Dartmoor Dogs Pet Services

02/08/2024

Happy Friday folks 🐾 best picture this week goes to Bertie ❤️ keeping it cool!!

10/07/2024

Calm and cooling off in the brook at the end of our walk 🥰🐾 and there are 4 spaniels 😜

09/07/2024

Today was a 'Dogs in the mist' day ☔🐾

02/07/2024

I don't just walk dogs! Check out this handsome boy I've been visiting twice a day over the weekend, fed, watered, cuddles and litter tray duties 😍🐈‍⬛❤️

30/06/2024

It was all about keeping cool, early walks and water this week 💦🐾

Fact: our dogs take a lot longer than humans, up to 60 days, to acclimatise to an increase in temperature so even if we think it's not 'that' hot, our dogs won't be feeling the same! 🐾

20/05/2024

Quiet morning walks so perfect day to take these 2 to Parke for a splash about in the river 😎💦🐾

17/05/2024

Brand new boots today.... Didn't last long 😂🐾

14/05/2024

Happy 6th birthday to our beautiful Baxter, such a lovely easy going boy loved by all the gang ❤️🐾

27/04/2024

We are all so happy to see a bit of sun and spring underway 🌤️🪻🌿 but not as happy young Ted flying through the woods 😂🐾 have a great weekend!!

23/04/2024

Interesting article about our dogs vision 👁️‍🗨️🐾

https://www.facebook.com/share/ZZE4rRzR5FDNHFDR/

WHAT COLOURS DO DOGS SEE?
Contrary to popular belief, dogs are not colour blind.

A dog’s visual world is certainly not as vibrantly colourful as ours, but they do see a range of yellow, grey and blue shades and have better night and peripheral vision than we do.

Colour is interpreted and discerned by nerve cells in the eyes. The retina has two main types of cells called rods, which detect light levels and motion and cones which differentiate colour.

A human’s eyes have three types of cones which can identify combinations of red, blue, and green.

Dogs have only two types of cones that are only able to discern shades of blue, yellow and grey – this perception of colour is called dichromatic vision.

An ophthalmology professor at the University of Washington discovered that dogs could see blues and yellows but not reds and greens. This information would have been confirmed by anatomical investigation of a dog’s eye.

It would make more sense if manufacturers of dog toys would take a dog’s colour spectrum into account when producing dog toys.

Toys are usually made to visually appeal to people, not dogs.

Shades of yellow, grey or blue are far more appealing to your dog than a bright shade of red or another colour.

22/04/2024

Happy 8th birthday to our gorgeous smiling, rolling, loving Bailey boy 🥰🐾🥳

15/03/2024

We can't believe it.... 2 dry walks today... small wins 🎉😁 the moss is also looking very lush 😂 🐾

01/03/2024

Well that's another week done 😜 have a good weekend folks 🥂

16/02/2024

Guilty 🙋😂Have a good weekend folks 🐾

12/02/2024

A dog walker's delight and a little taste of spring today 🌞🐾 and I got to hang out with some old friends 🥰

24/12/2023

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy New year! Have a wonderful time 🥂

10/11/2023

It's been a gorgeous autumn dog walking week 🧡🍂🐾 have a great weekend all xx

31/08/2023

Well it really has been a proper British summer 🌧️ 😂 we've had a good month though with old friends and new 🐾❤️

04/08/2023

A dip in the leat 😍🐾

04/08/2023

Here are a few photos from the past couple of weeks 🐾 it's been feeling very autumnal out there in the woods 🍄

26/07/2023

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16/06/2023

Glad for a cooler morning and good swim ❤️🐾

15/06/2023

Hanging out with this lovely boy ❤️🐾 nice breeze and in the shade!

15/06/2023

Garden visits and treat treasure hunts in the shade 🐾

12/06/2023

Looking for tadpoles 🐸🐾

12/06/2023

Synchronised swimming spaniel style 😂🏊‍♀️🐾

12/06/2023

Another warm week coming up so we will be staying close to the water and shade 💦

12/06/2023

Staying cool labrador style 😂🐾

01/06/2023

Perfect day for splashing about at the reservoirs 💦🐾