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22/04/2024

Monday’s field of dreams! But where was the ☀️ and it was COLD!

21/04/2024

Some pix from Friday’s dog hike! Lots of happy, tired doggies afterwards! 🐾 ❤️ 😊

18/04/2024

Loved minding these 2 housemates again for a couple of days this week in their own home. Ruffles (left) will be 2 at the end of the month and is very protective of his “sister” Poppy who’ll be 4 in the summer! ❤️ 🩷

17/04/2024

Even when it’s grey and raining, beach is still beautiful!

15/04/2024

Not too happy with the hailstones today! They did get some ☀️ as well though!

13/04/2024

Feeling the love on yesterday’s dog hike! Favourite day of the week by far! And Ziggy & Charlie in particular seem to agree! ❤️ 🐾

11/04/2024

What’s Charlie saying?!

10/04/2024

Some days you just feel like this! 😆

09/04/2024

What a difference a day makes! Beautiful Spring day! ☀️ Even the doggies were smiling!

08/04/2024

I was trying to swap my dogmobile for Noah’s Ark today! ☔️

05/04/2024

Minded these 2 gorgeous gentle souls in March - Maxie (12) (left) and Coco (14)! I’ve minded Maxie numerous times already and will be doing so again shortly while it was my first time to mind lovely Coco! I cared for them in their own homes where they’re happiest! ❤️ 🩷

02/04/2024

Welcome back Tosh - he was missing in action for quite a few months with a cruciate problem - really great to see him bqck to himself now! ❤️

30/03/2024

Glorious dog hike yesterday in Rathmichael Wood & Carrickgollogan Woods - was afraid they’d be heaving with people as most off work - but twas grand! We got mostly ☀️ and only a tiny bit of ☔️! Result! 🐾

28/03/2024

The sun makes us all smile! ☀️ 😊

27/03/2024

Everyone who is thinking of getting dogs should read this because you need to understand this reality:

***I am a 21st century dog.***
-I'm a Malinois.
Overskilled among dogs, I excel in all disciplines and I'm always ready to work: I NEED to work.
But nowadays I get asked to chill on the couch all day everyday.

-I am an Akita Inu.
My ancestors were selected for fighting bears.
Today I get asked to be tolerant and I get scolded for my reactivity when another approaches me.

-I am a Beagle.
When I chase my prey, I raise my voice so the hunters could follow.
Today they put an electric collar on me to shut up, and you make me come back to you - no running - with a snap of your fingers.

-I am a Yorkshire Terrier.
I was a terrifying rat hunter in English mines.
Today they think I can't use my legs and they always hold me in their arms.

-I'm a Labrador Retriever.
My vision of happiness is a dive into a pond to bring back the duck he shot to my master.
Today you forget I'm a walking, running, swimming dog; as a result I'm fat, made to stay indoors, and to babysit.

-I am a Jack Russell.
I can take on a fox, a mean badger, and a rat bigger than me in his den.
Today I get scolded for my character and high energy, and forced to turn into a quiet living room dog.

-I am a Siberian Husky.
Experienced the great, wide open spaces of Northern Europe, where I could drag sleds for long distances at impressive speeds.
Today I only have the walls of the house or small garden as a horizon, and the holes I dig in the ground just to release energy and frustration, trying to stay sane.

-I am a border collie
I was made to work hours a day in partnershipwith my master, and I am an unmistakable artist of working with the herd.
Today they are mad at me because, for lack of sheep, I try to check bikes, cars, children in the house and everything in motion.

I am ...
I am a 21st century dog.
I'm pretty, I'm alert, I'm obedient, I stay in a bag...but I'm also an individual who, from centuries of training, needs to express my instincts, and I am *not* suited for the sedentary life you'd want me to lead.
Spending eight hours a day alone in the house or in the garden - with no work and no one to play or run with, seeing you for a short time in the evening when you get home, and only getting a small toilet walk will make me deeply unhappy.
I'll express it by barking all day, turning your yard into a minefield, doing my needs indoors, being unmanageable the rare times I'll find myself outside, and sometimes spending my days sunk, sad, lonely, and depressed, on my pillow.
You may think that I should be happy to be able to enjoy all this comfort while you go to work, but actually I’ll be exhausted and frustrated, because this is absolutely NOT what I'm meant to do, or what I need to be doing.
If you love me, if you've always dreamed of me, if my beautiful blue eyes or my athletic look make you want me, but you can't give me a real dog's life, a life that's really worth living according to my breed, and if you can't offer me the job that my genes are asking, DO NOT buy or adopt me!
If you like the way I look but aren't willing to accept my temperament, gifts, and traits derived from long genetic selection, and you think you can change them with only your good will, then DO NOT BUY OR ADOPT ME.
I’m a dog from the 21st century, yes, but deep inside me, the one who fought, the one who hunted, the one who pulled sleds, the one who guided and protected a herd still lives within.
So think **very** carefully before you choose your dog. And think about getting two, rather than one, so I won't be so very lonely waiting for you all day. Eight or ten hours is just a workday to you, but it's an eternity for me to be alone.
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26/03/2024

Delighted to have achieved this Professional Dog Walking Certificate from the The IMDT - the Institute of Modern Dog Trainers. An intensive course over 4 days - learned loads!

25/03/2024

Always plenty of high spirits on Mondays!

22/03/2024

We really do live in a beautiful country.

19/03/2024

Happy 13th birthday Elwood - a little fella who hadn’t the best start in life but thanks to the work, time & patience put in by his owners they’ve had a happy, confident and sociable doggie for the past number of years! ❤️ 🎂

16/03/2024

Pix from yesterday’s adventure beach walk with Caitlin, her dog Toto and my gang - happy 2 and 4 legged walkers alike! 🐾

13/03/2024

Love the sound of the sea!

12/03/2024

Tuesday morning (pic 1) and afternoon (pic 2) walks!

11/03/2024

I’m shallow - I admit it - I only work with good-looking “colleagues”!! ❤️ 🩷 🐾

10/03/2024

Happy 10th birthday to gorgeous Toto! 🎂 🎉 🩷
Caitlin O'Connor

09/03/2024

Some pix from yesterday’s dog hike!

08/03/2024

Happy International Women’s Day from all the fab female doggies in our walking team! 🩷

Pic 1 - clockwise from top left - Bonnie & Minnie, Shanti, Cookie, Lucy, Fia & Tiki
Pic 2 - Poppy, Binker & Luna
Pic 3 - Betty, Blanca, Cessna, Rosie, Lulu & Millie!

07/03/2024

Tongue out Thursday for Tiki! 🩷

06/03/2024

Brrrr at the beach!

05/03/2024

This is well worth a look ……

04/03/2024

Lovely Lewis is a guest with us for a few weeks - we had great fun with this kong today! ❤️ 🐾

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