HappyPax

30/10/2022

I’ve just been told that tomorrow starts the new Facebook rule where they can use your photos!
If you do not publish a statement at least once it will be tacitly allowing the use of your photos, as well as the information contained in the profile status updates so if you want to use the statement below, feel free to copy and paste (do not share as that apparently doesn’t work) :

I DO NOT GIVE FACEBOOK PERMISSION TO SHARE ANYTHING OF MINE THAT I HAVE PUT ON THEIR SITE, PICTURES, CURRENT OR PAST POSTS, PHONE NUMBERS OR EMAILS.
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING CAN BE USED IN ANY FORM WITHOUT MY WRITTEN PERMISSION OR VERBAL CONSENT.

23/10/2022

Hopefully you’ve all done your firework training well ahead of time but if your dog is still a little concerned, this sounds like a great idea - thanks Classic FM!

15/07/2022

Love this!

Saw this on another site and it made me chuckle...😂

DEAR DOGS,
1) When I say move, it means go someplace else, not switch positions with each other so there are still two of you in the way.
2) The dishes with the paw print design are yours and contain your food. The other dishes are mine and contain my food.
PLEASE NOTE: Placing a paw print in the middle of my plate of food does not stake a claim for it becoming your food, nor do I find that aesthetically pleasing in the slightest.
3) The stairway is not a racetrack. Beating me to the bottom is not the object. Nor does tripping me help because I can fall faster than you can run.
4) I cannot buy anything bigger than a king size bed. I am very sorry about this. Do not think I will continue to sleep on the couch to ensure your comfort. Look at videos of dogs sleeping. They can actually curl up in a ball.
5) It is not necessary to sleep perpendicular to each other stretched out to the fullest extent possible. I also know that sticking tails straight out and having tongues hanging out the other end to maximize space used is nothing but sarcasm.
6) For the last time, there is not a secret exit from the bathroom. If by some miracle I beat you there and manage to get the door shut, it is not necessary to claw, whine, bark, try to turn the k**b or get your paw under the edge and try to pull the door open. I must exit through the same door I used to enter. In addition, I have been using bathrooms for years; canine attendance is not mandatory.
7) The proper order is: 1) kiss me, 2) lick your butt.
I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH!
8. I love you... anyway and always!

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25/04/2022

Definitely!

07/04/2022

Sorry that this may offend some people but I totally see what the South American author meant:

YOUR DOG IS NOT A BABY!

Today's culture is absolutely ruining dogs.
People are treating their dogs like people, and no matter how much you say it, or what you think, they're not kids, they're dogs... A predator with forty-two teeth on the head and a bite pressure that can break bones.
They deserve to be treated like dogs!
Somehow treating your dog like a dog has become a taboo topic and it's because of today's mentality.
Can't say no to a dog.
Can't go out with a dog in cold weather.
Can't let a dog get muddy.
Can't give a dog a job.
If your dog is in shape, he's too skinny.
We’re walking through a world where giving your dog a job is cruel beyond belief, but having a 30kg overweight dog with diabetes that can’t move is absolutely fine. Something totally distorted, twisted and wrong.
They are dogs! Treat them like dogs. You can't have any animals and pretend to be a baby. Hi this is my whale he is my baby. It doesn't work like that.
We need to push this current mentality back because it's literally killing dogs. Dogs are dying everyday simply because no one told them what rules they were supposed to follow or because they didn't get a job they so needed.
Let’s start honoring our dogs for the absolutely amazing creatures they are. Dogs are magnificent, majestic, intelligent and robust. To me they are the best animal on the planet so let's stop killing them and treat them for exactly what they aren't.
Honor your dog.

20/03/2022

25/12/2021

Wishing a very Merry Christmas and a happy, healthy new year to all my clients, both 2 and 4 legged
xx

02/11/2021

Two good friends, the first frost of the year, picturesque mist and glorious sunshine. Winter might be here but it certainly didn’t seem too bad this morning!

