The market is unfortunately closing down due to the rain :(
โค๏ธ Pay It Forward Giveaway Winner! โค๏ธ
I don't know why I do these, as I am terrible at winning and want to give every single dog that entered a ยฃ25 hamper because I love them all! However, to paraphrase Tiger King, I would never financially recover from this ๐คฃ(Plus Harry would probably leave me, kill me or both!)
So I've popped all of your names in a name wheel for the winner!
ALL of your dogs are beautiful and deserve to be spoiled, so I've done a special 10% DISCOUNT for all of you that is valid until the end of the month with code PIFW10 (As in, Pay it forward!). On top of that 10%, you'll likely find a little extra treat or chew in there to say thank you as well ๐
With all that said, the winner is Terrianne Morris with Otis the arse ๐คฃ
Congratulations Terrianne! โค๏ธ Please pop us a message with any allergies, preferences, and whether you're local to collect, deliver or post
Thank you to everyone who entered, I was in such a good mood this morning after being gifted a sponsorship place and wanted to pay that forward, and seeing all of your dogs and how much happiness they bring you has made my day even better!
Like I said before, if you're in a position to pay it forward too then please do!
In the meantime, enjoy your 10% off until the end of March with code PIFW10
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Enrichment doesn't need to be expensive!
Whilst I do get irrationally excited over a snazzy enrichment toy, using crap from around the house works just as well.
A short box that some Xmas food got delivered in, wrapping paper that would otherwise have ended up in the bin (any sellotape bits have been removed) and an amalgamation of bits of treats; some Pate, bottom of the bag Sprats, training treat dust, plus a couple of crunchy treats
Mouse is happily snuffling away whilst the big dogs have a big chew on a Hairy lamb ear stick, and I actually get a little tiny bit of peace ๐คฃ
Mouse enjoying a nice little snuffle on his early Christmas present carrot snuffle! ๐ฅ
Mouse rarely actually sniffs when out and about, he's quite worried, so alongside helping him with confidence building, we're giving him lots of outlets to safely sniff where he feels the most confident.
Sniffing is a great way to help calm dogs, and not only that, it tires them out too! The part of the dogs brain that processes scents is 40 times the size of ours, so all of that brain power helps mentally tire them out too; and with a 5 month old puppy alongside our 3 adult dogs, I'll take all the calm moments I can ๐คฃ
Mouse's snuffle mat is packed with crumbled up Sprats from The Snack Pawtal and mini Buffalo Bites from Green & Wilds (which despite being mini, were still too big for him as he's so small, bless him!)
All of these, along with the snuffle carrot (plus snuffle parsnip, and snuffle Christmas pudding) are available on our website, in store or at events.
He's all tuckered out now and is fast asleep curled up next to Willow ๐ฅฐ Mission Accomplished! (cute photo of those two snugging in the comments)
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๐ฅณRAFFLE WINNERS!๐ฅณ
I have tried for the last couple of days to do a live for the Raffle but keep getting errors and I am not a techy person ๐ so a bit of a boring number generator video, sorry!
Our winners are:
๐พ1st place for the big hamper is @lsamaden
๐พ2nd Place for the Calm Dog Games Set is Rachel Holley
๐พ3rd Place for the matching pawtrait bowl and Placemat is @hopper_tibetan_terrier
Congratulations to you 3! Pop me a message if you'll be collecting, or if you need it posted then please send me your addresses.
We'll likely do another raffle just before Christmas, so keep your eyes peeled!
๐ All ready for our HALLOWEEN LAUNCH tomorrow! ๐
Open 9am to 5pm, with free pupcakes to the first 20 customers ๐ง
There's also 10% off everything in store for tomorrow only ๐ฆ
We have some ghoulishly delightful spooky toys as well as bringing back our ยฃ5 treat cone and toy! ๐ป
See you tomorrow! ๐งโโ๏ธ
๐ฅ FLASH SALE ๐ฅ
As it is currently hotter than the surface of the sun, we have a special flash sale!
It's too hot to come out, so order online and we'll come to you ๐
We have 10% off EVERYTHING online with code HEATWAVE10.
This includes all Frozzy dog Ice cream, Lickimats, Freeze & Play Toys, as well as all sale items and everything else.
As always, frozen items are only for Click and Collect or local delivery within 15 miles; everything else can be posted out.
The website is fully up to date, including all new products from Green and Wilds, Cotswold Raw, The Snack Pawtal, JR Pet Products and Dougies.
If you've ordered from us in the past, check your emails for an exclusive extra discount โค
Our normal delivery days are Monday and Friday, however if we need to then we'll deliver during the week as well to help keep your pets cool!
Sale ends Friday 22nd July 2022
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โจ Stock update โจ
The shop is fuller than full now ๐
JR arrived so we're topped up on
๐Braided Lamb
๐Buffalo Skin
๐Beef Tendons
๐ฆBraided Ostrich (its the closest emoji ๐)
๐ทPig Ears
๐ฎBeef Trachea
๐ฎ75cm Beef slices (in store only as they're too big to ship, sorry!)
