It's A Dogs Life

03/09/2024

We introduced two new members to the pack today🐾

Welcome Gus & Sadie🖤

28/08/2024

These photos are just 🤩

Welcoming Teddy to the Wednesday group 🐾

21/08/2024

Just a reminder we are off on our holidays, walks will resume Tuesday(27th) August! We can’t wait to see all your furry friends once we are back🐾☀️

19/08/2024

This mornings walkies🐾 in the enclosed field so everyone was able to have an off lead run & play🖤

14/08/2024

Welcoming Buddy into the group today🧡

He had a very warm welcome from Red and the only second he stopped was for a quick photo!

09/08/2024

We hope you all have the best weekend🐾

06/08/2024

We love what we do🐾 look at those faces!

Some of our walks so far this week🥹

03/08/2024

Bert enjoying his afternoon stroll🖤

31/07/2024

Archie keeping cool this morning at the Rambles 🤎 summer is finally here☀️

During the hot weather we offer early morning walks and drop ins throughout the day!

29/07/2024

Hot day today! 🌞 enjoy the sunshine guys but please think of your doggos. Can't stress this enough.
I offer early morning walks and evening walks and pop ins in the day time.

23/07/2024

Some of your walks so far this week and with little Hugo over the weekend🐾

19/07/2024

To my human moms & dads, this is what happens to my paws when you take me out in the scorching sun ☀️ when the pavement is so hot !

Remember I sweat through my paws, so in this heat I can’t get rid of my sweat as my paws are burning. Missing my walk won’t harm me. Please let me just relax indoors and take me out when the sun is down🐾

If you see someone walking their dog on hot pavement, ask them to take off their shoes for the remainder of their walk home. Maybe then they'll understand.

Thank you to 8 Below Husky Rescue for this valuable advice 🙏
Credit: Dolly’s Legacy Animal Rescue

12/07/2024

Some of our walks this week🐾

03/07/2024

Moose & Jude💛

These two both have their struggles being rescues but was so nice to see them playing and enjoying their off lead time today!

02/07/2024

The lovely Lillie who joined us today on our afternoon walkies🧡 we can’t wait for her to join us again on Friday🐾

29/06/2024

Some grass seeds can really hurt our dogs. These arrowlike seeds can spear through their skin and bury themselves in our dogs' ears, eyes and paws.

Learn the signs to watch out for at thekennelclub.org.uk/grassseeds.

21/06/2024

Appreciate all our customers for this reason, from the smallest to the largest they are all dogs and thrive on socialisation and interaction. We try our best to think of each breed individually and cater for their needs whether that be playing a game of fetch with a collie giving them a job, letting the labs have a splash in the stream, to letting the terriers and hounds have a good sniff! We love being part of their day and simply letting them be dogs! Body comes first, dogs need exercise! Mind comes second, dogs need mental stimulation! Love comes last, a cuddle is more than deserved at the end of the day ❤️

Everyone who is thinking of getting dogs should read this because you need to 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: I NEED to work.
But nowadays I get asked to chill on the couch all day everyday.

-I am an Akita Inu.
My ancestors were selected for fighting bears.
Today I get asked to be tolerant and I get scolded for my reactivity when another 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 you make me come back to you - no running - 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 you forget I'm a walking, running, swimming dog; as a result I'm fat, made to stay indoors, and to babysit.

-I am a Jack Russell.
I can take on a fox, a mean badger, and a rat bigger than me in his den.
Today I get scolded for my character and high energy, and forced to turn into a quiet living room dog.

-I am a Siberian Husky.
Experienced the great, wide open spaces of Northern Europe, where I could drag sleds for long distances at impressive speeds.
Today I only have the walls of the house or small garden as a horizon, and the holes I dig in the ground just to release energy and frustration, trying to stay sane.

-I am a border collie
I was made to work hours a day in partnershipwith my master, 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, from centuries of training, needs to express my instincts, and I am *not* suited for the sedentary life you'd want me to lead.
Spending eight hours a day alone in the house or in the garden - with no work and no one to play or run with, seeing you for a short time in the evening when you get home, and only getting 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, sad, lonely, and depressed, on my pillow.
You may think that I should be happy to be able to enjoy all this comfort while you go to work, but actually I’ll be exhausted and frustrated, because this is absolutely NOT what I'm meant to do, or what I need to be doing.
If you love me, if you've always dreamed of me, if my beautiful blue eyes or my athletic look make you want me, but you can't give me a real dog's life, a life that's really worth living according to my breed, and if you can't offer me the job that my genes are asking, DO NOT buy or adopt me!
If you like the way I look but aren't willing to accept my temperament, gifts, and traits derived from long genetic selection, and you think you can change them with only your good will, then DO NOT BUY OR ADOPT ME.
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 sleds, the one who guided and protected a herd still lives within.
So think **very** carefully before you choose your dog. And think about getting two, rather than one, so I won't be so very lonely waiting for you all day. Eight or ten hours is just a workday to you, but it's an eternity for me to be alone.

21/06/2024

Introducing Saffy to the gang this afternoon🐾 think her facial expressions say it all 🖤

24/05/2024

The best time at the Rambles today ❤️

22/05/2024

Starting the day with Rocco & Grizz🖤

07/05/2024

23/04/2024

Our morning group walk introducing Bella💛 she had the best time!

23/04/2024

Second walk of the day with the beautiful Bluey & his frisbee of course🩵

23/04/2024

This mornings walk with Jude & Flo💛🖤

Their first walk with us! Slowly working with them to gain their trust to eventually introduce them to our group walks!

18/04/2024

Starting the day with a walk with Percy🤍

12/04/2024

Lovely little Roo who joined us on our group walk on Thursday, we are looking forward to more walks with her next week🐾

We hope you all have a lovely weekend☀️

08/04/2024

Some of the faces we had the joy of seeing today🌼

Nala was very happy with her find⚽️

02/04/2024

What we love to see 🫶🏻🐾

31/03/2024

Happy Easter🐣🐰🌼

28/03/2024

Welcoming Moose to the group today🤎