Lady May's - K9 Kingdom

30/12/2024

What can we even say? Massive Congratulations Lilou and Natalie 🎊 The first Irish Olympic Canine team 🇮🇪 Natalie is now Ireland's only Olympic Canine Trainer and still she doesn't promote herself, humble beyond belief! But us here at Lady May's K9 Kingdom are going to shout it louder for the people in the back !!👐

Lilou was a puppy farm dog, who was given to Natalie after her previous homes didn't work out due to behaviour issues. Lilou challenged Natalie every single step of the way, but Natalie could see the potential in Lilou and knew she had more to give. Natalie seeked advice from more experienced trainers, which led to major disappointment as methods being used weren't ethical!! One trainer even tried to jolt Lilou's lead around her neck( if you know Natalie, this was the end of that abusive trainer). So Natalie educated herself more and worked with an expert in behaviour 😁 Once Lilou had her issues addressed, Natalie took a holistic and ethical approach to training Lilou. 😁

Lilou was a 3 year old dog, who needed to learn basic living needs, undo puppy trauma , gain confidence, gain social skills , lower her reactivity levels, bound with other dogs, understand the very basics of life...such as toilet training and her name. In a year of working with Natalie, she managed to over come all this and turn Lilou into an Olympian 🏅 This doesn't happen by luck, it happens through ethical and safe training😇 When they entered the Olympics, Natalie refused any advertisements around it, her reason : Lilou's welfare came first. When asked about it her response was "My only comment will be, this is our first time out and we are learning as we go. This is a new experience for Lilou and Myself, while we are beyond greatful to be involved. Lilou is firstly my family and then she is an athelte. The score boards will update ye on her progress and outcomes. Her method to training are ethical and holistic. Thank you for asking. Now where can I buy poo bags ? "

We are beyond delighted for Lilou and her amazing success story. She has made a massive turn around in a short space of time. To carry rosettes from EVERY category, to carry 2 over all rosettes and a medal, she really didn't do to bad 😀
We are beyond blown away by Natalie daily, her attention to detail, abilities to train so kindly, her understanding of animals, gentle personality and problem skills are just simply amazing🥰 Most trainers develope a god complex, but Nat has stayed humble the whole way! When we asked her about it, she gave an extremely personal answer that we unfortunately we won't be sharing. But know that any circumstances, she will never judge only try to help. We are so proud of you Natalie for all you've overcome and how your potential still has space to grow. 😁 As you always tell us " A Sun Flower will always find the light 🌻 Natalie you are our sun flower!

Once again massive Congratulations Lilou and Natalie🎊 We are thrilled to have ye, as part of our Canine Crew🐕

Love from an extremely emotional & proud team,
Lady May's K9 Kindom 💙

07/10/2024

We'd like to thank absolutely everyone who nominated us this year for the 2024 Local Pet Awards. We definitely did not expect 10 catagories🙈Massive thank you to the Local Pet Awards, for been so understaning and supporting our decision. 😍Unfortunately these awards are attendance based and this year we couldn't attend, due to other commitments. As most of you know that weekend fell into a Breed ban, we worked closely with a number of places to help with transport, Grooming and Training plans for these wonderful breeds. Ethically it just felt wrong to be in attendance celebrating with the industry, while lives would be taken the following Tuesday morning....for us there was nothing to celebrate. For us it always going to be animals first , profit later ...is it bad business skills absolutely! But that's not why I chose to join the industry, I love animals and love helping them in small or in big ways. When I look back at life I want to be proud of the decisions and choices I made, missing the awards for me, means I was on the right side of history and lives were saved. To me that will mean more than any award 💙 I'm extremely proud of the previous national awards I have won and I'm beyond greatful to everyone who nominated us and voted for us and continue to use our services. I honestly love my job and love when my style gets recognised and does win awards, the personal achievement in that itself, is such a lovely feeling. I'm not playing down any of the achievements so far because I am hugely grateful and thankful they happened. But for this ban, I needed to be on the ground and fighting for them, rather than ignoring it. My morals will always out weight success. I guess that why we have a holistic approach 🤣

Next year if we are nominated again and there's not a national animal crisis, I can assure you, we will be definitely be up there representing the business again 😁. I am beyond greatful for all the nominations, the enquires as to how it went, the good luck messages, the pure kindness and rally of support as always.💙 I promise between here and Christmas in posts and post bully ban, it will all add up 🤫 There's so much happening behind the scenes, I can't wait to share with you all 🥰 2025 is going to be a crazy year for the business 😁

