Curly Tail dog walking and home boarding service

05/09/2024

We have once again really enjoyed the company of our friend the big softie lab for the last week or so 😍 we had some great walks and he managed to fit in a spot of blackberry picking on our wood walks 😂😍

27/08/2024

Another fabulous week with this gorgeous gal 😍

23/08/2024

Just a quick note to my regular clients - I am getting quite booked up for next year already and am taking on a couple of new clients so please don’t leave it too late to get your 2025 dates in. I am still only boarding one or two dogs at any time so places are limited 😊

10/08/2024

This scrumptious handsome chap has just spent a successful trial night with us so we look forward to seeing more of him in the future 😍

21/07/2024

We have had a fabulous week with these two lovely guests - two very different characters but they got on just fine 🥰

08/07/2024

The weather wasn’t great but we still had a fabulous time with the chilled out Collie/Lurcher 😍

16/06/2024

We have had another few days with the big softie yellow lab - he always reminds me to share my banana with him at breakfast time and he really loves his soft toys 😍

11/06/2024

……………… And relax - I just had my mid term inspection from Cornwall council and it went really well - no issues at all other than I need to remember to write myself an appraisal 🤣 I can live with that 😍

10/06/2024

These two beautiful ladies have spent a long weekend with us - it was lovely to have them here again 😍

29/05/2024

We’ve had another fabulous week with the gorgeous chilled out Collie/Lurcher x

19/05/2024

The gentle sweet Retriever went home today after her holiday - she loved our walks and snoozing on the sofa after 😍

03/05/2024

We have had another fab week with the big softy yellow lab who loves to tell us when we should go to bed each evening (yes of course we do as we are told) 🤣

30/04/2024

Another horrid wet day - I have walked my current guest and I am now on the sofa watching another interesting webinar while he munches contentedly on a carrot 😍

25/04/2024

This active little chap certainly brought the good weather with him over the last week 😄 he maybe 12 but he is still as full of beans and cuddles as ever 😍

17/04/2024

Thoroughly enjoyed this webinar - the more you learn about dogs the more you want to know 😍

09/04/2024

We have had a fabulous couple of weeks with this stunning lady again - she is the cuddliest Collie I know and I will miss her following my every move and greeting me in the mornings with her bear hugs and imploring eyes 😍

08/04/2024

This sweet lady has spent a few days with us again - she is such a lovely little soul 😍

07/03/2024

We have had 3.5 weeks of fun walks (mainly in the rain lol) and snuggles on the sofa with this beaut 😍

24/12/2023

Hollie, John and I want to wish all of our wonderful guest dogs and their owners a very merry Christmas and a happy, healthy 2024.
As many of you know this last year has been challenging to say the least and we really appreciate the kindness and understanding of our regular clients.
Here’s hoping the new year brings better things - we look forward to lots of snuggly cuddles and fun walks 😍

20/12/2023

Our last client of the year went home this morning after another fabulous stay 😍

06/12/2023

The snuggly yellow Lab has now gone home after another holiday with us 😍

05/12/2023

Please note that we have had to slightly increase our prices (all bookings already taken will stay at the old rate)
We are still very competitive but have to consider the rising costs of fuel, heating, electricity etc. We don’t want to increase the number of dogs we board as we think it is important to keep to our ethos of a calm relaxing environment with just one or two dogs at a time.
Please see the services section for more details.

