Happy Pants Dog Walking & Pet Services

21/07/2024

🚫 Water Warning! 🚫

Unfortunately, especially at this time of the year, the hot weather may make deep water extra tempting for dogs to take a dip in.

However there are a number of breeds that CAN’T SWIM which many people are unaware of.

• French Bulldogs
• English Bulldogs
• Pocket Bully's
• Pugs
• Dachshunds
• Boxers
• Shih Tzu's
• Basset Hounds
• Corgi's
• Maltese

These are just some of the breeds that can't swim / are poor swimmers and sink very quickly in water, meaning even with best efforts it is often impossible to save them.

Please don't take the risk. Please keep breeds that can't swim on a lead near water. At least then you have a chance of saving them should the worst happen.

Please share to raise awareness and help save some lives with summer.

**N.B. Sanctuary dog Arlo was not in deep water shown here, was in fact stood up and was at no time at risk**

07/05/2024

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⭐️ a date for your diary! ⭐️

Sunday 12th May, The Ranch will be attending Pooches' Promise fundraiser dog event organised by the fantastic Paw Prints Groomers!

12-4pm at Castle Way, West Malling, ME19 5HW.

We’ll have meet The Ranch Residents, a raffle, children’s games and prizes, official charity merchandise to buy and the chance to sign up to become a sanctuary volunteer! Be sure to come and say hi!

Come help raise funds for the Romanian rescue dogs and The Ranch animals!

⭐️ See you there! ⭐️

🏰 🎈🍦🐶💙🍾🐾🍰 🧁 🍭 🍿 🍔 🥳

04/02/2024

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08/01/2024

She SO deserves a home…. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

02/01/2024

Don’t blame the breed,
Blame the owner.

18/12/2023

A house is not a home without a dog.. 💙🐾

If someone said my house smells like dog…

I’d asked them:
Do you know what a dog smells like?

A dog smells like:
Gratitude,
Loyalty,
Nobility,
Pure and Unconditional Love,
and despite all they have suffered they don't smell a grudge....

So...
I feel blessed
If my house smells like dog! 🐾

12/09/2023

Please sign and share kitty lovers! 💜🐾

Help unwanted, feral and abandoned kittens like Whizzy by supporting the mandatory pet cat neutering campaign!

Rescues are bursting at the seams trying to help kittens from unwanted / accidental cat pregnancies and something needs to be done.

✏️Please take two minutes to SIGN the petition here:

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/643251

💙 thank you so much!

Please share far and wide!

04/09/2023

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🐾❤️ PLEASE SHARE THIS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE ❤️🐾

Still waiting on a few stall holders so more to be added to poster soon😁

I have made an event on Facebook too so please let me know if your able to make it 😘

13/07/2023

🌟 TOP TIP! 🌟

Great idea to keep you pets foot bandaged:

14/02/2023

Happy valentines! 😍

❤️ Happy Valentines! ❤️

04/11/2022

Tonight and tomorrow… 💥❤️🐾

You know who you are and you're not on your own!

03/11/2022

🌟 back by popular demand! 🌟

🎆 THE 2022 FIREWORK APPEAL! 🎆

💛 You can make a big difference this Bonfire Night, not just a big noise…

💥 Every year thousands of animals, pets, wildlife and humans have to endure the suffering that fireworks bring every Autimn / Winter.

💥 Why not make a real difference this year by donating to feed the rescued animals instead of buying fireworks?

£10 will buy:
✅ 2 sacks of corn for the chickens or
✅ 48 sachets of cat food for the kitties or
✅ 2 bales of hay for the goats, cows and sheep or
✅ A whole load of fresh veggies for the Guinea pigs!

🌟 If you donate you’ll receive a personalised certificate to say you saved lives this year, something that is guaranteed to last longer than a few “Ooohs” and “Aaahs” over a big bang that goes up in a cloud of smoke..

🌟 You can donate below via Facebook or

by PayPal: [email protected]

or direct to the charity’s bank account:
The Happy pants ranch (Lloyds)
30 98 97
40133168

Please use ref: “fireworks” and message the page with a screenshot of your donation and what name you’d like on your certificate.

Thank you so much.. 💕

Please share… 💛

24/10/2022

Calling all cat lovers / slaves! 😻😻😻😻

Please share! ❤️🐾

🐾 CAT LOVERS HAMPER CHARITY RAFFLE! 🐾

WIN over £50 worth of feline goodies including cat toys, Whiskas UK treats, Webbox Pet Food laser pen, Catit cat nip spray and collar plus goodies for the hooman cat slave too including cat towel, plate, book, mug and Astonish pet cleaning products!