Once again thank you so much for all the nominations 😄 We did get a cake to celebrate the fact we were nominated (before any of you come for me)🤣 So to celebrate with you guys of course I'm doing a discount on grooms for November 💙 I value your time to nominate us, vote for us, support us and most of all be involved in such a caring, loyal, kind community 😊

All the love in the world,
Lady May's 💙

Ps: Adopt a Bully breed before December and join our free training programme. Okay bye 😘

19/09/2024

FREE TRAINING SESSIONS FOR THE WONDERFUL XL BULLY OR BULLY BREEDS. 😁
Requirements:
1. Recently adopted a bully breed.
2. Proof of ownership & rescue.

Our reason behind this?
We don't believe in breed discrimination and support responsible dog ownership. We don't believe innocent lives should be taken due to their breed or human errors. The wonderful people that do adopt this fantastic breed category and try to save lives, we want to reward them by doing our bit to say thank you, as the dogs themselves can't.

From experience it's never been a dangerous breed who has went for me , it's been breeds like Sh*tzus (any animal worker will agree)🤣 The dangerous dog breeds are always trained to an extremely high level and 90% of owners are absolutely fantastic. The media will choose a breed every couple of years, first it was Dobermans, then it was the German Shepards, Then it was the Pitbulls and nows it's the XL bullies. Next year it will be the start of a different breed trend. THESE ARE LIVES NOT TRENDS.

Anyway, if you will or have saved a bully breeds life by adopting within the last 4 months. Please reach out for free training, as we would love to say thank you in our own way and express our gratitude for choosing life over media 🥰

All Love,
Lady May's 💙

22/06/2024

Our Pet of the Month is the fabulous Bounty 🐕
Bounty had an extremely hard start to life but managed to land an absolutely awesome family 😄
Bounty and her family managed to overcome pulling on the lead and counter surfing 🤩 Which for a dog with Bounty's backround this would be an extremely hard task. But this wonderful little soul really tried her absolute hardest to prove she could do it 🥰 Massive congratulations to the softest soul in the world Ms Bounty 💙 We are all so proud of you 👏
To our amazing followers, let's show Bounty our kindness ✨️

01/06/2024

Our Pet of the Month for May is Miss Summer ☀️

Summer comes here to be groomed because our system helps Summer grow, develope and over come her fears of grooming. 😄 She is the kindest soul who loves attention and lots of cuddles 😀

Summer had a massive moment this month, where the dryer was no longer a fear for her and she just chilled out 💙 She has come from being terrified, to extremely relaxed which is huge for her 😀

This big achievement deserves Celebration 🎊 Congratulations Summer , you are an absolute super star 🌟 To Summers Family, thank you for helping her over come this and following our holistic approach 😊

Extremely Proud,
Lady May's 💙

20/05/2024

💙GROOMING SUPER SALE 💙
We are doing a massive grooming special sale. Booking is essential, must be available for the 22nd June 2024 and must have one of the following breeds.
🐶 Australian cattle dog, Basenji, Corgi, Beagle, Chihuahua, Cirneco dell'Etna , Dachshund, Jack Russell, Foxhound, Staffordshire bullies, Saluki, Boston terrier, Pug, Basset hound, border terrier, Anatolion shepard, Bull dog, Greyhound, Whippet, French bulldog, Buhund, Shiba Inu, Great Dane, Bloodhound, Coonhound, Boxer, Bull Mastiff, Dalmatian, Pointers, Harrier hound, Labrador, Rottweiler, Weimaraner and Short haired mixed breeds.🐶
This is to promote and care for short hair breeds skin, coat and hygiene. A Deposit fee of 50% will apply as booking is essential and we are holding the space for your dog, no show no refund. However if you give us 7 days notice we can refund no problem 😊
This is based on a first come, first served bases. Our loyal short haired customers this will be applied to your grooms throughout June as a way of showing our application to ye.🐕 So ye can book in throughout the month (if you haven't already)😁

**WE DO NOT USE MUZZLES HERE, SO IF YOUR DOG HAS BEEN EXPOSED TO ONE PLEASE MAKE US AWARE**

01/05/2024

Our dental care range is completely Sold Out. Can't believe how much it is loved 💙 The natural way is always the best way 😊
Thank you sooooo much to our wonderful clients, always so supportive and open to our advise 😊

All Love,
Lady May's 💙

12/04/2024

WE ARE HIRING 😱
I know we are finally at that point 😄
Looking for 2 Pet Sitters and 1 Dog Walker (these can double up).

