The Dogroom - Great Lumley

29/06/2025

🐶 Weekly woofs 🐶

Busy first week back and lovely to see all the hairy beasts this week.
Lots of dogs feeling nice and cool now for the weekend 😎

As always, have a lovely weekend, enjoy the sunshine, and keep yourselves and your dogs safe in the sun!

23/06/2025

☀️ JULY APPOINTMENTS ☀️

Below is my remaining availability for July

New clients - please contact Amanda on 07939399522 to book in as I currently don’t have capacity to take on new clients at the moment.

Friday 11th-Monday 14th I am away at a Dog Show so will be unavailable for appointments.

14th-20th July
Tuesday 15th - 11am, 12pm
Thursday 17th - 1:30pm

21st-27th
Friday 25th July - 12pm, 2pm

28th-31st
Tuesday 29th - 10am, 11am, 11:30am, 12:30pm, 1:30pm (bath/bath and tidy)
Wednesday 30th - 12:30pm, 1:30pm, 2pm, 4pm
Thursday 31st - 1pm

Pop me a message to get booked in as while I think most regulars are in, I’d hate for anyone to miss out on appointments!

19/06/2025

☀️ 🌡️ HOT WEATHER 🌡️ ☀️

I may be off this week, but I wanted to post some general information.

Please, please, please be careful with your dog over the next few days.
Tomorrow and Saturday are forecast to hit 30+c here.
This is TOO HOT to be exercising dogs. Regardless of how fit and healthy your dog is, any dog can be prone to heatstroke. Especially in the UK as our dogs have had very little time to acclimatise - last week we had temperatures of mid-high teens.

Add in any health problems like heart or breathing problems, thick or matted fur, carrying excess weight, being very young or old, or having a flat face (frenchies/pugs/boxers/shih tzus), makes it even more dangerous.

If you have a dog that absolutely NEEDS that exercise to keep you both sane, you may have to suck it up for a couple of days and get up with the birds 🐦 it’s light from 4:30am now and cool enough for a walk 🙈

If you have a dog that won’t toilet in the garden, of course you may need to take them for a short toilet walk. Try and keep them to shade and grass and limit how long they are out.

While I would normally say walking your dog to the shop is great, not this weekend. Where possible bring them in the car, if you have aircon that’s even better.

Tarmac can get hot and dogs paws are sensitive. They can burn and crack easily, this is painful.
Dogs with thin, extra short, or no coat, light coats, and bald patches may need dog safe sun cream on when they are outdoors to protect them from burning

At home a few things you can do are:
🐶 Limit your dog’s outdoor time in the hottest parts of the day
🐶 Make sure they have shade outdoors and close curtains indoors of rooms that get hot
🐶 Use a fan to provide airflow - putting a frozen bottle of water in front of the fan can help cool the air down more. We have a portable aircon unit so we’ll be digging that out
🐶 If your dog likes water offer a paddling pool, a sprinkler, or douse them in cool water if they’re getting warm outside.
Cooling mats and coats can also be good, just make sure to keep an eye on them as coats dry out fast and mats can be chewed.
🐶 If you are concerned about your dog and heatstroke, call your vet or out of hours ASAP. Heatstroke can kill dogs rapidly so it’s better to be safe than sorry.

Below I’ve added some infographics and some information on keeping your dog safe and treating heatstroke on the way to the vets if needed.

https://www.rvc.ac.uk/Media/Default/VetCompass/240524%20Hot%20Dog%20infographic%20(1).pdf

https://www.pethealthclub.com/uk/pet-advice/how-to-cool-down-a-dog

Please stay safe and enjoy the sun sensibly, one walk isn’t worth your dog’s life 🙏🏻 🐾

16/06/2025

🐶 Weekly woofs 🐶

I’m a bit late posting last weeks dogs - I thought I already had!
Lots of lovely regulars and a few new faces. We’ve had two puppy sisters in this week 😍

I’m now on a week off and will reply to messages when I’m back on 23rd June.
Please be careful this week in the warm weather and I’ll see you when I’m back at work 🥳

11/06/2025

🐶 ♥️ Could you and your dog make a difference? ♥️ 🐶

It’s not something I talk about often, but I am a volunteer assessor for Wag&Co. While I don’t often get time to help out much now, I am in the sidelines of the lovely lot at the Wag&Co office need help with assessments.

Wag&Co is similar to Pets As Therapy, but mainly visiting older people in their own home or in residential/care homes, or hospices.

If your dog is sociable, likes to be petted, is gentle, fairly well behaved (can sit/wait/leave a treat/walk nicely on lead/not jump up at people) then they may tick all the boxes to be able to make a difference to someone (or multiple people) who may be missing that social time with other people and (more importantly) their dog.

If you or anyone else you know may be interested in volunteering with your dog, contact the office and they’d be more than happy to help 🩷

07/06/2025

🐶 Weekly woofs 🐶

Another busy, hairy week at the shop.
A lot of lovely dogs in again this week 🥰

One more week until I’m off on holiday - I have limited appointments for the week I’m back so pop a message to get booked in 😊

05/06/2025

📖 NEW BOOKINGS 📖

Bookings for new clients should be directed to Amanda who operates Raggy Dogs out of the salon.
She has availability for new clients currently 😊

You can contact Amanda via Facebook or on 07939399522.
https://www.facebook.com/share/1APoZx9MW5/?mibextid=wwXIfr

My books are currently closed for new clients as I need to prioritise fitting in current clients 😊

Pet Service

02/06/2025

A lovely client has recently set up a new dog walking business and by the look of Obie, the walks are a blast!

I often get asked a lot about people needing Dog Walkers so pop Pooches and Mooches a message for those who are interested 😊

31/05/2025

🐶 Weekly woofs 🐶

A busy, warm week again this week. Full of lovely dogs as usual
I’m now full until after my holiday but Amanda has availability through June.

27/05/2025

📖 Last minute cancellation 📖

Unfortunately, due to a poorly dog, I’ve had a cancellation for 11:30am tomorrow.
Because the poorly girl was a bigger dog I can probably fit two smaller dogs in her place.
Pop the page a message or 07512 926590.
Available to existing clients who may want to move current appointment, or new clients ☺️

Don’t worry, she’s ok and will be back with us soon once her poorly leg has healed 😊

24/05/2025

📖 🌻 June appointments 🌻 📖

I’m full for May, so below is my availability for June.
I do have time off in June so I will be slightly more restricted with appointments.

3rd-8th June
Friday 6th - 11am

10th-13th June
Wednesday 11th - 2pm, 3:30pm, 4:30pm

14th-22nd
HOLIDAY

24th-29th
Thursday 26th - 10am, 11am, 1:30pm

23/05/2025

🐶 Weekly woofs 🐶

A short week this week with a few days off for the bank holiday.
Still managed to see lots of lovely dogs this week - and more next week.
I’m off until Tuesday and will reply to messages then.

For now though, I hope everyone has a lovely, relaxing bank holiday - even if the rain does stick around!