Villkens Kennels Ltd and Cattery Ltd

25/06/2024

The temperatures are rising quickly this week 🌡️ ☀️ Our pets are at high risk of heatstroke which can be fatal. Remember 1,2,3...

1. Recognise it
The signs of heatstroke include but are not limited to:
🔴 Heavy panting and difficulty breathing
🔴 Excessively drooling/foaming at the mouth
🔴 The dog appears lethargic, drowsy, confused or uncoordinated
🔴 They have collapsed or are vomiting
🔴 Their gums are bright red or pale
🔴 They are shaking or having a seizure

2. Cool them
🔵 Move them to a shaded area or somewhere cool
🔵 Offer sips of water
🔵 Lay them on top of cool wet towels
🔵 Pour cool water over them or if possible (and for young healthy dogs), immerse their body (not head or face) in cool water
🔵 Create a breeze (ideally with a fan)
⚠️ Once you have started these steps, call for veterinary advice!

3. Transport them
Cooling your pet is the imminent priority as they can continue to warm as they travel to the vet.

To avoid heatstroke, ensure you walk your pets at cooler times of the day, restrict exercise, and provide access to water and shade at all times. Remember to check garages, conservatories and greenhouses for cats who may become trapped in warm places. Finally, small furries who are outside in 'runs' will also need shade created as the sun moves throughout the day.

26/02/2024

My 2 lovely two-year-olds, waiting at the gate this morning for their breakfast ❤️

24/12/2023

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26/09/2023

As your dog retrieves the first...second...third...maybe fifth or sixth ball, his muscles start to tire and soon they reach overload, where they no longer can fully control and support your dog's movements. Now, when your dog does those amazing athletic maneuvers to snag the ball, soft tissues like the cranial cruciate ligament, iliopsoas muscle and tendon, and the muscles and ligaments that support the vertebrae are overstretching. Minor tears are occurring. Now the ball is thrown 10, 12 times or more and ultimately your dog lies down, exhausted.

That period between when your dog's muscles are in overload, and when your dog lies down exhausted, is the injury zone (Figure 1). But remember, with all that adrenaline, your dog doesn't feel the injuries happening, so you have no idea that the tissues are being used beyond their capacity.

When this game is repeated day after day, month after month, the small tissue tears become large ones, and suddenly it becomes evident that your dog is in pain and has an injury. Of course, it hasn't been sudden at all-what seemed sudden is just the final result of repeated stress and strain until the tissues gave way.

Chris Zink DVM
Discovering Your Dog

08/04/2023

Our lovely boarders enjoying playtime’s…

30/10/2022

30/10/2022

Are you changing or throwing out
any of the following….

Wanted please for dog bedding,
Any blankets, sheets, bedspreads, duvet covers, throws, towels, curtains.
Please call/ text 07830 783012

20/07/2022

We would like to thank our staff for starting in the kennels and Cattery over the heatwave at 4 AM each day.
To enable all our dogs boarding with us to have their turnout exercise safely and pens cleaned whilst it was cooler.
So all dogs were safely back in their cool pens with their fans on them by 8 am . The cats and small animals were also kept cool with their fans in the cattery.

27/03/2022

We are looking for somebody to join our team part time, self-employed for approximately five mornings per week will include some weekend days.
Between the hours of 8 am and 12pm.
Preferably have experience of working in Kennels.

Also looking for somebody to do yard duties in the stables Saturday and Sunday mornings 9 am till 1 pm . Experience necessary. Self employed.


31/10/2021

Viewings.
Currently we still do viewings Monday through to Saturday 9 am to 12 pm by appointment only. 

15/09/2021