THE PET EMPAWRIUM

25/01/2025

That was quite the storm!
How are we all?
Mother Nature has went fairly easy on our wee place and we have escaped with just a broken gate and a missing sign 🙏🏼
We are open until 4pm today and our freezers are stocked and ready.

Hope everyone is doing ok? How were your cats and dogs?
Sage (who is in the pic) had a long night trying to chase the blowing leaves from the other side of the window and dodging burning his backside on 100000 candles (we have a power cut at home) the rest took it in their stride though 🤍

23/01/2025

💨 ⚠️ Red Weather Warning ⚠️ 💨

Due to the severe weather warnings we are closing tomorrow.
Daycare clients have already been contacted as have all grooming clients but I’ve made the decision (last minute as usual sorry) that we will close the shop too.

If the weather eases up I will open the shop up a bit later and let you all know (don’t worry it’ll just be me, I wouldn’t ask anyone else to come out when it’s blowing a hooley 😂) but for now we will say it’s closed.

If we can all pray that our wee place is still standing and we can open as usual On Saturday 🙏🏼

Please take care tomorrow and check gates and fences before letting your dogs out, if possible please think about bringing cats and outdoor pets like bunnies indoors too.

Picture of Penny in hi viz because she’s very cute and I figured you’d be sick of seeing the same weather warnings.

Hope everyone is safe and well 🤍

Sara x

06/01/2025

The 2025 First Footers.
Back to daycare and blessed with a day of frosty sniffs ❄️
Hope everyone is easing back into work today 🤍

04/01/2025

I was seriously distracted by this wee dude! Those wrinkles 🥹

We are open until 4 today if you need to stock up and any raw and treats.

We have one space left in our puppy class starting Jan 13th, if you’d like to blag the spot book online: www.heartandsouldogtraining.co.uk

03/01/2025

Happy New Year 🥳
Wishing all our lovely clients (humans, canine, feline) a very happy and healthy 2025.
We are open today until 5 and as notmal tomorrow.

Daycare reopens Monday at 8am and our booking system is live for any bookings from 6th onwards.

Looking forward to seeing you all in 2025 🤍

30/12/2024

Hope everyone is having a lovely inbetween Christmas and New year. Whether it’s Wild windy walks or sofa snuggles on the cards, enjoy them.

We are open today until 5 because dogs gotta eat! So pop on down, we’ve been to the Totally Natural factory this morning to pick up our order, thank you so much to their team for getting us squeezed in early so I could get it back here in time.

We have plenty Nutriment, DAF and Raw Factory in as well as tasty treats and chews, some fab new toys and jumpers to keep cosy in too.

Looking forward to seeing some of you today.

Pic is of Luca and Siena enjoying their Christmas walks before some treats Nether Lethame Farm - if you fancy some award winning milk, ice cream or eggs, this is the place to go. Even better on weekends when they have their ice cream van open and you can get coffees, cakes and soups too 😋

We will be closed for 3 days (we reopen 3rd Jan at 10am) and we won’t be picking up any messages or emails during that time (we’ll be enjoying some netherletham ice cream 😆)

27/12/2024

Good morning, we have been to our suppliers and we are open today until 5pm
We’ve had a restock of Nutriment already and plenty of your (dogs) favourites in too.
We have some new toys and winter jumpers to put out today and all our Christmas Jumpers will be down to £5!!!

Hoping everyone had a lovely Christmas and I’m looking forward to seeing some of you today ❤️

26/12/2024

If you have lots of leftover turkey bones and fancy making a batch of gelatinous goodness then go for it, if it doesn’t set just serve it as a nice broth and they’ll love it 🥰

25/12/2024

Wishing all our customers a very merry Christmas 🎄💚🎄
Thank you so much for all the kind gifts , cards and most importantly for your custom and loyalty for another year.

Sending all the love and festive wishes to you and your pets,

The Pet Empawrium weirdos

(A few of the team missing from this pic- they also send their love 🤣)

23/12/2024

Reminder that today is the last day we are open before Christmas 🎄

We are open until 6pm today and we are fully stocked with all our usual brands of raw and natural treats.

We will reopen 10am December 27th.

If you need to stock up before Christmas make sure you pop in and see us today.

We still have some lovely Christmas toys in stock and some festive treats too.

All our Christmas jumpers are £5 each today only!

21/12/2024

Today marks the winter solstice, the start of Yule. This is a day to celebrate new beginnings, reflecting on the year as the nights start to get lighter. It is a beautiful day to connect with yourself and with nature on the shortest day and longest night.
This Solstice I hope you find some peace in the winter and some joy in promise of brighter days ahead. 🌙

17/12/2024

A nice Christmassy smelling simmer pot is the perfect way to make your home smell festive and fresh without using any toxic chemicals and artificial scents. Perfect for all homes, especially those with dogs, cats, any animals, babies and children ❤️💚❤️

16/12/2024

These are our festive opening hours for the shop 🎄 as our daycare clients know- our last day of daycare for 2024 is Friday 20th and we reopen daycare January 6th.