๐ฎ XL cow ears
๐1kg bags of chicken feet
๐ฐLarge rolled rabbit skins
๐ฎHooves
๐Goat ears (Finally! we've been out of stock for months!!)
๐Fish cubes
The bad news...
๐ซCamel skins are out of stock already! New record I think, we sold out within about 3-4 hours so I'll get some in ASAP!
๐ฎMoon bones are 1/3 gone already and it's not even been a whole day yet ๐
If there's anything else you want an update on stock wise, let me know! ๐
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We are back open today! And we're as excited as Willow is about her braided Lamb treat ๐
We're open 10-1, 2-5. Back to normal hours from now on, and normal delivery and posting times! So it's a delivery evening today, order by 3pm and its free delivery within 15 miles on orders over ยฃ20
I'm also reluctantly taking down the Christmas window display today, I've enjoyed having the Christmas lights up and don't want to take them down ๐ฉ Who's still got their decorations up at home? Fess up!
Just 1 more sleep until we're back open! ๐
I'm so excited to be out of isolation, and get back in to the shop! ๐
We've had a not great last month or so, with losing Pete and then getting covid, so thank you so much for being so patient and understanding when the shop has been closed quite a bit in the last month. It's not been ideal for us being shut either so I can assure you we are happy to be back to being reliably open as normal! ๐
Having said that, just a reminder that Thursday we are just open 9am to 1pm, as it's our first day out of isolation and the girls need a nice big walk and we've got bits we need to get that we couldn't during isolation! So we're open 9am to 1pm Thursday, and then opening early Friday and Saturday 9am to 5pm to try and make up for being closed.
As you can see in the video, there's loads of Christmas things available, hundreds of natural treats and loads more to see! There's no rawhide in our shop, there's nothing I wouldn't personally give to my own dogs and so you know everything is good as the girls are spoiled ๐๐
There's also still time to order online for free local delivery for Friday evening! Order by 3pm Friday and we'll deliver for free on orders over ยฃ20 within a 15 mile radius of the shop. There's also still 10% off online so I'll be shipping out all your orders Thursday as well
As always, thank you again for being so patient with us for the last month. It's all back to normal, we physically can't get any more rubbish luck ๐ and I'm so excited to see you all and all the dogs! ๐ (Mainly the dogs, sorry ๐)
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What else better to do than chuck your tripe stick up in the air!
@walter.the.setter definitely has that Friday feeling! โค๏ธ
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๐ Raffle Winner! ๐
With a little help from Kiara, the raffle has been drawn!
The winner is Gwawr 'Dawn' Parker ! Congratulations ๐
Pop us a message to let us know what size bandana you'll need as well please ๐
There were 225 tickets, with 5 on a strip means we sold 45 strips so we raised ยฃ45 for Hope Rescue ! Whilst it's not quite the ยฃ69 I was hoping for to make their total a round ยฃ4300 raised at the dog show, ยฃ45 is still really good for a little raffle, so thank you everyone who entered! ๐
I'll post in the comments the screenshot of the payment to Hope Rescue (It's ยฃ45.90 as the 90p is to cover the card processing fees on their website so that they get the full ยฃ45)
I know that the raffle tickets are folded with the numbers facing out, but the back of them has names written on so I'm more likely to recognise a name than half of a folded number so didn't want to spot anything when randomly selecting a number!
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Little fun fact of the day!
The paw print stamp we put on each of the handwritten Thank You cards that go out with every order, is actually Pete's paw print!
It's not just a random paw print, we had a stamp made up taken from a print of his paw ๐
Cheeky Little Prints and Gifts - Silver Paw Print Jewellery make lots of amazing stuff, including these paw stamps.
They send you a kit, you do an inkless paw print and send it back and they tidy it up and scale it down and make a stamp
So each order does genuinely have a little stamp of Pete's paw from his approval (obviously Pete would rather no treats got sold so he'd be able to eat them all and fill his fat little belly, but that's why Pete isn't in charge of the business ๐)
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I know this just seems like 30 seconds of me feeding Willow training treats and Pate, but what it actually is, is a 30 second video of a huge change for us! ๐
What you can't see in the video, is that there are 6 other dogs in the field. Yup, reactive dog Willow is lying down, being calm (calm for Willow anyway!) whilst there are 6 other dogs about! ๐ฑ
We had a session last night with our amazing behaviourist Kahla at Valleys Dog Behaviour And Training with a group of other reactive dogs that was perfectly managed for each individual dogs needs
Last night was the first time in years and years that Willow has just led down and just chilled a bit, whilst outside. Let alone the fact that there were 6 other dogs around!
Super super proud of her, she smashed it like she always does, and just further makes me realise that I'm just an anxious mess with the dogs and they're not as bad as I think ๐
If anyone is in need of a behaviourist, especially if you have a reactive dog, I cannot stress enough how much you need to see Kahla!
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Bear popped in today for some raw food and enjoyed a nice little rub along a tripe stick whilst he was in as well ๐
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