THE PET EMPAWRIUM

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.

02/11/2024

We are open until 4 today and all our freezers have been restocked for the weekend. We’ve had big deliveries from Nutriment, DAF, Totally Natural (Dibo) and Raw Factory and loads of natural dried pick and mix treats and packets of natural treats too! We also have some calming remedies to get in for fireworks and this weekend we’ve put all our karma calming wraps to £5!!! ( usually £25-£35)
Hope everyone has a lovely Saturday and we look forward to seeing you 🩷

30/10/2024

🛑 🚫 🎇 💥 🛑🚫

🎆🐾 Nae Fireworks Night is back! 🐾🎆

Join us on Tuesday 5th November where we will be attending Whitelee Windfarm for their annual Nae fireworks night! It's a peaceful evening, perfect for dog owners looking to escape the fireworks. Enjoy a quiet walk in the company of other dog lovers, Whitelee's team does their best to keep the area firework-free (although they can’t guarantee it!). You will find our stall there and you can catch up with our team with all things SSPCA, our team are there for any advice or information you may need! 🙌

🍰☕ Visitor Centre will be open from 6-9pm for hot drinks and cake. Bring your reusable cup for a discount and help reduce waste!

📅 Date: Tuesday, 5th Nov
⏰ Time: 5.30-10pm
📍 Location: Whitelee Windfarm

For more details including opening times and helpful information for visiting please follow the link: https://www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/article/1850/Whitelee-events-and-clubs

We can’t wait to see you and your furry friends there! 🐶💜

29/10/2024

Halloween Notice 👻 🎃
A little note for our newer daycare parents.
We humans of the Empawrium love Halloween but our dogs are not so fussed, we kindly ask that you don’t dress your dogs up for daycare as the majority of dogs do not appreciate this and we also have some dogs who will be frightened.
Some dogs will be fine to be dressed up at home for a picture but bringing them in to an environment like daycare where their excitement levels are already high and combine it with something novel like Halloween costumes can be quite a negative experience for the dogs.
Bandanas and jumpers (if they are used to wearing jumpers) are absolutely fine.

We will be sure to give them plenty of treats for their tricks 🎃👻🎃

27/10/2024

Día de los Mu***os is a Mexican Tradition to honour their dead on November 2nd but they celebrate their departed pets on October 27th (today 🥹).
They say you should create an alter (Ofrendas) with their pictures and flowers and some of their favourite belongings and tell stories about their lives and they may come back and visit you 🥹💖
I think this is a beautiful tradition. With the spirit of Día de los Mu***os in mind it would be lovely to see all your pets who are no longer with us so we can all remember them together tonight 🙏🏼
Pet loss is so hard and can feel isolating, sometimes it’s nice to take a trip down memory lane 🤍

26/10/2024

We love when a few pups all start round about the same time, we love watching them grow up together. So many of our adult dogs still have very close friendships with their puppy playmates and their bonds are beautiful.

Here are our new darlings

Oreo the lab puppy, she is a whirlwind, happy girl, she’s doing brilliant settling into daycare 💖

Jen the lab puppy, she is a sweet girl who instantly took to daycare. She’s just done her first settle in day and loved it! 💕

Benson the Shnoodle Pup, he is adorable and loves a snuggle 💛

And last but not least daycares Smallest boy and newest recruit, the infamous baby Rohan, he’s a resident Empawrium Pup who has more aunties fawning over him than any other pup we’ve met, he aced his settling days and entertained us all with his wizzing 🖤

We have also had a few teen pups join the family! Here are our new beauties.

Darla the year old Rotty girl, she’s a stunner, she naturally leans into her breed trait by making sure we are all aware when Magnus our resident magpie is stealing all the daycare treats, she has endless energy and she is a girl who just wants to have fun.

And then there is Darla’s best boy Floki 🥰 this boy is as sweet as he is handsome, he is a true testament to the amazing work his mum (and gran who is a Fantastic dog walker) have put into him. Husky’s are not usually natural daycare pups, never mind a adolescent male but this boy is a dream. He’s polite to everyone and plays beautifully and even gives us snuggles 🩶

Our newest little man is Nova, he had us fooled into thinking he was a quiet man but with the coaxing of his new pals (his new bestie is Winston) he’s came right out his shell. He’s a show cocker and his chunky wee paws and his wiggly bum might be the cutest thing ever. He litterally slides into play with his pals and it cracks me up. 🩵

A few of these beauties are joining us on our Monday puppy class, we have a space left if you’d like to join them www.heartandsouldogtraining.co.uk

23/10/2024

Look who smashed their daycare assessment!
Baby Rohan is growing up so fast and we are loving getting to watch him becoms a big boy 🥹

If you have a pup and you’d like to give them the best start like baby Rohan we have a space left on our upcoming puppy class starting Monday 6pm.

Two trainers and online videos to keep you motivated at home too!

https://heartandsouldogtraining.co.uk/booking-system/ola/services/puppy-class-5-hours-in-person-6

14/10/2024

Incase anyone needs a reason to smile this Monday, here is our tiny bestie Rohan 🥰

If you’d like your pup to be as smart and happy as little Rohan then join him and us in our upcoming puppy class!
We have have two spaces left and we can’t wait to get started.
All classs have two qualified trainers and videos for you to watch after class ans beyond.

https://heartandsouldogtraining.co.uk

29/09/2024

🎉Bank Holiday Sunday 🎉

To help celebrate our pals .dogs joining us and officially opening their lovely self service bath today we are opening on a rare wee Sunday 12-3! Anyone who comes over for a bath today please pop into the shop between 12-3 to get a FREE post bath treat box for their pup!
All our usual raw and natural treats will be available as well as some lovely winter coats, harnesses and collars as well as a heavily reduced sale section!
Grace and I will be there midday and we look forward to seeing you 🛁
P.s how cute is Grace in pic 3 in her Mucki Mutz dressing down, she’ll be lovely and cosy after her bath 🥹

22/09/2024

01/09/2024

This tragic accident happened very close to us, so we are sharing on the off chance anyone was passing and has any dash-cam footage. Our thoughts and condolences go out to the family of the person involved 💔

Road Policing Officers are appealing for information following a fatal crash in East Kilbride on Friday, 30 August, 2024.

Around 3.20pm, police were called to Glenburn Road at its junction with Glenburn Way, following a crash involving a green Kawasaki motorbike.

Emergency services attended and the rider, a 32-year-old man, was pronounced dead a short time later.

Enquiries are ongoing and officers are appealing for anyone with information to come forward.

Sergeant Chris Hoggans said: “Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the man who died at this very difficult time.

“Enquiries into the circumstances are ongoing and I am appealing to anyone who witnessed the incident and has not already spoken to officers to please contact us.

“I would also ask anyone who was driving in the area around that time who may have dash-cam to please review their footage and contact us if it holds anything relevant.

“Anyone with information is asked to contact 101 quoting reference number 2424 of 30 August.”

26/08/2024

Happy International Dog Day!
We love dogs every single day and in every single way! We would LOVE to see some pics of your dogs 🩷🥰🩷

19/08/2024

Please share and help find this wee cats family 🙏🏼

17/08/2024

If you aren’t jumping on this very demure very mindful TikTok trend what are you doing? We are open until 4pm today- very mindful! We have one space left in our upcoming puppy class for Monday too ❤️