Dixies Dog Grooming

11/08/2024

🏖️⛱️☀️🌊Taking a break
back the 18th Aug 🌊☀️⛱️

04/08/2024

This is so helpful to observe especially with dogs around children

04/08/2024

Feeling the summer vibes ☀️😎🐾🩷

02/08/2024

MAKEOVERS!!!!
When your dog is this beautiful then it’s a must!
Ziggy is a stunning cavapoo newbie he was so good 🥰
Ivy also a newbie , achieving a breed standard face, just need those awesome brows to grow 😍😍

27/07/2024

Through the week beauties
My scissors have had a good workout this week! ✂️🩷🐾

25/07/2024

Highly recommend Donna xx

21/07/2024

We have tick twisters in stock !! £4 the pack contains a small and large twister

****Info post*****
It’s that time of year again where ticks are out in force!
Being out in the countryside I am having to remove a few of these beasts off dogs.

It’s highly advised (although not compulsory)
That you get a tick preventative from your vet.

Did you know:-
🕷️Ticks start out looking like baby spiders.
🕷️Small ticks are actually 5 years old and can live a very long life.
🕷️There are several species of tick and tend to be host specific, I.e sheep ticks, deer ticks, however they will happily latch on to other species….including humans.
🕷️We are now starting to see European ticks in our country

And the biggest concern of all… ticks carry Lymes disease and can be passed on to human and dog …
A recent study that took place highlighted areas across the country showing ticks carrying the disease…and Cornwall is now highlighted.

So definitely worth treating for!

Simple, inexpensive gadgets (as pictured) can be used to help twist the tick off your dog…
🚫 Do not use tweezers - you will likely leave the mouth part of the tick buried into your dogs skin, which in turn will cause a nasty abscess
🚫Do not burn or try to freeze with deodorant (as the above mentioned will be likely)

Your Vet can give you information on the best product available.

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/lyme-disease/

19/07/2024

17/07/2024

Ernie’s first big boy groom 🥰🥰🥰
He was an absolute Angel for his first go well done Ernie 🩷🐾

17/07/2024

Some of last weeks gang 🩷🐾

14/07/2024

URGENT APPEAL FOR COLONEL AND RUFUS

These two lovely liver brothers are desperately in need of a new home or foster. They are currently located in Cornwall but can be moved.

The boys have always been together so we do not want to separate them. They are nice natured, have lived with other dogs and children. They are 6 years old. In recent times they had had no exercise so would like to go somewhere where they would get regular walks.

If you can help please call our adoption coordinator on 07976 360468 or if you are already approved to adopt or foster then call our main coordinator on 07905 495084.

Please ask around anyone who is looking for a delightful Dalmatian pet and has previous breed experience. These boys deserve a loving home.

12/07/2024

😁 my childhood dogs were schnauzers so I am so happy to be grooming these gorgeous girls 🩷🩷

12/07/2024

How cool is this ?!! 😎👌

11/07/2024

🎉🎉2 to go then 1,000 followers!!! 🎉🎉

11/07/2024

How lovely is the flowery background 🩷🐾

10/07/2024

🐾🐾🐾🐾GRASS SEEDS!! 🐾🐾🐾🐾

Just managed to remove this seed with tweezers
👀👀Check feet between toes especially

Regular grooming is not just for coat maintenance! 🩷

07/07/2024

You almost get another dog out of these guys 🤣 deshedding really does work!

05/07/2024

Some absolute smashers in this week
So nice to have a variety of breeds in

🐾Buddy Yorkshire Terrier
🩷Willow west highland terrier
🐾Teddy Lakeland terrier
🩷Coco miniature poodle

30/06/2024

Summer may not be here but these guys are looking ready ☀️🕶️🐾
Lovely to see Trev back after being poorly stay well gorgeous boy xx

26/06/2024

Is it true that if we use cold water on heat stroke pets they will go into shock?

One of the most common things we still hear is that we can only use tepid water on a pet with heat stroke, incase they get some complications like hypothermic overshoot, peripheral vasoconstriction hindering a cooling response, and cardiogenic shock...

We have heard not to use cold water in case it causes shock... this rarely happens!

But guess what? In a recent study over 26% of dogs presented with heat stroke died, with flat faced breeds making up nearly half of heat stroke cases seen in the study.

You should:

💧Get someone to call the local veterinary practice and tell them you're going to travel down with a heat stroke patient
💧Pour, hose or if possible immerse the pet in very cold water (this should obviously be done under constant supervision, ensuring the head is fully above water and immersion should not be attempted if the animal is too large, or you are unable to do so without hurting yourself)
💧NB: If using a hose pipe, make sure it has run through until cold, as they can often contain water that is extremely hot in the tubing initially
💧Do not drape in towels and leave them in situ. Keep the cold water flowing.
💧Move to a cool, shaded area
💧Prepare to transport to vets in a cold, air conditioned car

In studies they found that:

🌅International consensus from sports medicine organisations supports treating EHS with early rapid cooling by immersing the casualty in cold water.
🌅Ice-water immersion has been shown to be highly effective in exertional heat stroke, with a zero fatality rate in large case series of younger, fit patients.
🌅Hyperthermic individuals were cooled twice as fast by Cold Water Immersion as by passive recovery.
🌅No complications occurred during the treatment of three older patients with severe heat stroke were treated with cold‐water immersion.
🌅Cold water immersion (CWI) is the preferred cooling modality in EHS guidelines and the optimal method applicable to UK Service Personnel
🌅Studies suggest using either ice-water or cold-water immersion

The best intervention is PREVENTION, but if you find yourself with an animal with heat stroke, using cold water either by pouring, hosing or ideally (if safe) immersion then this may help reduce their temperature to safe levels while you transport to a veterinary practice.

Read more below:

https://www.vetvoices.co.uk/post/cool-icy-cold-or-tepid

22/06/2024

21/06/2024

Fluffies 🩷🩷🩷

21/06/2024

Welsh terrier Aggie make over 🥰

20/06/2024

If carlsberg did doggie makeovers ….

13/06/2024

Bit behind with pictures
Here are some of our beauties ❤️

03/06/2024

The cutest ice lolly ever 🥰🥰

02/06/2024