Llantwit Fardre Dog Walking

08/07/2024

14/06/2024

Quiet please 🤫 the little man sleeping….😊🐶🐕‍🦺🥾🐾🍂❤️it

12/06/2024

This little man chilling this afternoon…..🐕‍🦺🐶😊❤️it

10/06/2024

I think it’s time for an afternoon nap….🤫🐶😊🐾😊🐕‍🦺❤️it

29/05/2024

Look👀who is back for a cheeky sleepover 💤with Alfie….🐶❤️🐕‍🦺❤️🐾❤️it

04/05/2024

Chase me Steven …. If you want your stinky sock back…..🐶🐕‍🦺😂🧦💙it

04/05/2024

Someone is having sausages…..🫘💙🫘💙🫘💙it

02/05/2024

No problem with this lovely boy …. sleeping…..eating or playing while on his holiday….🐶🐾🐕‍🦺❤️it

01/05/2024

A pair of bookends ….😴💤😴💤afternoon nap….🐕‍🦺🐾🐶❤️it

30/04/2024

This handsome boy taking an afternoon nap….💤 😴💤😴❤️it

25/04/2024

This bed is big enough for the two of us Alfie…..move over it’s been a busy day playing up the woods …..🐶🐾🐕‍🦺🐶🐾🐕‍🦺😊

24/04/2024

This little lady on a cheeky few nights stay with Alfie…..🐕‍🦺🐾🐶🍂🥾🪵❤️it

28/03/2024

Wishing you all
a happy Easter
🐣🐰🐥🐑🐇
See you on Tuesday

20/03/2024

Pippa on her early evening stroll…..🐕‍🦺🌿🥾🐶🍂😊🪵🍄🍁❤️it

23/02/2024

The Friday crew……🐶🐕‍🦺🐾🐶🐕‍🦺🐾❤️it

17/02/2024

Engine fault has been resolved on van ….
All walks will resume to normal on Monday….😃

29/01/2024

A PHOTO SAYS A THOUSAND WORDS

This photo is both joyous and heartbreaking at the same time. Joyous, as we were able to rehome Bambi today with less than 48 hours before the self-exemption window closes. At this moment in time she clearly does not meet the standard for an XL Bully, but was adopted and then exempted as a precaution as she may fit the standard once fully grown (please note we took relevant advice). But heartbreaking, she starts her new life under the restrictions required by exemption despite being such a young puppy and never putting a paw wrong.

Her new big brother is Whittaker, another Hope Rescue adopted dog who despite not being an XL Bully (he was born in our care to a beautiful Staffie mum), was also sensibly exempted by his wonderful owners as a precaution as he met a substantial number of the prescribed characteristics. We are so grateful to them for opening their heart and home to Bambi, and also to her foster family for working on her muzzle training.

Be happy Bambi. We're so pleased you will be able to live out your life despite the restrictions, a life that will now tragically be denied to any other XL Bully types coming into our care 💔

25/01/2024

Team rascals……🪵🌿🍂🐶🍄😊❤️it

23/01/2024

Lunchtime shenanigans with these two lovelies…..🐶🍄🐾🍂🌿🪵🍁🌳❤️it

21/01/2024

Alfie’s Sunday morning jolly……🌿🐶🐾🪵🍂🤗❤️it

19/01/2024

The Friday gang…..on a beautiful winters day……🐾🐶🌳🍂🍄🪵🍁😊❤️it

18/01/2024

Lunchtime shenanigans with these three lovelies…..🪵🍁🐶🍄🐾🌳🍂🌿😊❤️it

18/01/2024

Mid morning shenanigans with the little rascals……🐾🐶😊🌿🍂🍄🪵🌳🍁❤️it

17/01/2024

Today’s shenanigans with these lovelies…..🪵🐾🐶🍁🌳🍂🍄🌿😊❤️it

01/01/2024

Llantwit Fardre Dog Walking is excited to announce that we will be offering doggy day care, along with our usual walks in 2024.

I’m fully insured and have a RCT boarding license ending December 2024.