Our groomers will be in for their appointments too, Angela is extremely busy so if you need to cancel please give her some notice as she has a waiting list.

We have deliveries throughout and we hope to be nicely stocked over the festive season, make sure you stock up by the 23rd for Christmas Eve - Boxing Day.

P.S we know our socials have been absolutely atrocious of late and it’s one of our resolutions to post more in 2025, we’ll try end on a high note this week and post some fun recipes, giveaways and festive tips 🎅🏼 so keep an eye on our facebook, insta, tiktok and stories 💚❤️💚

23/11/2024

🩷❄️🩷We are open 🩷❄️🩷

Thank you for your patience, the lovely Rona persevered with the roads and has made it in!
We will close at 3pm to make sure all she gets home in daylight incase the snow sticks around. (Keep an eye on the page just incase it worsens because yours and the teams safety as always comes first)

Massive thanks for your understanding and a huge thanks to Rona for being such a trooper, I cannot tell you how much I appreciate my team, especially when I’m away and they just make sure things carry on.

Hope all the dogs are enjoying the snow and everyone is staying safe xx

23/11/2024

🤍Update 🤍 we are open

We are snowed in ❄️
Poor Rona is snowed in but trying to make her way into the shop at the moment.
Unfortunately I’m on holiday and I can’t help, she is on her way but progressing slowly.

Sorry for the inconvenience, hope everyone stays safe 🩷

05/11/2024

Hoping everyone stays safe and well tonight, this is such a horrible time for some dogs and cats (and people/wildlif etc)
Here are some tips to keep your animals as safe as possible 🩷🎆🩷

If you can’t get away from the fireworks and taking them on a drive is not an option or they are already too frightened to move them then here are my top tips.

💥Top Tips for Fireworks Night 💥

1. Be with your Dogs and Cats
Even if they don’t seem to be comforted by your presence, your presence will be necessary for their comfort and wellbeing. 💜

2. Set yourself up
Get comfy, get your snacks ready, get a good film or program on the tv, choose something that will relax you rather than a horror or thriller.
Try not to panic, it’s easy and understandable to get upset and angry but stay as calm as you can for them. Take Deep cleansing and calming breaths. 🧘‍♀️

3. Set The Home up.
Close the windows and curtains, remove all synthetic plug ins and sprays- their nervous system is dealing with enough.
Make them up an optional safe space.
Get natural Calming sprays and wax melts (The Holistic Pet ones are 10/10).
Check the garden gates and fences.
Bring all small outdoor animals in if possible and keep cats in. 🐈‍⬛

4. Get your dog or cat ready
Make sure you have plenty of long lasting chews and some favourite snacks at the ready, ensure they are comfortable. If you are using a thunder shirt or karma wrap get that on before the fireworks starts. Give any medication at the correct time. Feed your dog or cat as early as possible. If they are terrified only allow them out for the toilet on lead incase they bolt. 🦴

5. NEVER ⚠️
* Walk your dog near or after dark. Leave your cat out if possible.
* Ignore your dog or cat if they are upset! You cannot reinforce a fear.
* leave them alone!
* Force them to cuddle

6. ALWAYS ✅
* Offer comfort

04/11/2024

A post from a Few years back now but just for walking ideas if you feel your dog is in need of a walk tomorrow 🎆

Time for Walkies?

Dogs with severe noise phobias who are already showing signs of stress during the day may be best to stay off walks during the worst of this scary season.
If you are walking your dog, remember we don’t want to be hyping them up, we want to mentally tire them over physically tiring them. So keep walks calm and enriching and most of all SAFE!
Safety first. Some of this is obvious to seasoned pet parents but we’ll rehash it. Make sure all microchip details are up to date, ensure you have a tag on your dog, this is the season we see dogs bolting more than any other time, because of this please always check collars and harnesses fit well and that leads are not fraying and that the clips are all secure. Keep dogs on the lead, your dogs recall doesn’t matter in these circumstances -if they are terrified they will still bolt. Long lines are great!
Walk at an appropriate time, As soon as darkness descends the fireworks will start so Don’t leave it till 4. There’s always someone who will let a firework off during the day so regardless of timing be aware of the dangers.
If your dog is showing any signs of stress
On the walk- go home where they will feel safer.

While on your walk, make it enriching! We have opted for a forest walk, Apart form all the amazing health and well-being benefits to a forest walk, it can boost moods and it’s thought that trees and shrubs in forestry can muffle sound by up to 50% which is great for you and your dog to just unwind after a Stressful night of firework worry.

Avoid repetitive games like Throwing a ball you want to engage their minds and Enrich their souls rather than physically tire them and over excite them. Bring tasty snacks and scatter them for them to find 💡

When you get home, make sure your calming plug in or diffuser is on and settle with a tasty treat or meal served in an enrichment toy.