In Good Paws Pet Sitting

24/08/2025

Golden hour and dog walks are the best 🌸🌷 Love this little beauty! Hoping we can hang on to Summer for a while longer!

17/08/2025

What a smartly dressed Gentlemen! Love a tuxedo 😍😺 👔

17/08/2025

I absolutely love a black cat and have found them to be really affectionate and calm.

Our family cat is an inky overlord called Dave and is the cuddliest, most chilled out dude 😻

Today is Black Cat Appreciation Day, when we honour these beautiful cats who have been the subject of myth and superstition for centuries.

Bringers of bad luck? Anyone who’s lived with a void cat knows the only thing they bring is love and affection (and, yes, occasional moments of chaos).

Did you know that black cats often get overlooked in rescues? If you’re thinking of adopting a cat, a shadowy sidekick might be your perfect match.

Share a photo of your inky overlord in the comments!

11/08/2025

Love her little side grin! When one toy just isn't enough. She looks like she is plotting something mischievous! 🐾

29/07/2025

This lovely boy has so much character 🐶 Having a good walk and a sniff! 🌱🌾🌿

Did you know that dogs have up to 300 million odour receptors in their noses?! 👃🏼

This compared to humans, who have around 5 million. The olfactory bulb (the part of the brain responsible for processing smells) is around 40 times larger than a humans! 🧠

This is why dogs are so important when it comes to working in jobs like search and rescue!

They never fail to amaze me 😍

20/07/2025

Feeling very grateful that I get to spend my days with the best animals! Thank you to our wonderful clients for choosing us to look after your furry family members! 💗😺🐶

09/07/2025

What a beautiful bunny! 💕 I have been finding creative ways to keep the animals cool the last few weeks.

https://www.bluecross.org.uk/advice/rabbit/wellbeing-and-care/how-to-keep-your-rabbits-cool-in-the-summer-heat

06/07/2025

A little alfresco dining in the sunny weather ☀️

26/06/2025

What a greeting from this little one 👅 I think she was trying to steal my husband 🤣 but it's okay because she's a proper little cutie! 🐾

22/06/2025

When the veggie delivery appears, the bunnies come running! Snack time! 🥕 🥦🍎🫑

19/06/2025

Hot Forecast Due 🌅 Met Office Heat will build through the week. On Wednesday the highest temperatures values in the UK are expected to be around 27ºC.

Is it true that if we use cold water on heat stroke pets they will go into shock?

One of the most common things we still hear is that we can only use tepid water on a pet with heat stroke, incase they get some complications like hypothermic overshoot, peripheral vasoconstriction hindering a cooling response, and cardiogenic shock...

We have heard not to use cold water in case it causes shock... this rarely happens!

But guess what? In a recent study over 26% of dogs presented with heat stroke died, with flat faced breeds making up nearly half of heat stroke cases seen in the study.

You should:

💧Get someone to call the local veterinary practice and tell them you're going to travel down with a heat stroke patient
💧Pour, hose or if possible immerse the pet in very cold water (this should obviously be done under constant supervision, ensuring the head is fully above water and immersion should not be attempted if the animal is too large, or you are unable to do so without hurting yourself)
💧NB: If using a hose pipe, make sure it has run through until cold, as they can often contain water that is extremely hot in the tubing initially
💧Do not drape in towels and leave them in situ. Keep the cold water flowing.
💧Move to a cool, shaded area
💧Prepare to transport to vets in a cold, air conditioned car

In studies they found that:

🌅International consensus from sports medicine organisations supports treating EHS with early rapid cooling by immersing the casualty in cold water.
🌅Ice-water immersion has been shown to be highly effective in exertional heat stroke, with a zero fatality rate in large case series of younger, fit patients.
🌅Hyperthermic individuals were cooled twice as fast by Cold Water Immersion as by passive recovery.
🌅No complications occurred during the treatment of three older patients with severe heat stroke were treated with cold‐water immersion.
🌅Cold water immersion (CWI) is the preferred cooling modality in EHS guidelines and the optimal method applicable to UK Service Personnel
🌅Studies suggest using either ice-water or cold-water immersion

The best intervention is PREVENTION, but if you find yourself with an animal with heat stroke, using cold water either by pouring, hosing or ideally (if safe) immersion then this may help reduce their temperature to safe levels while you transport to a veterinary practice.

Read more below:

https://www.vetvoices.co.uk/post/cool-icy-cold-or-tepid

18/06/2025

Cleaning his paws before dinner. Dinner is a serious business! What a lovely boy 🖤🤍