The Big Dog Boarder

01/01/2024

Happy New Year 🥳🥂

I hope this year is an amazing one for you all 🥰🐾 xx

29/12/2023

This is the difference between a power chewer and a regular chewer 😅 The one stripped within an inch of its life is Ziyka's, the almost fully intact deer leg is Flame's... They have had these, and been chewing on them non stop, for the same amount of time!!

Bailey's is the same as Ziyka's too 🙈 This is why my toys and treats cater to those who should be part of a pride of lions 🤣

These were bought from Northumbria Pets 🎁🐾 xx

25/12/2023

🎄🎁 Merry Christmas Everyone 🥳🐾

Hopefully this will post as Facebook hasn't let me post anything, or reply to messages for the last week or so 🙈 There was a new update for the business page app yesterday, so paws crossed it has fixed my issues I've been having 🤞🏻

I hope everyone has a fantastic few days, spoil yourselves, friends, family and furries 🥰 safely of course 😅 as im sure you all deserve it 💕

I will respond to all messages in the new year (if it will let me by then 🤪) If there's anything urgent, just send me a WhatsApp message.

Santapaws Ziyka and Elf Bailey wish yous a very Merry Christmas 🐾🎉 xx

13/12/2023

The ostrich bones are still going strong 💪🏻 but to mix it up for a bit, I've put them away and swapped them for these... Northumbria Pets can you remind me what these are please? 😅

Whatever they are the dogs love them. Doubt they will last as long as the ostrich bones, but we will soon find out 🤞🏻🐾 xx

🐾 Ziyka the Doberman
🐾 Bailey the Shepweiler
🐾 Gina the Doberman

08/12/2023

A trip to McDonald's... A detour and over £100 later 🤣🙈

Today I called into Northumbria Pets to see their stock, introduce myself and treat the pooches 🥰

We have Ostrich legs, hairy deer legs and a few other bits which I can't remember what they are 🤪

If these don't satisfy the power chewers (aka Ziyka) I don't know what else will lol. Also the derp faces on these two are ridiculous 😂 xx

🐾 Ziyka the Doberman
🐾 Bailey the Shepweiler

07/12/2023

🤞🏻

COMPETITION CLOSED

Thank you to everyone who has entered the competition. Grooms by Emily at My Pet HQ chose our lucky winners Jaime Shore and Emma Jane

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This time of year can be tough for a small business, every like and share we receive can really make the difference!

As a thank you for supporting our business, we have an amazing festive competition.🎅🏻

For a chance to WIN £150 in store spend for you and a friend simply

✅Click on the 3 dots at the TOP of our PAGE below the cover photo
✅Click “INVITE FRIENDS”
✅Click “ALL” and then send.

❗️This part is really important for supporting our business❗️

✅Then just post a photo of your dog or cat and tag the friend you’d like to share the prize with.

We’d love to see a photo of your friends’ pet in the comments section too 🥰

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Competition closes on Monday 18th December at 4pm, Grooms by Emily at My Pet HQ will be choosing the winner shortly after.

T’s & C’s apply

• This is not a cash prize
• You must do all steps for your entry to qualify
• The prize must be claimed in one transaction
• In store only
• No cash alternative
• £150 is the total value of discount given on the day, anything purchased over this amount will be chargeable.
• Both winners will need to be in store to claim the prize, unless agreed in advance by all parties.
• Prize must be claimed before 4pm on the 23rd December 2023.

06/12/2023

Ziyka and Gina are loving the fire the today 🔥🥶 xx

05/12/2023

Never a truer word spoken 🤣🤣🤪🐾 xx

03/12/2023

😍 It's been a long long time since I last seen Ziyka play like this 🥰 Especially with a new dog/pup... Moving here has really changed her in positive ways I never expected, for a dog that always hated the rain, refused to go outside unless beyond desperate for the loo, or it was summer and hot so she could sunbathe, now she's out several times a day and is loving it 💕 It's making me look forward to summer even more than usual xx

🐾 Ziyka the Doberman
🐾 Monty the Flat Coated Retriever

02/12/2023

I never dreamt my Amazon wish list / basket would be full of something other than dog stuff 🤣🤣🙈

I've officially gone bird watching mad 🤪 but even the dogs often sit and watch them 🥰 They are so cute!

What's on everyone else's wish list this year?

