Happy Paws Home Boarding

16/12/2024

Last doggy appointment of the year… a date with puppy Teddy… he’s grown a bit!!!

16/12/2024

Everybody loves Winnie, and a steady stream of visitors to our house, by those wanting Winnie cuddles, is a common occurrence, but this time she had a gentleman caller in the form of Dudley, a very distinguished cavapoo. As you can see in the first pic, she couldn’t take her eyes off of him 💕

Thanks for a lovely few days Winnie… you give the best cuddles 💕

13/12/2024

Ted’s been back, and as always he was a little bit jittery upon arrival, but we know Ted of old now and know that a good nights sleep, followed by lots of fresh air on a long walk the next morning, means that hunger wins over nerves, so he’ll then eat a good meal and will then settle in for the rest of his stay.

And if he can squash up next to Robin every evening in front of the tv then that’s a bonus in Ted’s eyes.

Well done Ted for trying really hard to be brave… you nailed it.

07/12/2024

It’s been like a ‘last-day-of-school’ games day here today!!!

This wind freaks so many dogs out so, rather than risk that, for our boarder it’s been a day of indoor games and Christmas movies!

04/12/2024

On first glance Milo may look like a fluffy designer handbag dog… he does in fact have his own insta page, and his modelling skills are second to none, but show this boy some mud and you will see a whole different side to him.

Milo adores ‘muddying’ (a new verb invented just for Milo)… no muddy puddle goes unexplored on long country walks! He runs, he splashes and he rolls in the stuff, with what looks like the biggest smile on his face.

Then it’s back home for a warm shower, jumper on, a snack and then a nap before teatime.

01/12/2024

I've spoken to the boys and girls who have boarded with Happy Paws this year and, rather than sending out Christmas cards we have taken a vote and decided to make a little Christmas surprise for you all instead.

There has been lots of hard work going on behind the scenes, and there have been tears and tantrums but we think we have finally nailed it.

So watch this space nearer to Christmas... there is some Christmas magic coming your way.

29/11/2024

Enrichment is key with pups, so after seeing some amazing professional photos of dogs catching treats on fb, I thought I’d give it a go with Teddy… it could’ve gone better 🤣🤣

28/11/2024

Puppy alert! puppy alert!

Well we’ve certainly been kept on our toes this week with 7 month old Teddy, and his antics and he’s also given us lots of laughs.

We try to give him lots of new experiences during his stays with us so that his confidence is building all of the time.

This week he’s paddled in flooded fields, met rabbits at Pets at Home, been growled at (and growled back bravely from behind my legs), and eaten raspberries (very noisily 🤣).

Puppies can be hard work but as long as they are basically kind hearted, like Teddy, then it just takes perseverance to get through the chewy, nippy, stealing stage… it just means you have to be quick on your feet to extract socks, mouthwash bottles, knickers, tea towels, hankies, shoes…. from puppy teeth.

27/11/2024

Guess who’s got a puppy in the house 🤣🤣

24/11/2024

I remember when we used to take our boy Harvey to puppy class, when there was a full
moon, all of the puppies shot around the village hall like mini whirling dervishes… it was chaotic!

In complete contrast, the November super moon seemed to bring Tatty a sense of peace… she would have sat under it all night if I’d have let her.

24/11/2024

Border collies are known to love the outdoors and Tatty, who as you can see is part collie, is no different, choosing to settle down in the garden, in all weathers, rather than be indoors.

However with the arrival of the snow and then Storm Bert, with all of the intelligence of the collie in her, even she caved in and chose a spot to sleep by the fire instead.

24/11/2024

Hold on tight to those small doggies today!

23/11/2024

This came up on my fb memories today… Our boy, henpecked Harvey, and his no nonsense girlfriend, Maggie (who belonged to our good friends) who was the boss… the first dogs to enjoy our woodburner… many dogs have since enjoyed warming themselves in that very same spot, in fact there’s one there right now.

Both Harvey and Maggie crossed the bridge a few years ago now but have left many happy memories just like this one.

18/11/2024

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16/11/2024

A dog sitting night tonight for me so that my sister and her hubby could go out for birthday celebrations.

Lottie, a fire, buttered toast and in Blackpool… that’ll do me. 🕺 💃🏻

16/11/2024

How true is this?!! I’ve had cockapoos follow me across the lounge to the woodburner only for us both then to return to the sofa 🤣

14/11/2024

If Rafi was a human being he would wear a cardigan, a pair of mustard corduroy trousers, Harris tweed slippers, a flat cap and be puffing on a pipe.

He’s such an old fashioned gent in his ways, who only allows his calm persona to drop at mealtimes when, if you listen carefully, he lets out a barely audible excited squeak as you start dishing up.

See you next time gorgeous boy💕

08/11/2024

As promised on bonfire night, meet 5 month old Teddy.

His coat is as soft as feather down, his eyes chocolate brown and shiny, like Teddy bear eyes and teeth like a bread knife being dragged along your fingers 🤣🤣.

No sock, no shoe, no toilet roll (I could go on but I’m sure you get the gist) has been safe this week, but he gives the best cuddles and has had us laughing our heads off, especially when I wake up in the dead of night and he and I both have our heads on the pillow and are nose to nose!

A confident little boy who’s still finding his way in this big wide world so a softly softly approach with no reprimands, just understanding of his puppy ways, and distractions, mean he’s settled in very nicely with us on his first holiday.