Aunty Nic Home and Pet Care

18/06/2024

Educational post about the Saluki (our very own Newt) 😆

17/06/2024

Pics from today. Camera wasn't up for Monday for some reason so not very good pics but our walk was 1st class 😁

15/06/2024

Really dislike the things, along with being dangerous they "teach" the dog to pull.

𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗜 𝗔𝗟𝗠𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗔𝗡 𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗔 𝗗𝗢𝗚 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗠𝗬 𝗖𝗔𝗥

The dog was being walked on a pavement next to a road....

On a retractable lead

The dog suddenly leapt into the road

Luckily due to my lightning reflexes ⚡ I swerved my car just in time

Thankfully there was no other vehicles coming towards me in the opposite direction. Thankfully as I was able to swerve rather than suddenly brake I avoided the possibility of the car behind colliding with mine

There could have been 1 dead dog, a devastated owner, a traumatized me (and other driver) and two damaged cars. All because someone chose to use a retractable lead next to a road

I'm shaken

The owner got angry with his dog and gave it a big tug with the lead and shouted. I understand the frustration, especially when a dog that usually keeps to the pavement suddenly does the unexpected, but the dog didn't deserve a telling off because the dog was just being a dog

This could have been avoided by clipping the dog onto a short lead

Now I'm not against retractable leads unlike most dog professionals. I do actually think they a few specific and appropriate uses. But we must put safety first and consider others around us

A retractable lead is not the right lead choice while walking along the pavement. If you use the extension of the lead in an open area then you need to carry the retractable lead with you, and attach your dog onto a short lead while you walk to that destination.

PLEASE if you use a retractable lead, you need to do a quick risk assessment. Is the environment an appropriate place to use this lead? What could go wrong? If you are near a road then the answer is no and you could be risking your dog's life

There are people that will be reading this that will think it won't happen to them and that I am being dramatic. Surely nobody thinks it'll happen to their dog? Nobody attaches their dog to a retractable lead, walks near a road and expects their dog to jump into oncoming traffic

I actually know two dogs that lost their lives by being hit by cars due to inappropriate use of a retractable lead. Those people didn't think it would happen to them either.

The truth is this can happen to any dog. Dogs are unpredictable, even he most 'obedient' and well trained dog. The dog I nearly hit today was simply SNIFFING something interesting in the road

No dog is a robot

Dogs get startled

Dogs instincts take over

Don't risk it. Not only is it not fair on your dog to put them at risk like this, it is not fair for road users

14/06/2024

And the other gang....

13/06/2024

Sorry folks again no footage from walks today BUT far more important we pay attention than film 😎

We've shared vids of our licensed home boarders enjoying their supper with their parents....we may share those in the future!

Everyone should have happy, tired and actually quite clean pets this evening! ✅️✅️✅️

12/06/2024

We didn't get any footage of the earlier gangs as we were enjoying their antics too much ourselves!
Reports of very tired dogs coming in!

Later we took this gorgeous tribe to a lovely, dry middleton sands where they behaved so well with trotters (🐴🐴) passing nearby! Especially the relatively newbies Camilla and Louie.

Ed knew I had treats, can you tell?? Sound on!

10/06/2024

A lovely afternoon with these guys...

10/06/2024

Club Monday!

07/06/2024

Be interested on a scale of 1-10 how tired this gaggle are this evening?

No contenders for the noah's ark question/competition from yesterday (how many clients we have of each breed/type and colour) we will post the answer in the coming days so still some free walks or a stay up for grabs for current clients 😎

Still a few invoices to send out...have a great weekend everyone! X

06/06/2024

Little quiz for y'all as feel like Noah with so many pets going in 2x2...

We were going to list all our current clients in groups but thought we'd let y'all do the work and give something back!

Two free walks or one night's licensed home boarding for the MOST "sets of dogs mentioned" they may be a double or more..
Example; "2 red boxers"

Bonus for any singular kids...and there are very few!

Results by Sunday!

Copying is never a thing in Aunty Nic world so the more detail the better!

04/06/2024

And we had to do it again! Such a fitting tune for our "kids" 😉

03/06/2024

Had to be done...🤣🐕🫶👧👱🧑🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

31/05/2024

Buddy has had a very busy day of fun care with his mates and a warm welcome back to our lovely Mara...a topsy turvey week with some of our Monday crew joining us for a Friday jaunt!

Thankfully nobody spotted the 🦌 in our earlier post, we'd got them back on leads before Aunty Nic out spotted the sight hounds!!

31/05/2024

Say when you see it....

29/05/2024

Big long ramble today, bit of a fail on the group photos 🫤

23/05/2024

Too wet to get much of a fun vid this afternoon...even the amphibious one didn't get involved!