Let's share some links below, Santa Paws may help some of us out 🥰🐾 xx

https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/9NC3Z12HQHUA?ref_=wl_share

25/11/2023

Rawhide comes in all shapes and colours now. Please, if your not sure, make sure you check the ingredients before you buy anything! Rawhide is NOT a dog treat, it is evil! Xx

24/11/2023

The garden is finally done for winter. Come spring we will tidy the edges, lay the paving properly etc. But for now we are mud free, and it's safe and fully enclosed for the dogs to play in freely 🥰 I love it already xx

22/11/2023

Yesterday we had our first walk through the woods 😍 Amber (neighbours dog) was our guide 🤣 as we had no clue where to go lol. Thankfully the paths are nice and easy to follow, all beit muddy and slippy at the moment lol. But it will be a beautiful place for us during the summer, especially for the dogs to play in the water 🥰🐾 xx

17/11/2023

Honestly boys 🤣🤦🏻‍♀️ xx

🐾 Bailey the Shepweiler
🐾 Archie the Labrador

16/11/2023

I dare say Archie is making the most of his unexpected holiday 🤣🤣💙 xx

12/11/2023

Sometimes our days just don't go as planned 😅🙈

We are having a few days off from meet and greets, just to relax and heal, but will be back at it at the weekend.

Sometimes, no matter our hopes and good intentions, dogs and their personalities, just like ourselves, can clash 🤷🏻‍♀️ and that's life!

All we do is bandage up and get back on with it all 🤣

We are absolutely fine, maybe a few stitches here and there lol, but no ones fault 🥰 xx

10/11/2023

Today is the start of many meet and greets 🥰

Please drive safe up the track and follow either the postcode of one of the links. As there is another Stable Cottage near by, so we definitely want yous coming to the right house 😅

The image below is what you are coming to. See yous all soon xx

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Stable Cottage - Felton Fence Farm - NE65 9HY

*follow signs to Fishing Lakes*

Pin drop:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/WvCtfS8Bt9xbAinS8?g_st=ic

What 3 words:
///fence.housework.recording
https://w3w.co/fence.housework.recording

05/11/2023

6:30pm on bonfire night, and not a bang or flash near us 🥰 you can faintly hear a few bangs off in the distance when you go outside, but can't hear anything inside 🥳

Video has the tele on pause and the curtains open to show how peaceful it is xx

04/11/2023

Silence is golden 😍

4 dog's that are petrified of the relentless fireworks have joined us for the weekend... So far we haven't seen or heard a single one 🙌🏻

If it is the same tomorrow night, every year spaces will be solely reserved for the dog's who need to get away from them 🎆

Reactions can range from shaking, panting and toileting in the house, to drawing blood trying to get through doors and walls, to seizures 😪 I always hear of dog's who need sedatives, which for one night is ok, but when the fireworks are going on for days, or even weeks, sedatives are aften no longer a safe option.

The silence up here, with the curtains closed just incase, is worth every second of the peace and security for your dog 💝

I have spaces for new years eve, if anyone's dog needs the silence xx

🐾 Ziyka the Doberman
🐾 Bailey the Shepweiler
🐾 Milo the Red Fox Lab
🐾 Flame the Greyhound
🐾 Winston the Cockerpoo
🐾 Darcey the Cockerpoo
🐾 Roxie the Rottweiler

02/11/2023

When the new beds a hit 🤣 barely out the packaging and Flame claimed it straight away, sharply followed by Michael 😂 xx

31/10/2023

If this isn't bad weather doggy bliss, I don't know what is 🤣🥰 Flame absolutely loved being able to have a full stretch out 🐾

I'm sure at one point even her shadow struggled to keep up 🤪xx

28/10/2023

Our new licence number has came through 🥳

Licence number: NAB/287

We can now start booking meet and greets, trial nights and future bookings.

Please bare with me when it comes to me replying to everyone's messages. I am going to have a huge influx wanting to book in. Plus I will be waiting on confirmation of available dates and times... So I will be dealing with one message at a time to avoid double booking ☺️

See yous all soon xx

Availability for meet and greets:

November

Friday 10th: Full
Saturday 11th: Full
Sunday 12th: Full
Saturday 18th: 11am & 3pm
Sunday 19th: Full

27/10/2023

Well I officially feel like we are living in a swamp, not on a farm 😫

I have an appointment booked next week with Artifical Grass North East 🤞🏻 Let's pray they can help us out

I dare say the only thing I miss about the old property, was the ease of the fake grass 🤪

And yes, that's Bailey absolutely caked in mud 🙈🙈 xx

26/10/2023

Bon voyage little Chippy ✈️🐾

Chip's lived with us for a couple of months now, but today is his final day here 💙 From expecting to stay with us for a few weeks, to potentially 4 month 😅 His UK holiday has come to an end.

