All About Pets, pet sitting and dog walking

11/10/2022

26/08/2022

🤩Fun Fact Friday🤩

Carrots aren't the best food for rabbits!

Bugs Bunny has a lot to answer for. Root vegetables aren’t a natural part of a rabbit’s diet, and carrots are high in sugar so should only be fed occasionally and in small amounts.

Their diet should consist of mostly grass, hay, leafy greens, and green veg such as cabbage, celery, broccoli, etc, a variety of herbs and a small amount of pelleted feed.

We also like to treat our rabbits to the very occasional banana, apple, strawberries and grapes as well as making our own forage feed. We find this adds extra enrichment for our rabbits!

Featured Below: Ebi, The Belgian Hare - Available for Adoption.

02/08/2022

Setting your walks up for success! ⭐️

If you leave the house with your dog bouncing off of the ceiling that is going to set the pace for the walk

Try do some training before you go out

Put their lead on 5/10 minutes before you want to go

Make sure you have some tasty treats to hand and reward them for the behaviours you like!

28/07/2022

20/06/2022

Socialisation is so very important for all dogs

17/06/2022

This may be from 2019 but it is still true today

17/06/2022

What’s the most common cause of heatstroke in dogs? If you said “being in a hot car”, you’d be mistaken. 75% of cases of heatstroke are caused by exercising on a hot day.
Tomorrow is going to be a scorcher, so, as well as not leaving your dog in a hot car, it’s vital that you avoid walking your dog during the hottest parts of the day, and stick to times when it’s cooler, such as early morning or in the evening.

Find out more about heatstroke and when to walk your dog on hot days at thekennelclub.org.uk/dogsdiehotwalks.

30/07/2021

14/07/2021

16/04/2021

Imagine going on a long-anticipated walk, through beautiful scenery, after you have been cooped up all day in the same place, but you have been fitted with a blind fold and are being dragged along at a fast pace. I imagine that this is how dogs feel when we don’t allow them time to stop and sniff the environment. Dogs largely perceive their world through smell and it’s how they collect and process information and make sense of their world. Taking away an opportunity for sniffing on a walk is not in their best interests and as much as physical exercise is important, the mental stimulation that sniffing provides is equally, if not more important.
Studies have shown that allowing dogs to spend time sniffing provides so many benefits – promoting calmness, lowering stress and anxiety levels, lowering pulse rates, preventing cognitive decline and providing mental stimulation and enrichment are just some examples.
Make time for a slow “sniffing walk”, where your dog is allowed to decide which direction to go and allowed to simply follow their nose to their noses content! It may take more patience as we wait for them to finish smelling that blade of grass, but the benefits are well worth it.

05/04/2021

Looking forward to seeing family and staying away over night? Bookings are being accepted for these and also for longer planned holidays, all small pets are catered for

05/04/2021

As lockdown starts to lift are you planning a day out and need your dog looking after? I offer one off or regular walks for your canine member of the family, these are dogs from your own home and no group walks, interested? then please get in touch.

09/03/2021

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