This beautiful hamper was put together by one of our amazing volunteers and ALL money raised will go to the rescue cats at The Ranch as we need funding for cat food and litter!

Minimum donation £2 a strip of 5 tickets!

To enter and have a chance at winning send your donation to:

The Happy pants ranch
30 98 97
40133168

Or via PayPal: [email protected] (but PLEASE remember to choose option “family / gift” otherwise the charity will not receive your full donation!)

Please use ref: “hamper!”

Please message the page with a screenshot confirming your donation and we will send your numbers to you!

The winner can collect the hamper direct from the sanctuary in Bobbing, Sittingbourne or delivery can be arranged but the winner must cover the p&p costs.

Thank you everyone! 🖤

PLEASE SHARE amongst your kitty loving furrriends! 🐾

21/06/2022

Love this story 🤎🐾

💛 Happy from this stunning boy!

Cane was dumped at just a few weeks old in December with his sister in a cardboard box without a blanket or towel - not even a sheet of newspaper.

He was riddled with fleas, very malnourished, smelly, shivering and scared.

Fast forward 6 months and with love and care at the sanctuary he’s grown into the most beautiful, strong and healthy boy you could imagine.

Gone is the tiny, skinny puppy with weepy eyes and sticky out ribs, and now he’s a rather large fine fellow of a dog with the most loving - and cheeky - personality.

And that’s what we call The Ranch Magic. ✨

02/06/2022

Please donate if you can 🖤

🖤 This is a £1 Wednesday special appeal to help save this little girls life!

Just a £1 donation could help pay towards her emergency cesarean and £1184.77 medical treatment bill (itemised bill in comments.)

This sweet pregnant girl came in as a stray and gave birth to two kittens. However all was not as it should be when an hour after birthing the second kitten, both umbilical cords were still attached inside the mum and had to be severed by hand. Then it was a waiting game to see if she would pass the placenta and give birth to more kittens…

Unfortunately this did not happen and there were two obvious lumps in her tummy. The birthed kittens were well and feeding as normal but mum started to loose her appetite and go down hill, so we knew something was wrong..

She was rushed to Bobbing Hill Veterinary Surgery where she received immediate attention. An ultrasound confirmed two kittens inside her so an oxytocin injection was administered to try start the contractions..

Unfortunately this had no effect on her and the only option is an emergency Caesarian to remove the kittens and stop the infection.

She underwent the operation and sadly two still birth babies were removed from her uterus. But she’s now at home recovering well and her two kittens are thriving. Thank you Tim and Laura at Bobbing Hill vets for taking such good care of her.

Funding is at an all time low at the moment, so please, if you can, spare just £1 towards the treatment that saved her life.. if it were not for this sanctuary she would have certainly died.

Thank you so much - receiving no grants or government funding and being solely reliant on public donations the charity could not continue saving these furry and feathered lives, so your donations literally means THE WORLD to these animals.

You can donate via Facebook on the link below,

Or by PayPal: PayPal.me/happypants

Or direct to the charity’s bank account:
The Happy pants ranch
30 98 97
40133168

With reference: “stray.”

Or you can call the vets direct to make a donation towards the bill on: 01795 500707 (please just message me through the page to let me know you’ve done this.)

Again thank you so so much.

🖤

04/05/2022

**Local dog walkers beware!**

My friends dog was just bitten by an adder whilst walking today in the fields by Riverside / Motney Hill (Gillingham / Rainham, Kent) Luckily she saw it happen and was able to rush her dog to the vets as he deteriorated very quickly.

If this happens to your dog get it to a vets asap so the toxins can be flushed out and antivenom can be administered, otherwise it can be fatal.

Please avoid walking near areas close to water and long grass where adders thrive. I've seen them myself (photo is of a one I saw at Riverside) and they are common around the Riverside area.

Please share..

16/03/2022

The charity’s planning application is open again for anyone to make either a new comment, or a secondary comment for anyone who left a comment last year, with regards to giving the sanctuary permission to continue..

