Pawprints Pet Boarding

24/06/2024

Already booked your holidays for next year? NOW is the time to make sure your dogs and cats have their holidays booked too!
Our AIR CONDITIONED kennels are the best place for your pets to stay in summer 2025!
Book up until the end of the month to secure this years rates!

13/06/2024

We are very proud sponsors of Workington Cricket Club Youth Section.
Please take a moment to sign up to our easyfundraising page.
It only takes a few moments and won’t cost you a penny. Every time you make an online purchase through their partner sites they’ll make a contribution towards youth cricket.

Huge thanks in advance! 🏏

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10/06/2024

Don’t forget that from today your cat must, by law be microchipped. Not done it yet? Phone your vet today & get it arranged.

09/06/2024

We’ve yet to read the full information, but going forward we will not be allowed to administer medicines which do not correspond to a prescription.

So meds will all need to come to us in (or with) their original packaging and we must stick to the dosage on that label.

30/05/2024

Our 1st team are back in home action on Saturday where they face Cleator, hoping to get back to winning ways. The bar will be open and the sun will be shining so pop down and cheer the boys to victory 💙🤍🍺🏏

Saturdays matchball is very kindly sponsored by Pawprints Pet Boarding 👏🏻

Many thanks to our player sponsors:
M. Lowden Sponsored by: NWB Consultants

J. White Sponsored by: The Southward Family

D. Pearce Sponsored by: Dave Pearce

N. Canfield Sponsored by: Andrew Newton

B. Scott Sponsored by: Tony Quinn

R. Jackson Sponsored by: Andy’s Mans Club

O. Armstrong Sponsored by: I3 decommissioning partners

25/05/2024

When your dogs come home smelling all lovely it’s thanks to Bugalugs products!

We wanted to say THANK YOU for all your lovely comments about our new signage. We’re so pleased that you all like it. 🩷

We’ve had a few questions asking DO WE HAVE A SHOP? While we don’t have a factory shop or retail store, WE DO SELL ONLINE at www.bugalugspetcare.com.

If you would LIKE TO SHOP LOCALLY, you can FIND OUR BUGALUGS Pet Care products in Pets at Home & Asda in Workington, Lakes Home Centre, Waggy Woofers & WCF in Cockermouth, Pets at Home, Asda & Sainsburys in Carlisle, and Millbry Hill in Whitehaven.

Our products are also available in other major retailers across the country, including Waitrose & Partners, Jollyes, Just for Pets and selected Boots stores, as well as over 3000 independent stockists. 🐾

For our full list of major UK stockists, click here: https://bugalugspetcare.com/stockists-map/.

10/05/2024

Brilliant schemes for your kids 💖🏏🏏

08/05/2024

Summer holidays are coming…

• Are you looking forward to a summer of breaks and holidays but are struggling to find care for your much loved pet?
• Did you know that Cumberland Council inspect and licence both boarding kennels, catteries and home boarders?

The security of knowing your pet is housed in a well-managed kennel or cattery will hopefully bring you peace of mind whilst you enjoy your time away.

You may want to also consider a home boarder who cares for the animals in a home environment? Home boarders are held to the same accountability and welfare standards as kennels. Both kennels and home boarders must meet high standards to make sure that your much-loved pet is cared for in the way that you would expect, to protect them from pain, injury, suffering and disease.

If you’re thinking of going away this summer, please check our website to see a list of fully licenced kennels, catteries and home boarders.

Only book with licenced operators – Look here for more information: https://www.cumberland.gov.uk/business-and-licensing/licensing/animal-licensing

Questions, comments or concerns? Please report them to: [email protected]

04/05/2024

Quick update on availability….
Weekends are mostly full until late September.

July packed out with extremely rare availability.
August is full.
Middle of September is full.
Oct half term full apart from the last weekend.
Christmas is over half full.

Cattery is a similar situation.

Never put off booking your pets with us, as soon as you have your holiday dates in mind then it’s time to arrange your pets visit to Pawprints.

26/04/2024

As we enter our peak times there are more dogs on site bing exercised, arriving & departing.