29/09/2021

Can we help this boy?
This is a sad story as the lovely owners have been advised by their vet and another behaviourist to PTS as he’s ‘a biter’. He is 5 years old with no health issues and we’ve only got until Thursday to find an expert home as he is booked in for euthanasia on Friday at the suggestion of the vet, another behaviourist and the rescue he came from 16 mos ago
This is what the owner said:
“ He was rescued from Spain in 2020, through Pointer rescue, no understanding of history; he was under nourished and a bit cautious but he bounced back quickly. He is a very loving dog in the family and loves cuddles etc . He is very obedient in the house but he has bitten twice (both strangers here in his home and with an understandable reason) and has also nipped the vet. We are heartbroken but due to family circumstances we don’t feel that we can give him the time he needs to learn not to do this. “
Sadly I just don’t have the capacity to personally take in another dog otherwise I would be offering to rehab him myself.
As mentioned above, we only have 24 hours, although if someone registers genuine, expert interest in rehabbing him I guess the euthanasia on Friday could be postponed to allow time for a meeting etc.
He’s near Henley on Thames / Reading but I think the heartbroken owners would drive some distance to let him live.

18/08/2021

Please give them the time and space they need 💕

27/07/2021

This isn’t mine but a wise dog trainer put it on FB and I thought it was too good not to share!

“ The other day I was at the local public park. We were walking along in a high movement area so I had my dog on a leash. Another dog, off leash, sees us and starts approaching.
My dog needs her space so we start moving away, but the dog got to us before we could leave. My dog was stressing a little so I politely said to the woman, sorry my dog doesn't want to play and ushered her dog away.
Her dog gets the message and moves on.
Quite good, right? Here comes the juicy part:
As I’m leaving the owner comes to me with a speech more or less like this:
Hey, if your dog is nervous and doesn’t even want to play with other dogs, go somewhere else! Don’t come to the park and ruin other dogs’ fun.
I heard this and a wave of fury started taking over, but suddenly I think I had a lightbulb moment and switched gears completely.
With the biggest, friendliest smile, I opened my arms as wide as I could and said Ohhhhh! Come here... I want to give you a BIG hug!
With panic in her eyes she backs up, speechless and quickly starts walking away.
I said "Hey, don’t run, I’m so friendly, come on, I only want to give you a hug! I’m friendly I promise... I just want to Hug You!"
Still speechless and backing away with terror now, I said "Wait, You don’t want my friendly hug?"
She yelled No!
I said "Well neither does my dog! Have a nice day.!!!"
As I walked away, I saw her just standing there, speechless and she was leashing her dog!
I think I’ll try this approach more often 🤣
✨ if anyone knows where this originally came from please let me know so I can credit it

21/05/2021

When the Andrex puppy grows up!

17/04/2021

Not written by me but so true - dog was shot by a local farmer just last week. On a lighter note I’ve included a photo of a couple of our neighbours’ lambs as a reminder of what’s at stake.

CALLING ALL DOG OWNERS: Sorry to be macabre, but I just want to make you aware of something that you may already be aware of: you dog, whatever the breed, has something called a 'prey drive', which is basically the instinct to launch itself after anything that runs.
You may think you know the mind of your dog inside out and fully understand its behaviour, but trust me on this: any dog whatsoever can be a danger to stock and should be fully under the owner's control if there are stock animals ANYWHERE near.

Once any sheep start to run away, that is when the prey drive kicks in and a dog will be in the chase, in a state of frenzy, totally absorbed in the hunt and impossible to call off, no matter how well-trained. I have seen this myself a number of times before, always with owners involved who say the same thing: 'I didn't know my dog was like that'. Increasingly, I am hearing of tragic dog attacks amongst local flocks by family pets whose owners believe them to be incapable of such a thing.

The tragedy unfolds in a number of ways: first of all, for the animal which is killed, grievously wounded or loses its lamb or mother. Secondly for the stock-keeper who loses their well-raised and cared for stock through a terrifying and unnecessary ordeal. Thirdly, for the owner who (a) will never be able to look at their dog the same way again, or (b) will have to explain to a grieving family why their family pet has been shot. Finally, again for the stock-keeper, who is invariably a dog-lover, who has had to shoot the offending dog (which they are entirely legally entitled to do) knowing full well that this is the only way to stop a dog in the midst of a frenzied attack. A stock-keeper who has most likely gone to great lengths to put up signs etc to urge people to keep their dogs on leads near their animals.

I have never met a single farmer who hopes that they will get to shoot a dog one day; it is an absolute last resort, heartbreaking and one that is undertaken with great reluctance, but make no mistake, the law is on the farmer's side in this case.

Please keep your dogs on a lead anywhere near stock. As I have seen any number of times, they may well give you the shock of your life on several counts. Please get the word out to any other dog-owners you know as well. Flocks are particularly vulnerable this time of year with young lambs at foot.

07/02/2021

Well said!

24/01/2021

Enjoy the snow today!