Please leave a comment if you can 💕

https://pa.midkent.gov.uk/online-applications/caseDetails.do?action=dispatch&keyVal=QMTU0YTYJAI00&caseType=Application

What a lovely letter of support from someone within the local community… 💌

If you’d like to have your say on whether the charity should be allowed to stay on its current site, you can do so here:

https://pa.midkent.gov.uk/online-applications/caseDetails.do?action=dispatch&keyVal=QMTU0YTYJAI00&caseType=Application

02/03/2022

remember the birds

Remember when you brush your pets, keep the hair and peg it to your washing line or tree branches. It'll l help keep the little birds extra warm when they make their nests...

20/02/2022

Let’s Pawty! 💙🐾🎉

💙💙 the cutest photo you’ll ever see 💙💙

Rufus is 17 years old 😱

The biggest happy birthday to my baby boy, this boy is the sweetest most loving dog ever, I adore him to the core! He just keeps on going love him!

Love ya chicken 💙💙💙

09/02/2022

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06/02/2022

😂😂😂😂

27/12/2021

thought you guys might like this..

Little Christmas heartwarming story - two lurcher pups dumped outside The Happy Pants Ranch animal sanctuary & rescue registered charity 1185169, one very malnourished, the other blind and deaf! 💔

The local charity is raising money for their care with a naming competition!

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❤️🐾⭐️The Christmas Puppies naming appeal! ⭐️🐾❤️

For anyone who doesn’t already know these two sweethearts: these two puppies were dumped in a cardboard box unwanted by their previous owner / breeder.

Both around 10 weeks old, they’re thought to be brother and sister from the same lurcher litter. He was tiny and malnourished when he arrived at the sanctuary, she is deaf and blind. He is small but holds his own and very cheeky! She’s a cuddle muffin who likes to chew!

And they need names! For a £1 donation you can put your name suggestion for one in, or £1.50 for a name for both! Festive names welcome as well as non-seasonal specific too! ;)

You can send your donation over below via the Facebook fundraiser,

or by PayPal: [email protected] (but you MUST) select the ‘friends / family / gift’ option otherwise PayPal will take a 10% fee and the charity will not receive your full donation.)

Or direct to the sanctuary bank account:
The Happy pants ranch
30 98 97
40133168

Please send a screenshot of your donation receipt along with the name/s you’re choosing to the page.

All name suggestions will be added up on the page on Christmas Eve and the two names with the most likes by Boxing Day evening will be the winners!

Please share!

Thank you and Merry Christmas!

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19/12/2021

Doggy raffle in aid of your local animal rescue The Happy Pants Ranch animal sanctuary & rescue registered charity 1185169! 💕💕

I’m very very late posting this!!….🤦🏻‍♀️

But here’s this years Xmas raffle hamper!🎅

All money raised is going to The Happy Pants Ranch animal sanctuary & rescue registered charity 1185169 so please please help me out and let’s raise as much as we can for the animals ❤️❤️

£1 a strip and I will pick a number out Thursday 23rd December.

Either pop in drop money down and grab a strip or anyone that can’t get down you can transfer money to..

Miss L A Collins
07 04 36
11873439

And I can send directly to the ranch afterwards.❤️

PLEASE SHARE 🎅🎅

24/11/2021

I thought you lot would like this christmas card design raising money for your local animal charity

💌Spread the kindness this year with Bespoke Ranch Charity Christmas Cards - ON SALE NOW! 💌

💚 Beautiful, high quality A5 cards featuring Santa and some of your favourite Ranch Residents!

❤️ Available in a packs of 5 of either:
all the same design (for you crazy pig / dog / guinea pig / goat lovers)
OR mixed pack, one of each design

This is the DOG design

💚 Minimum donation £4.50 per pack of 5 and ALL proceeds go to the charity

❤️ Inside reads "be kind to all kinds, this season & always" complete with envelopes

💚 Collect from The Happy Pants Ranch (me9 8qd, nr Sittingbourne, Kent) or Ranch Granny Headquarters (me8 7nt Rainham) £2 P&P (may increase with multiple orders)

❤️ Please message the page if you'd like to order a set!

💚 And please share far and wide to help raise as much funding as we can for the animals this Christmas...

❤️ Huge thank you to lovely Santa Mark and the very talented But Natural Photography for donating your time and creativity to help The Ranch!

14/11/2021

If everyone on here could vote for your local animal rescue
charity - it only takes a minute (and you can vote more than once with a different email if you’re über-keen!) - and then share on your timeline to ask your friends and family to do the same, I’d be ever so grateful as things are a real struggle at the moment… 🖤

All Votes are Doubled this weekend only