Cwtches Dog Care

24/06/2024

Quick game of chace while waiting for the pool to fill.

24/06/2024

Sundays boarders enjoying the weather 🌞

23/06/2024

Trying to fill the pool with water loving dogs 😆

22/06/2024

Friday and Saturdays boarders and daycare 🐾

19/06/2024

Todays boarders having fun at Motsi's Meadow . Lovely to see Annie getting back to her usual loopy self 💛

19/06/2024

A quick game of "you can't catch me" before field time 🐾

18/06/2024

Mondays gang

18/06/2024

Tuesdays boarders and daycares

18/06/2024

Bonkers 🤣

17/06/2024

Weekend boarders

15/06/2024

𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗜 𝗔𝗟𝗠𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗔𝗡 𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗔 𝗗𝗢𝗚 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗠𝗬 𝗖𝗔𝗥

The dog was being walked on a pavement next to a road....

On a retractable lead

The dog suddenly leapt into the road

Luckily due to my lightning reflexes ⚡ I swerved my car just in time

Thankfully there was no other vehicles coming towards me in the opposite direction. Thankfully as I was able to swerve rather than suddenly brake I avoided the possibility of the car behind colliding with mine

There could have been 1 dead dog, a devastated owner, a traumatized me (and other driver) and two damaged cars. All because someone chose to use a retractable lead next to a road

I'm shaken

The owner got angry with his dog and gave it a big tug with the lead and shouted. I understand the frustration, especially when a dog that usually keeps to the pavement suddenly does the unexpected, but the dog didn't deserve a telling off because the dog was just being a dog

This could have been avoided by clipping the dog onto a short lead

Now I'm not against retractable leads unlike most dog professionals. I do actually think they a few specific and appropriate uses. But we must put safety first and consider others around us

A retractable lead is not the right lead choice while walking along the pavement. If you use the extension of the lead in an open area then you need to carry the retractable lead with you, and attach your dog onto a short lead while you walk to that destination.

PLEASE if you use a retractable lead, you need to do a quick risk assessment. Is the environment an appropriate place to use this lead? What could go wrong? If you are near a road then the answer is no and you could be risking your dog's life

There are people that will be reading this that will think it won't happen to them and that I am being dramatic. Surely nobody thinks it'll happen to their dog? Nobody attaches their dog to a retractable lead, walks near a road and expects their dog to jump into oncoming traffic

I actually know two dogs that lost their lives by being hit by cars due to inappropriate use of a retractable lead. Those people didn't think it would happen to them either.

The truth is this can happen to any dog. Dogs are unpredictable, even he most 'obedient' and well trained dog. The dog I nearly hit today was simply SNIFFING something interesting in the road

No dog is a robot

Dogs get startled

Dogs instincts take over

Don't risk it. Not only is it not fair on your dog to put them at risk like this, it is not fair for road users

14/06/2024

Thursday and Fridays boarders and daycare, dodging the rain.

13/06/2024

Wednesdays daycare and boarders

12/06/2024

Monday and Tuesdays Daycare and boarders 🐾

08/06/2024

Boarders from the last few days. Annie is healing well and the boarders are being very gentle with her 🥰

07/06/2024

07/06/2024

Frank getting to know the other boys 😄

06/06/2024

Harri and Murphy are fast friends 🐾

06/06/2024

🐾Reminder of 2024 holiday closures🐾Cwtches will be closed from August 1st to 11th so we can recharge and have some time together as a family. We will also be closed the first weekend in October so i can take Annie and Joy on a well deserved break to Devon 🏖
Thanks everyone 🐶

04/06/2024

Monday and Tuesdays Daycare and boarders. No more Daycare until next week, only boarders. Annie has had a tumour removed from her thigh and needs complete rest to recover 🥰😴

04/06/2024

Mondays gang at Motsi's Meadow 🐾

02/06/2024

This weekends boarders and daycare 🐾

02/06/2024

The pool took me 10 minutes to fill and Harri 5 minutes to empty 😂

31/05/2024

Thursday and Fridays boarders and daycare 🐾

30/05/2024

Making new friends 🐾

29/05/2024

Wednesdays daycare. We had a lovely hour at Motsi's Meadow then amazon man brought some new toys for garden play ⚾️🦴🏈

28/05/2024

Monday and Tuesdays Daycare and boarders

28/05/2024

Carpet time 😄