Can we just reinforce the instructions given for arriving guests to remain in their transport until their chauffeurs have a member of our staff with them.

This is to help prevent any unwanted interactions and to keep your pets as safe as possible. Thank you ☀️

11/04/2024

Attention cat owners! 🐱

From 10 June 2024 cats over 20 weeks old must be and registered on a compliant database 📆

By microchipping their cats, owners can increase the likelihood that they will be reunited with their beloved pet in the event that they go missing.

05/04/2024

15/03/2024

Fancy Easter in the Lake District? Due to a cancellation, we have last minute availability this Easter holiday. Check out our website and quote EASTER for a 20% discount!

05/03/2024

01/03/2024

Not got your 2024 holiday booked yet?

Two things you need to do then…

Firstly you need to send us a message to see when we’ve availability for your dog or cat. Summer is filling up (see comments) so don’t put it off!

Secondly you should give “Not Just Travel” a shout. They’ll sort your holiday needs out in no time at all and with a personal touch.

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61553911687791

Personal Travel Consultant

30/01/2024

More improvements here at Pawprints Pet Boarding…
A brand new heating system!
Using clean electrical energy to keep our guests warm. But not just warmth, an air con system which will keep our guests cool when the ☀️ decides to make an appearance!

A big thanks to local companies T&S Air Conditioning Ltd and S H Electrical UK LTD for the supply & installation.

20/01/2024

It really can be as simple as this… It’s squeeze cheese in the tube - a secret dog training weapon!

17/01/2024

****XL HELP - PLEASE READ****

Hi Everybody, Please read this as hopefully it is going to provide some help.

Importantly - the number of people seeking help is unprecedented, I know that I cannot answer all your questions, over the last two days I have done around four hundred enquiries and my work email box crashed. I can’t let that happen because of the owners in criminal cases that I am involved in. There are some questions that I can answer here so read on.

1) Height - if you say your dog is under the height and ask if you should exempt - if your dog is under the height set by DEFRA it does not classify as an XL Bully.

2) Dogs - If you say your dog is a known breed then it is not an XL Bully

3) DEFRA state the ban is for XL Bully’s or cross breeds that look like XL Bully’s - not for other known dogs. A Staffordshire Bull Terrier, English Bull Terrier, English Mastiff, Dogue de Bordeaux, American Bulldog, etc are not XL Bully’s

4) Pictures - if you are sending pictures to anybody to ask for their help with your dog please do not send sofa pics or pics of your dog wearing things that cover its body. Take the following pictures with the camera at dog head height - full front on, full side on, back end, overhead from nose to tail. Any expert needs to fully see the dog to form an opinion.

5) Please go to the ABKC website, look at the standard for the American Bully, they have descriptive pictures in the standard to help. It will help in understanding what a unique dog the XL Bully is.

6) Please remember whoever you ask for an opinion cannot tell you what decision you should make. Advice on type of dog can be given but ultimately you the owner must make the decision.

7) Puppies - with young puppies what did you get the puppy as? What are the parents like? None of us can tell you exactly what a puppy will look like in seven months - but if you have a Staffordshire Bull Terrier puppy from Staffordshire Bull Terrier parents you do not need to exempt that puppy.

I hope the above helps, please use this and follow it before you message/email. I and the other experts are not going to be able to answer everyone for which I am so sorry.

08/01/2024

Just a heads up that the roadworks at Castle Gardens corner are affecting the flow of traffic in & around Harrington / Lillyhall.
Please take this into account when heading to us.

05/01/2024

Well that didn’t take long…
We now have dates which are fully booked this summer including May Bank Holiday weekend and August Bank Holiday weekend.

If you’re thinking of a summer break and need your dog or cat cared for please check with us for availability and we’ll be happy to hold the dates until you get your plans finalised but don’t delay!