05/12/2023

We’ve had this gorgeous gal with us again - a really cheeky playful lady yet so chilled at the same time 😍

10/10/2023

We always miss our clients when they leave but even more so when they have stayed a month or so as they literally become part of our family. This little lady was an absolute pleasure to look after as usual 😍

17/09/2023

We have spent another week with the absolutely gorgeous Golden doodle - he is such a well mannered guest and sooo cuddly 😍

01/09/2023

More chilled out fun walks and cuddly evenings with this beaut 😍

20/08/2023

The fabulous Golden doodle has just gone home after a stay full of snuggles and easy going walks 😍

21/07/2023

I know some of my clients live around this area so please beware and keep your best friends safe

There have been incidents of DOG POISONING in the Pentire area over the past week that have resulted in sickness, and one death. Please be aware of the following combination of early symptoms and do not hesitate to take your dog to a vet immediately should your dog display them. The main symptoms are not necessarily immediate or obvious and develop and worsen over a number of hours:
Fatigue.
Muscle twitching, particularly the face, and gulping
Urinary Incontinence
Looser stools, not necessarily diarrhoea
High temperature
Bewilderment and unsteadiness
Dog shrinking from your touch

DEATH OF LOCAL DOG BY TOXIC POISONING
Ivy, an eight year old brindle Staffordshire Bull Terrier, had to be put down on Thursday after 24 hours in intensive care at Penmellyn Vets Hospital in St Columb Major.
Ivy was lead walked by her owners, Denise and Nick Webb, from Pentire Avenue close to Pentire Crescent down to the Esplanade on Tuesday. At some point, unnoticed by them, Ivy ingested something noxious. After some twenty minutes down there, Ivy appeared too tired to continue up to the headland and they took her home. Some time in the afternoon, Ivy wet the sofa but it wasn’t until the early hours of the morning that things started to go noticeably wrong. Ivy was showing all the symptoms described above and the emergency vets were called at 6.30am on Wednesday.
The severity of the muscle twitching was such that Ivy bit her own tongue. Her shuddering meant the wound was reopened over and over again. The twitching raised her temperature and she had to be artificially cooled down.
She was given lipid infusion to bind to the toxin and flush it out of the system. Despite a short rally, when the vets thought she was recovering, by the evening, instead of going home as hoped, she started showing signs of kidney and liver failure. She was put down on Thursday morning. The cost to the owners of her treatment and cremation was just over £1800.
The initial suspicion of the vets was that Ivy had eaten a discarded mouldy snack. As the day went on, the suspicions turned strongly to the ingestion of ma*****na or possibly a v**e. Her owners were asked if Ivy could have had access to he**in or co***ne. (A cursory Google by them of the effect of ma*****na on dogs revealed very similar symptoms of toxic poisoning.)
There have been suggestions on other community groups that council spraying of the verges might be a cause. However, the evidence given by symptoms and bloods so far is that Ivy actually ingested something, possibly along the Esplanade area where the verges have not been sprayed. Rodent poison was ruled out, a snake bite was ruled out, the River Gannel water, which she often enjoyed, was also ruled out.
Denise and Nick hope that by giving these distressing details, they can dispel rumours, discourage speculation, inform the public of the seriousness of this matter in our neighbourhood.
“First, we wish to thank our neighbours and friends for their support. Ivy was a well known and sociable pet but, unfortunately, a devious snacker.”
“If she ate a mouldy snack that had been tossed, if she ingested a drug or a v**e by whatever means, her death, and the reported sickness in other dogs, are the result of certain individuals’ irresponsibility, selfishness and utter carelessness with regard to our shared local environment. That people’s actions: irresponsible littering, picnicking, and drug use are not without cost has been brought into sharp focus. It’s not just a matter of leaving other people to pick up your mess but, sometimes, a matter of leaving others to pick up the pieces.”
“If, however, this was a deliberate act to poison wildlife or pets, then it is a criminal offence. We are reporting the matter to the police and if you observe these symptoms in dogs or pets or you see any animal in a distressed state, please get vet help early and quickly, and also report the incident.”

01/07/2023

We have had lots of fun walks in various locations and then relaxing evenings over the past couple of weeks with the gorgeous yellow Lab 😍

20/06/2023

You can’t beat sitting quietly amongst the trees - it’s so calming for both the dogs in my care and for me. I scatter food around (only with dogs I know do not have any resource guarding issues) and settle on a tree stump to enjoy the bird song and snuffling of the dogs - it is utterly magical 😍