Horse & Hound
30cm / 50cm

07/06/2023

Join Paw and Hoof there

03/06/2023

Dog obedience classes Thursdays 7-8@Ryhall

10/05/2023

There are 2 places available for your scurry this Sunday 14th, 12-2

06/05/2023

Celebration of King Charles lll.

05/05/2023

My beautiful clever girl

A well-trained German Shepherd/golden retriever cross is to compete at Crufts for the second time after coming out on top of her regional heat.

25/04/2023

https://www.shootinguk.co.uk/gundogs/dog-harnesses-are-they-really-a-good-idea-or-the-sign-of-an-untrained-dog-142424?fbclid=IwAR2xEl8tN76Gxy3--D41SL4CCpUWugBCS6eNKcquI1ihMJWFcLp3f380N_Y

Are dog harnesses the answer if a gundog pulls on the lead? I’m sure dog harnesses are popular because people feel that they are much kinder to a dog.

23/04/2023

Zara and Jenni have done it again.
Competed in an obedience test and got through to the semi finals at crufts 2024.

23/04/2023

07/04/2023

Happy Easter everyone