01/01/2024

Judging by the number of calls we received yesterday and this morning it seems that one incident being shared without much detail on facebook has created a massive amount of confusion amongst owners regarding leashing and muzzling. It was stated that the muzzling requirement became active as soon as you exempted your dog, this is incorrect but in itself does no harm as muzzling a dog early and before the deadline is not an issue, however it seems that people are believing that this means that until you exempt your dog you do not have to muzzle and leash THIS IS NOT THE CASE and some people are considering delaying exempting until the last minute on that basis which puts you in a position where you can be criminally charged and your dog is at risk.

We must make this absolutely clear that regardless as to whether or not you have exempted your dog yet if it has substantial characteristics of an XL Bully type then it had to be muzzled and leashed in public from 00.01am on sunday morning, failure to do so could in the next few weeks lead to the seizure of your dog and if charges are brought against you they will be criminal charges as civil applications cannot be used until it becomes illegal to own, possess, or keep an XL Bully due to the wording in section 4 of the Act.

For information purposes
The Statutory instrument made on 31st October 2023 designated the XL Bully as a prohibited breed under section one of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 with the commencement date of 31st December 2023 and within section one is contained the requirement to muzzle and leash therefore from the date the breed is added the muzzle and leash requirement must be adhered to. The exemption rules were made in parliament on the 14th November and allow owners to exempt dogs from the prohibition these also contain the requirement to muzzle and leash in the rules however a dog can only be exempted from the prohibition once the prohibition takes effect (00.01 31st December) which is why all of the government guidance states that dogs must be muzzled from then it does NOT state they must be muzzled as soon as owners apply for exemption from the prohibition BEFORE the breed is prohibited. It also does NOT say you should only muzzle and leash once exempted it says from the 31st of December 2023

FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF ANY DOUBT IF YOU OWN A DOG THAT IN THE VIEW OF ENFORCEMENT HAS SUBSTANTIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TYPE KNOWN AS THE XL BULLY WHETHER OR NOT YOU BELIEVE THAT TO BE THE CASE THEN FROM YESTERDAY THEY SHOULD BE MUZZLED AND LEASHED WHEN IN PUBLIC (OR IN A CAR THAT IS IN A PUBLIC PLACE) WHETHER YOU HAVE APPLIED FOR EXEMPTION OR NOT AS PER SECTION ONE OF THE DANGEROUS DOGS ACT 1991

24/12/2023

Well that’s all our guests settled in for the evening, special meals (diet allowed) ready for them, our feline guests with a stocking to take home.
From all of us at Pawprints we wish all our guests old and new a very merry Christmas. 🎄

16/12/2023

Please share!

Our juniors will be bag packing in Workington Morrisons from 9AM onwards tommorow! Raising funds to support the club ahead of the 2024 season!

If you are wanting some last minute Christmas shopping then head down to Morrisons and our juniors can pack your bags!

💙🤍🏏
Morrisons Workington Community Champion

10/12/2023

Due to a cancellation we now have a vacancy in the kennels over the Christmas period… Like all holidays, Christmas has been in high demand so snap it up before it’s gone!

14/11/2023

Use this form to apply for a Certificate of Exemption for up to 30 XL bully dogs by email or post.

07/11/2023

As we approach the festive period vacancies are extremely limited.

ALL weekends are full apart from the 8th Dec (just one space left) and 15th Dec.

Christmas is full (turkey dinners arrived this week for those residents on the big day) and only a few spaces left for the New Year.

04/11/2023

29/10/2023

We’re approaching that time of year again which disagrees with many pets and their owners.

There’s LOADS of good advice out there from our vets, pet stores and charities so we’ll not repeat it all.
What we will remind pet owners (chauffeurs / chefs) as we did last year is that your approach and behaviour when the fireworks starts is massively important.

When the rockets begin flying don’t jump up in anger and start shouting. Don’t start pacing around and begin acting differently with your pet. They will feed off your emotions, they love you so will be upset if they see you being angry or anxious.

So stay calm, close the curtains, pop the TV on and just sit and have a cuddle with them. You’ll find the whole experience much less aggravating.

12/10/2023

We know it’s still a distant thought in most people’s minds but we only have a few vacancies left for Christmas and New Year so if you’ve any plans don’t leave your pets accommodation to the last minute.