Paws at Yours

14/11/2024

All true ❤️🐾
Big thanks to my humans and their doggos 🐶

07/11/2024

♥️ I’d be lost without dogs 🐾
They keep me sane (Indy may disagree with that occasionally 😉)

To all the dogs we’ve had in our lives, we say we loved them, but the truth is, they loved us in ways we’ll never be able to repay. They gave us more than we could ever ask for—comfort when we didn’t even know we needed it, loyalty when we felt lost, and a kind of companionship that went deeper than words.

We say we loved them, but they were the ones who showed us what love really looks like. It was in their eyes every time we walked through the door, in the way they stayed close during the hardest days, in the moments when they just knew we needed them. They saw us at our worst and still looked at us like we were the best thing in their world.

To all the dogs we’ve had, we want them to know how much they shaped us, how they were more than just pets—they were family, they were soulmates in their own way. We loved them, but they loved us better, with a kind of pure, unwavering love that we’ll carry with us for the rest of our lives.

R.M. Drake ✨

Artist Credit: Hannah Cole

06/11/2024

❤️ 🐾 ❤️

02/11/2024

A little late posting about this lovely senior lady, but she was such a good girl for her pedicure recently 💛

25/10/2024

So busy this week the first meme by the The Secret Dog Walker is very apt 😂
Managed most walks in the sunshine 💪🏻 And house visits to do clip claws and cat sits for some cuties 🐾

Happy weekend all x

25/10/2024

I feel the frustration in every word of Dogs First Dr Conor Brady’s post.
This poor, irresponsible behaviour f other dog owners sets everyone up to fail, and is not ok.
The Red Mist is a very real thing !

WHAT MAKES YOU SEE THE RED MIST WITH OTHER DOG OWNERS?
It's bad to hold the rage in, my therapist tells me (actually read it in a meme...I refuse to go to therapy, it's everyone else, not me).

So I'm learning to let it out. I let some of it out this morning. Just a little valve release, like the way you slowly open that bottle of fizz that has been recently shaken, just let a little out, cuz you don't want it to explode uncontrollably. That's what I did this morning.

More than dog s**t on a path, more than people that will happily just there in a public place with a very, very yappy dog, like everyone should be enjoying little pookums' incessant vocalisations, more than anything else, the thing that riles me the most about other dog owners is out of control dogs followed by the obligatory owner with a stupid smiling face explaining to me or my scared child that their dog is actually really friendly.

Red. Mist.

He might be friendly, but I'm not.

Right at this moment I'm having visions of beating you to death with this sausage roll and leaving you there on the beach for the birds. And everyone watching would cheer and clap and hi-five me as I walk away.

I mean, imagine having a big, s**t, boisterous kid with no manners that was jumping all over everyone in the playground or park or beach or supermarket. Is that OK?! No. He'll eventually jump on the wrong person and get, at best, a firm telling-off.

It wasn't my kid today but my dog. He has a bad back. He reacts if people jump on him, strangely. And if he does, he's the bad boy. So now I get a little uneasy when a boisterous dog comes tearing up to us, putting him further on edge, increasing his reactivity. Round and round we go.

If you were the owner of that lovely young boxer this morning and happen to be reading this know that I, and everyone else on the beach, hate you. You are making dog owners look bad.

Here's an idea: until your dog can behave accordingly, learning how to properly greet other dogs he doesn't know - which is calmy, from the front, allowing both dogs to sniff and sus the other out - getting your dog under control?! Put him on a long lead. He can still have a lovely day in the park or beach but he won't frighten or potentially harm anyone else while doing it.

If you're unsure how to teach him the necessary dog etiquette, that's what dog trainers are for. €100 for a lifetime of people not hating you in the morning. Total bargain.

22/10/2024

More walks in the sunshine today 😁 ☀️🕶️

21/10/2024

Long may this warm sunshine last !
Indy and the Hobbits on West Shore, watching the very impressive kite surfers 🏄🏽
Called in at Coffi and Vinyl for a lush Miley Mocha afterwards 👌🏻