The Dog Cabin

29/01/2025

Girl’s gotta love a spa day right? Hair, nails and facial = happy doggo 😍🐾

18/01/2025

Let’s all make a difference…

£10

Anyone of my age will recall when £10 used to buy you quite a lot. I could buy a round of drinks for friends and still have change (and in those days I did have quite a few friends 🎻). Nowadays, you’d get one drink and six straws for £10!

Unfortunately, rising prices and the cost of living crisis means we don’t get as much for our money today. We all have to make careful decisions about how we spend our disposable income.

The cost of a basic basket of food and household products is considerably more than it was a couple of years ago. Likewise………rents, mortgages, utility bills, insurances, motoring costs……they have all gone up and up.

After paying for all those things, we are left with a bit of money to buy “the nice things in life”, the special treats, a visit to a restaurant, gym membership, hobbies, cinema, theatre, clothing and the garden centre. These things might not be essentials but they are things which we like to have. But the amount of money left in our pockets has shrunk considerably, meaning that we often have to make sacrifices and not have as many of those extras that we often take for granted.

Unfortunately, those financial pressures are having a cumulative impact on many businesses. For small, independent businesses in particular, it could be a very challenging year ahead.

So…..what can we do?

Shut our eyes, hold our breath and cling on for a bumpy, white-knuckle rollercoaster ride?

OR…….

……we can all make a little more effort to support those local independent businesses. Make a conscious decision to spend £10 LESS each week with the monster supermarkets or faceless online giants. Instead, spend that £10 MORE each week with your local independent shops, farmers markets, growers, crafters, gift shops, pubs, cafes and garden centres.

And the added benefit of using those independent businesses? You will find that:

* the meat, bread, fish, fruit and vegetables tastes better
* you get a much better, friendlier service
* you get better advice from people who are knowledgeable and passionate about their businesses

And, who knows……….that £10 a week could grow to become £20, £30 or more once you realise the benefits.

LET’S ALL MAKE A DIFFERENCE

17/01/2025

Fresh! 😍🐾

07/01/2025

Happy New Year! After a very busy 2024 and suffering burn-out and health issues, this is how we’ve been spending much of our time over the last couple weeks! We are keen to reopen next week and very much looking forward to seeing all our furry friends. Thank you to all my lovely customers for their continued understanding whilst I’ve been juggling my own appointments with theirs. I’ll be very much looking forward to getting back to business 😊

21/12/2024

It’s a wrap guys! Thank you to all my lovely customers for bringing your awesome doggo’s to the cabin this year. It’s been great to welcome new customers in the new salon and so lovely to continue to see familiar faces that I’ve come to consider friends (both hoomans and doggo’s!). I’m taking a well earned break over the festive period so I wish you all a very Happy Christmas and hope that the New year brings health, happiness and love 💕

13/12/2024

💙🐾🐶🎄

12/12/2024

Pea soup anyone?!

10/12/2024

Santa ready 🎄 😇

09/12/2024

🐾💙🐶

29/11/2024

🐾💙🐶

28/11/2024

Happy dude!!

27/11/2024

Third puppy groom for this sweetheart today. Light trim all over and she was such a good girl!

20/11/2024

Someone’s ready for the cold! 🐶❄️

20/11/2024

❄️🐾🐶

20/11/2024

💛 Anxious Dogs-We Love You!💛

We mean no harm,we’re not that scary

We’re not nasty or bad dogs. Please don’t judge us. We’re just a little scared and unsure at times. This comes from our past history.

A yellow harness,lead or jacket doesn’t mean we’re aggressive or going to bite — yellow just means ‘warning’

If we are nervous, being up close can feel too much and cause our brains to go into overdrive with stimulation. Our body language will give you signals.

If my dog walker asks you politely to call your off lead dog back, it’s not because they think your dog is naughty or unfriendly. In an ideal world we’d love to say hi to you. We just like different things, and they’re just trying to help me feel safe and keep me calm.

So next time you see an anxious dog wearing yellow, could you do one little favour for us?

Just give us a little extra space to move around you. This would mean so much to us.

14/11/2024

Puppy!

31/10/2024

30/10/2024

Spooky shinanigans! 👻