Release the Dogs

23/10/2025

Hello! 👋
A couple of our customers have recently mentioned a very local charity to us called Animals in distress. Coincidentally, we then saw a Facebook post shared by another of our customers, from the charity saying how times were desperate and they are really struggling financially- they can’t pay the vet bills and from the sound of it times are really very hard.

They have all sorts of animals in their care - dogs, cats, hamsters, donkeys etc so are really doing a truly wonderful thing for all animals.

Today, I took two bags of dog food to them from the food bank box - whilst there I heard someone speaking to a dog whilst cleaning him out - he spoke to the dog so sweetly. Times may be hard but that dog knew love in that moment.
I also spoke to Siobhan who explained how much they need help right now - financially and by food donations.

So I thought that over the next few weeks we will dedicate our food box to this charity - so if you have any spare UNopened animal food (wet and biscuits), cat litter, small pet bedding/food, poo bags etc, please consider dropping it with us in the box (or even taking it straight to the charity - it’s literally up the road!) and we will get it to them asap. (They don’t need cages or such - just the everyday things that continually cost money).

We’ve made a financial donation to them but they really do need more. So if you can’t help with food donations maybe you could donate something from their Amazon list or some money straight to them. I’ll post their website below which will have donation details on.

We have noticed since coming here, that the people of Irlam and surrounding areas really are animal lovers and this charity is one of our own and in such dire straights that we hope we can pull together and help where we can.

Animals in Distress is an animal Charity in Greater Manchester area who help alleviate the suffering of sick and injured animals. Contact us for help.

22/10/2025

Traffic problems reported around Eccles this morning so please check your sat nav’s and allow plenty of time to arrive for your session!

20/10/2025

4pm on Bolt field has just become available if you can make it in time!
Please book on the website. 🐶

19/10/2025

A few sessions have become available tonight if you don’t mind a tiny bit of rain! ☔️
Please book on the website and remember to take your torch.

08/10/2025

A couple of early morning sessions have become available for Thursday 9th Oct if you and the dog/s fancy a run before work. Remember it’ll be dark (ish) at that time so torches will be needed!
Please book via the website. 🐶

06/10/2025

We’ve had a frustrating morning with the amount of poo left on the fields since our visit yesterday afternoon when they were cleaned. As you know we go on about it ALOT because we try so hard to keep it nice, we give out free poo bags and put up signs and we’ve even had to ban a serial offender who we managed to pin down using the diary and confronting them. Which is so out of our comfort zone we really don’t want to do it again! But if we keep seeing the same names on the diary after finding really obvious poo we will for the sake of the rest of the customers as well as our business reputation.

On the whole our customers are amazing. Thank you so much we really do appreciate it. We know a lot of you pick up not only after your own dog/s but other poo too and whilst we understand the odd poo can get missed we do expect you to be responsible for your dog and keep an eye on it.

Please please please pick up your dog’s poo on our dog fields. It’s part of the T&Cs and we don’t think it’s too much to ask. 🙏

05/10/2025

There are roadworks at Barley Farm so give yourself extra time to get to the fields today if you’re coming from that direction. 🚗 🚙 🚗

01/10/2025

1st Oct! Winters coming! (Although to my menopausal body it’s boiling! You’ll see me hopping around the field in the January snow in a t shirt and I’ll be sweating! 🤣)

There’s also an 11 o clock slot come available on Scooby field if you fancy a last minute visit!
Go go go!!!

Edit- it’s gone! Thank you!

30/09/2025

We’ve finished all of the jobs at the fields so we’ve just released some sessions we won’t be needing on Bolt and Muttley this afternoon.
Please book via the website.
The fields look beautiful after what might be the final cut of the year so please help keep them looking good by picking up your poo and putting it in the poo bin, keep dog digging and branch swinging to a minimum and put your litter and fag ends in the general bin.
Thanks everyone! X

20/09/2025

It’s the season to play the game of ‘is it a poo or a leaf?’
We do poo patrol at least once a day but it can be difficult to find so we really appreciate your help with it. Please pick up your own dogs poo but even better if you see another one and you aren’t squeamish about it pick that one up too!
You never know it might just be a leaf. 🍁 Or a poo 💩

16/09/2025

Quite a few afternoon sessions have become available today. You might get the rain but you might also get the rainbow! 🌈
Please book on the website.

Photo courtesy of Beth Lauren who seems to have become our official photographer over the years. Thanks Beth!