Dog Works by Lucy

08/08/2024

14/06/2024

13/06/2024

15/02/2023

RIP Porteo 😞💙🐾🌈🐾💙

Proteo, a Mexican rescue dog, left for Turkey as a member of a dog squad but emerged as a valiant hero amidst piles of rubble. On Sunday, Mexico’s Defence Ministry said that brave Proteo passed away when a building he was searching caved in while he helping in crucial search and rescue operations after a massive earthquake rattled Turkey.

Paying tribute to Proteo, the Mexican ministry said: “Thank you Proteo for your heroic lifetime of work that you fulfilled with the Mexican Army's mission & we deeply regret the loss of our great companion, We are so proud of you,”

15/02/2023

WHOSE WALK IS IT ANYWAY?
Imagine going on a long-anticipated walk, through new scenery and enticing scents after being cooped up in the same place all day, but you have been fitted with a blind fold and are being dragged or yanked along at a quick pace.

I imagine that this is how dogs feel when we don’t allow them time to stop, sniff and explore the environment. Dogs largely perceive their world through scent and it’s how they collect and process information and make sense of the world.

Taking away an opportunity for sniffing on a walk really isn’t fair and as much as physical exercise is important, the mental stimulation that sniffing provides is equally, if not more important.

Allowing dogs to choose when to stop and sniff provides so many benefits – increases self-confidence, promotes calmness, lowers stress and anxiety levels, lowers pulse rates, reduces cognitive decline in older dogs and provides important mental and environmental enrichment.

Make time for a slow sniffing walk when you can, where your dog is allowed to choose which direction to go and allowed time to just investigate, interpret the environment and follow wherever their nose leads them.

It may take far more time and patience as we wait for them to finish smelling that particular blade of grass, but the benefits are well worth it – after all, whose walk is it anyway?

09/12/2022

Don’t think we’ll get any snow, but if we did I definitely do this. 😀😊

07/12/2022

Look after your dogs and cats during this cold spell 🥶 🥶

29/04/2022

18/09/2021

17/07/2021

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07/05/2021

With Level 5 restrictions easing, I will be open on Monday, 10 May 2021.

Also, I have now moved premises to Elevation Business Park, Ennis