Four Paws Accessories

20/03/2022

17/03/2022

26/02/2022

🐾🐾 Still missing from Swindon SN2 🐾🐾

Please share this far and wide, let’s bring
Stan Home 🐾🐾

22/02/2022

Canine First Aid Course with Zoe Fithern of Sniffit Dog Training.

Contact Zoe now to book your place 🐾🐾

Veterinary Endorsed, CPD accredited.

24th April Millennium Hall, Purton 🐾🐾

21/02/2022

Group puppy training classes
30th March - 5 weeks

21/02/2022

New Pate flavours available in massive 800g sausages.

Choose from goat 🐐 or wild boar 🐗

£11 each

👀 Look at the size of these beasties 👀

🐾 New pate flavours now in stock
🐾 Wild Boar 🐗 and goat 🐐 pate
🐾 800g sausages
🐾 £11 each

200g in lamb, beef, chicken, duck and turkey also available. £4 each.

Collection from Highworth or free local delivery.

20/02/2022

Raffle tickets still available.

An extra prize will be added this week 🐾🐾

20/02/2022

Extra time added in March for the Building Focus for Recall workshop.

18/02/2022

Pate back in stock including some new flavours for your four legged friends to try 🐾🐾

17/02/2022

17/02/2022

14/02/2022

♥️ Valentine’s Competition ♥️

13/02/2022

Raffle Tickets still available.

£10 per ticket for over £200 worth of treats and toys 🐾🐾

Comment to secure your number.

Payment can be made by transfer or PayPal [email protected]

Thank you and good luck 🐾🐾

27/01/2022

Mega Raffle - over £200 worth of prizes to be won 🐾

12/01/2022

The Beefy Banquet looks yummy! 🐾🐾

The Beefy Banquet - £15
Collection from Highworth or free local delivery

🐮Giant trachea
🐮Cow hoof
🐮Beef tail
🐮XL cows ear
🐮2x beef lips
🐮20cm beef Pizzle

04/01/2022

03/01/2022

2 spaces have become available on this two day workshop on the 8th and 9th January at 2pm.

PM me to reserve your place 🐾🐾

03/01/2022

Important announcement from our very own ambassador, Mr Malcolm 🐾❤️

Malcom here, good morning everyone, I have a very important message to share with you all, so please listen up..

It’s about our doggy ID tags, as annoying as they are when the jingle jangle on our collars and harnesses it’s the law to wear them when out on our walkies or mum will get into a lot of trouble.

I’d hate for any of you pooches to get lost when out, with the correct ID tag we will be reunited much quicker.

This is what your tags must say by law, unfortunately if you haven’t got this information on your tags mum won’t be able to walk you.

Required by law:
Owners full name
Full address including post code, not just the house number and postcode

Recommended:
Contact number(s)

Contact numbers will of course mean that your dogs can be reunited with their owners quicker. My tag also says I’m ‘chipped and chopped’.

If you don’t have these details on you when out walking it could take much longer to find your humans, I’d be really scared if I got lost so I know I’d want to get home as quickly as possible, even if my humans annoy me sometimes.

Mum says we shouldn’t have our names on us in case a stranger finds us and wants to keep us.

Mum can’t wait to see all your happy faces on Wednesday,

Love Malcolm 🐾❤️

02/01/2022

I absolutely love these, great little Mother’s and Father’s Day gifts from the dog!

01/01/2022

New treat range coming next week 🐾🐾

30/12/2021

Two loose lead workshops available 🐾🐾

Loose Lead Workshops

Two dates available:
Saturday 15th January at 2pm and
Sunday 16th January at 2pm

Each session is 45 minutes
Fleck Field, Highworth
£20 per dog and handler
PM me to book your place now

Does this sound all too familiar to you? Being dragged along behind your dog whilst they’re trying to reach their destination in record time. Have you sustained an injury from excessive pulling, perhaps your dog has pulled you over.

The reasons dogs pull is simple, they want to get to where they’re going NOW! They want to arrive quickly, perhaps you have a walking routine and the dog knows that as soon as you get to that field they’ll see their friends and/or the ball will come out.

Each time your dog pulls and you take one simple step behind them you are reinforcing this behaviour.

Loose lead walking isn’t a quick or easy fix, it takes time, lots of patience and lots and lots of practise, praise and reward.

Using fun filled games and positive methods we can teach your dog that walking with a relaxed lead is far more rewarding.

A 45 minute session will include hands on guidance from myself and time to practice with your dog.

Once you have the knowledge and skills required, with continual practice, and I mean on every single walk you go on, both you and your dog will see a significant improvement in your walks.

The cost is £20 per dog and handler and each session lasts 45 minutes.

PM me now to book your place.

28/12/2021

🐾Due to popular demand this course will also be running on Saturday and Sunday 15th and 16th January at 10am.

7 places available at a cost of £40 per dog and handler🐾

28/12/2021

27/12/2021

Is ‘sit’ an over used cue?

Now before I get into this, I want to add that a sit cue is incredibly useful but is it often asked for at inappropriate times?

What I’m talking about is the surfaces, the environment, the surroundings and the dogs current emotional state.

Have you asked your dog to sit and they’ve not done it despite having a good solid understanding of this cue? This could be due to a number of factors…

Firstly, and as an example if I ask Malcolm, my Staffordshire Bull Terrier to sit he’ll often find the nearest rug or carpeted floor. This isn’t necessarily just because he wants a softer spot to place his rear end, it could also be because the nearest surface is slippery, his legs may splay which he could find uncomfortable and slippery floors are often the main cause of ligament and other joint related injuries. I often see people laughing as their dog is sliding like Bambi on a slippery floor or surface, but that’s a blog for another time…

If your dog refuses to sit, do you perceive this as stubborn? If you delve a little deeper you could find that they find a sitting position uncomfortable or they have joint or hip injuries.

When you’ve asked for a sit, were you outside? Was it wet? Was it cold? Would you want to plonk your bottom somewhere cold and wet? I believe this is one of the reasons Malcolm always heads for the nearest carpet or rug.

Could your dog be nervous, possibly frightened? Let’s look at the spider scenario, if you don’t like spiders and someone asks you to sit in a room with an enormous spider, you’re not going to be comfortable, are you? You too might ignore that cue to take a seat.

As an alternative, put some space between your dog and what’s concerning them, a distance where your dog is comfortable and then work on your sit cue with lots of yummy treats.

Maybe your dog was too excited to focus on a sit, this is where focus and calming games are excellent, these can be done sitting or standing, a choice your dog can make.

Instead of asking for a sit see if your dog offers it and if they do reward them and let them know they made a good independent choice!

If you’d like to learn more about focus games, why not book onto my two day course in January, here’s the link: https://www.facebook.com/112410370951375/posts/274153188110425/?d=n

24/12/2021

Some of our creations looking great in their new home.

22/12/2021

We have been testing some designs, these acrylic lights can be customised to your requirements.

21/12/2021

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20/12/2021

It’s Christmas week!

This can only mean one thing, it’s time for a well deserved break for the festive period.

I’ll be on leave from Friday 24th December to Tuesday 4th January 2022 inclusive.

Thank you for your continued support, I’m looking forward to seeing you all in the New Year 🎄🐾🥂