Ts & Cs:
-All dogs must have an up to date vaccination card to include kennel cough.
-All dogs must be up to date with flea and worming treatment.
-Pups under six months old can not be accommodated.
-Only spayed /neutered dogs will be considered.
-Day care drop-off will be between 7:30 and 9:00.
Pick-up will be between 16:00 and 18:00. Times outside of these will incur additional charges.

Please don’t hesitate to contact me to discuss your requirements if interested.

Regards Charlene

30/12/2023

How embarrassing is your dog?

I’m here to make you feel better in the face of social media perfection. I have five dogs who have all mortally embarrassed me at least once.

Trevor: I did a behaviour consultation from my home years ago. I invited clients into the house to sit down and chat and shut my dogs in the kitchen. Feeling very smug about how quiet and well behaved they had been I went into the kitchen and discovered my tiny 14kg staffie had jumped onto the kitchen counter, eaten a whole bag of dry rice and done a s**t on the hob. The back door was open. The hob is about 6ft from the back door.

Elsie: as a puppy she got sick in a friends car while she was on my lap, so to avoid her vomiting in the car or on me I had to hold her head out of the window and she spewed so violently it splattered onto the windscreen of the car behind us.

Peaches: a week after I adopted her she escaped the front door and I had to chase her around my estate. An errant foxhound with no recall whatsoever having a jolly old time. I only caught her when she stopped to have a dump on someone’s front lawn and I rugby tackled her.

Aalto: Cornwall agility show. On the start line he pi**ed into my shoe, eliminating us before we had even crossed the first jump. He also did a poo on my trainers seesaw. He also had a ‘coming of age’ moment after hu***ng my arm in the middle of an online scentwork class during lockdown that required cleaning up with many paper towels.

Bendy: launched herself off a 20ft wall into the sea in Cardiff bay while I was on a first date. This poor man had to help me scale said wall and scoop out a wild and feral Labrador out of the sea. She didn’t want to be scooped she wanted to be at one with the dolphins.

Sometimes we see dog trainers post the many amazing things their dogs can do. But let’s be real, dogs are dogs and sometimes they do really stupid and silly things. I love my dogs errors and poor life choices. They remind me every day that perfection doesn’t exist.

So tell me YOUR dogs most embarrassing story!

29/12/2023

This is Mia. She was born deaf 7 years ago and was sold with a chip that identifies her as an American Bulldog. She is a gentle and kind dog whose owner lost her home and we took her on. Mia has gone through multiple surgeries for mammary tumours and she was lucky enough to go to a foster home.

Our government deems her to be a dangerous dog because of her height and the shape of head they say she is an XL bully. To save her life she had to be adopted and her fosterer agreed to do this and of course we will sponsor her and cover insurance, registration and vets bills forever. Although Mia is the kindest and most gentle girl she now has to wear a muzzle in public too.

My questions to all of you reading this are:

1. So far I have not met one vet who agrees with this law. So as they are governed by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons should the RCVS not listen to their people and represent the vets and tell their vets it’s against their ethics to put healthy dogs to sleep so all vets can literally refuse to do this?

2. If the Government chooses to make rash decisions and show their ignorance, should we all just be like sheep and blindly obey. Or should we get rid of that Government? Remember they also make decisions about your health and your children’s future as well as your money and beloved dogs too.

3. If you have not thought out of the box and done something like write a letter, do a post on social media or talked to your MP about this - why not? Right now, it’s a ban for so called XL bullies but when the human offenders can’t have those they will simply choose another breed!

4. Laws whether passed or not can be changed with votes (like Brexit was). Come on let’s not allow the Government to act without thinking. Lives will be lost people made homeless (as councils now won’t allow so called XL bullies in their houses) and will it stop attacks? No - it’s been proven by other countries that is not the way to tackle the problem.

My last thought. If we are going to judge a book by its cover so to speak, we surely should judge the government in the same light!!!!
If you love dogs please think and act. It’s never too late.

Sylvia Van Atta
CEO
Many Tears Animal Rescue

29/12/2023

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A dog has been seized because the owner applied for exemption but thought the muzzle and lead conditions started on January 1st.

If you have received an exemption certificate you must comply with all the conditions immediately.

29/12/2023

Alfie and Pippa on their Christmas jollies……🐾🐶🪵🥳🍄🎄🍁🍂❤️it