Chip's originally from Dubai, his family moved back to the UK and brought him over with them, then after a year of horrid British weather they decided to move back to Dubai, and I honestly don't blame them 🤪 When they moved back in August, we were just waiting for a travel date for Chip, but after getting told repeatedly it's too hot for him to travel (despite temperature controlled airports, planes and taxis 🤷🏻‍♀️) his stay extended with us, almost to resident status 🤣

He's a tiny chunk with a HUGE personality, and he will be very much missed 🥰 well, minus the snoring 😂 🙈 Hopefully we will get the odd update, a Chupdate if you will 🤣🤣 But regardless we wish him the best of luck living his life as a Dubai Prince.

It's been a pleasure of ours to have taken care of him, and we are extremely grateful for his owners to entrust us so much in such a long stay 🥰

Bye little Chip, love Auntie Emma, Uncle Michael, Ziyka and Bailey 🐾 xx

21/10/2023

Isn't this just fantastic to watch 😍 It's like the good old days in the paddock, it's just now our back garden instead 💜

We have more long standing customers coming up tomorrow too 🥰 I can't wait to start the meet and greets, just hope the weather is kind to us in November 😅🙈 xx

🐾 Ziyka the Doberman
🐾 Bailey the Shepweiler
🐾 Carrie the German Shepherd
🐾 Luna the Red Fox Lab

20/10/2023

Devestated to hear the gorgeous Brody has crossed Rainbow Bridge 😪But he has become the best mascot for the Flat Coated Retriever breed 🌈

He first came to me back in 2019 and immediately made himself at home 🥰 He was such a happy boy, always smiling and dancing 🤣 He got on fantastic with every dog that came through our doors 🐾

Our hearts go out to Brody's family, he will be deeply missed. Say hello to Myla for us Brody ❤️‍🩹 xx

15/10/2023

Thrilled I caught Bailey's first zoomie up here, and it was outside 🙌🏻🤣

I will be responding to emails and messages later in the week, as we still have so much to unpack, companies to contact and fencing to sort. So as soon as I have a few hours to myself, I will do all Admin work xx

14/10/2023

Morning play in the garden, I'm nasty because I wouldn't let them play out at 6am 🤣 They had to surfice with breakfast at 6:30am instead! So I made them wait until 9am after their breakfast had well and truely settled. Our fencing is almost finished, just the gates to hang, so come next week when boarders arrive it will be finished and perfect 🥰 xx

13/10/2023

First run in one of our new fields 😍 To say this is bliss is a huge understatement 🥰

No collars or leads needed, just straight out the door 🙌🏻

I can't wait until it all has secure fencing up. The garden is currently getting fenced now, then we will move onto the fields 🐾 xx

🐾 Ziyka the Doberman
🐾 Bailey the Shepweiler
🐾 Chip the Frenchie
🐾 Fry the Frenchie

08/10/2023

Sad to say today is Brooke's last day living here 😢 For what was initially meant to be a week or two, ended up a year and a half 🤣 But I wouldn't have had it any other way 🥰

To say she's been a huge help with the dog's is a massive understatement! Most mornings she's been up 6:30/7am and fed your pooches, let them out, cleaned up the accidents, she helped me take them to the paddock, snuggled with them on the sofa and even had a few crash out on her bed 🤣🥰

Brooke has helped me so much with the business, she treat every single one of your furbabies like they were her own, and for that I am forever grateful 💕🐾

I wish her and her partner Jack, and of course Ginger, all the very best for starting their lives together in their new home 🏡

We will definitely miss her 🥹 Love you Brooke xx

P.s. Volunteer early morning feeding position available 🤣🤷🏻‍♀️ xx

07/10/2023

Today was Ginger's last day here and last group photo as a resident boarder 🧡

Ginger definitely didn't want to be a resident boarder 😅 and made it 100% clear at times to most 🤣 But when she did want to join in, she made the very most of it 🥰

It's fair to say out of all the dog's that's passed through the doors here at The Big Dog Boarder, she by far had the biggest attitude and the biggest voice, despite being the smallest 😂

Enjoy your new home little fiesty one 👋🏻🧡 xx

06/10/2023

🏡 We potentially have a moving date 🤞🏻

If all goes to plan we could be moving this Thursday 12th 😁

Once we are in and settled, all our current customers and their dog's will be invited up. This will give the dog's chance to associate me and Michael, Ziyka and Bailey with the new property, before their next stay 🥰

All current customers will have the opportunity to book their dog in for another trial night at the new property too 🐾👍🏻

Then we will be arranging meet and greets and trial nights for November and December 🐶

Exciting times ahead 🥰 xx

05/10/2023

Nothing makes me happier than dog's that are this excited to see me 🥰 Dylan and Darcey greet me like this every single morning, and when I come back in after popping out the house. And in Darcey's case whenever I've been upstairs, or even just out the room for a few minutes 🤣💕 xx

03/10/2023

🙌🏻 It's Pingy Paws time of year again 😍

If your quick you can get your dog's their very own Halloween jumper or dressing gown as displayed below 🎃

And if your dog doesn't have a Christmas outfit already... Why?! 🤪 go go go ready to ho ho ho🎅🏼🤣

And don't forget to get them a fantastic fleece lined winter coat too 🥶

I have a feeling us moving to Morpeth with plenty field space to play in each day, ALL the dog's are going to need a waterproof coat, a gown to dry off in and a fleece jumper to lay cozy warm infront of the open fire in 🥰

Ziyka and Bailey love theirs 🥰 xx

https://www.pingypaws.co.uk/standard-size-coats

30/09/2023

💤 Home from Home 🥰 💤

🐾 Dylan the Doberman
🐾 Darcey the Doberman
🐾 Ziyka the Doberman
🐾 Chip the Frenchie
🐾 Enzo the Border Terrier

24/09/2023

🎶 Aww chippidy chippidy yep yep yep yep, bop bop bop bop, chip chip chip chip 🎶🤣 Me and Brooke sing this to him daily 🙈 we either get stumpy tail wiggles or he runs round the room after us 🤪 xx

23/09/2023

Tonight we have Mia the Fluffweiler (long haired Rottweiler) here for her trial night, isn't she adorable 😍

She is extremely well socialised 🐾 not surprising since she is the main attraction at Rosie's Place Dog Daycare 😉 a daycare run by her mam.

Mia and Bailey have hit it off, immediately becoming the best of play buddies. Ziyka likes to shower her in kisses and has already tried to cuddle up with her on the sofa 🥰 xx

🐾 Bailey the Doberman
🐾 Ziyka the Doberman
🐾 Ginger the Patterdale
🐾 Bailey the Shepweiler
🐾 Mia the Fluffweiler
🐾 Chip the Frenchie

New Era Rotties

15/09/2023

🚫 XL Bully Ban

I have just been informed of the new ban coming into play at the end of the year!!!

I really hope they make it 100% clear on the definitions as what constitutes as an 'XL Bully', as I fear too many pets will fall into the 'bully' category 😪

If anyone ownes one or knows someone who does, PLEASE get a jump on their training, and start the process of getting them assessed‼️ Get them spayed/Neutered asap and start muzzle training now!

I highly recommended Voodoo K9 Academy for training. Please if you have a bully type breed, get them booked in ASAP and use these last few months to get on top of any and ALL behavioural issues whilst you can ❤️‍🩹

This isn't going to be an easy ride, and my heart goes out to any bully owners xx

Edit:

This is a good link:

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=695751312582951&id=100064442664325

14/09/2023

I took Bailey to the vets for a fuss and some treats 🍬 Nothing else done, just a trip to make the vets as positive a place as possible for him 🥰 He is a super healthy 44.5kg, not as heavy as I was expecting mind 😅 as he's a lot of dog lol, but healthy and that's all that matters!

The receptionists as always were fantastic, really going out their way to make him comfortable and happy 💙 Even 2 of the vets gave him a fuss whilst on their dinner break, how wonderful is that 🥰

He had a walk into one of the rooms, through the nurses station and out a different vet room. He was super and no anxiety at all 🐾 This gives me so much confidence for his booster which is due in a few month. If he wasn't comfortable, it would have gave me plenty time to work on him, but he was perfect.

As always I can't thank the staff at Vets4Pets South Shields enough 💞 They have always gone above and beyond for my pets, especially with having large 'status' breed dogs.

I'm absolutely devestated to have to change vets with moving house. As they have been a rock for Myla out passed on Rottie, and Ziyka our Doberman xx

10/09/2023

I feel like I've walked in on a private meeting 🤣🤣 What do you think they have been discussing?? Xx

🐾 Luna the Labrador
🐾 Bailey the Shepweiler
🐾 Archie the Labrador
🐾 Loki the Husky
🐾 Ziyka the Doberman