*Must have qualifications
*Excellent understanding of animal behaviour
*Happy to work in a block flexi schedule.
*Own transport with clean driving licence
*Experience is essential
*Must be open to working with all animals
*We do work with reactive and restricted breeds and do not use any force methods..clear canine understanding is needed and procedures must be followed at all times.
*Vetting will apply.
*References are essential
*Effective communication is an essential.

If you'd like to apply and be the first to join our team, we'd love to hear from you. All CV's and Cover letters can be sent to [email protected] or a document through what's app (Must open).

Look forward to hearing from you.
All Love,
Lady May's 💙

11/04/2024

Our Pet of the month is Mr Bailey 🐶
He has been chosen this month, as he has overcome crippling anxiety without assistance of any medications, while outside. This alone is a MASSIVE ACHIEVEMENT, but Bailey didn't stop there with his training, Oh nooo.....he then went on to be the student of the week by being the top of sessions and the first in to learn new skills.🐕 What a major achievement this really is 🐩 I would love for our wonderful community to support and congratulations Bailey and his Family for their fantastic hard work and will to keep going 😁 What a wonderful month it's been for Bailey and his fabulous Family 🐶 Congratulations to you all 😃

All Love,
Lady May's 💙

31/03/2024

Happy Easter to all our wonderful clients 🐇
We hope you all have a lovely day and enjoy your Easter Bags 🐣
Pawrents please remember dogs can not have chocolate today. 🐰

Have a pawsome day 🐾
All Love,
Lady May's 💙

29/03/2024

Thank you to all our wonderful clients, we are delighted to announce we have SOLD OUT of our Easter treat bags 🐇 Our treats are getting such a positive response. We honestly can't thank you enough 🪺 Our natural, homemade, no Preservatives/Hidden ingredients treats are available all year round 🐰 We are Waterford's first and only natural pet treats provider 🥰

Once again, thank you so much for choosing Lady May's 💙

17/03/2024

Lá fhéile Pádraig sona dhuit. Guímid ceann sábháilte dár gcliaint go léir. 🍀

All Love,
Lady May's 💚

10/03/2024

Happy Mother's Day, to all our pet Mom's 💙
We would love to see your Mother's day photos in the comments 😊 All pets are welcome of course. 🙂 We can't wait to see your photos 😍

Happy Mother's Day 💙
All Love,
Lady May's 💙

01/02/2024

Just like that....WE ARE BACK 💙
That break was definitely needed 😴
Alot has gone on in a month; So firstly HELLO AND WELCOME TO OUR NEW FOLLOWERS 😄
Always lovely to see new face and build onto our little corner of the Internet 🤣
Secondly; welcome back to our regulars, how was your Christmas and New year?🌲

So I guess a little update is needed, I'm sharing this competition again so our new followers have the chance to get involved if they wish 🙂 We are only 350 away from our target and our winner 😁
So OG's ye know what to do 😉

Other news I have, there will be a few policy updates and adjustments to time frames etc coming in the next few weeks. Please make your self aware of these changes to avoid any stress using service's. PLEASE HAVE YOUR NOTIFICATIONS FOR US TURNED ON.⚠️

The part everyone wants to hear.....Our books are open for 2024 🎊

All Love,
Lady May's 💙

Let's bring joy back to Waterford this week!
🎉We are doing a big giveaway 🎉
Included will be a grooming voucher, walking voucher, 3 bags of our variety natural treats and a doggie cake 🐕 This prize is worth €150. 🐩

When we get to 1k followers, we will then choose a winner. You must be following/like our page.

However, if you happen to tag 5 people in the comments, you'll be entered again 😁 (you can do this as many times as you want)

If you share this post, that's counts as 2 entries 🤫

The very best of luck to all our followers.
All Love,
Lady May 💙

29/12/2023

THAT'S A WRAP FOR 2023 🎆
After working the whole December ,we are finally on Holiday's 😊 Thank you so much to all our Walking, Pet Sitting, Grooming and Training clients , without ye we couldn't do this amazing dream job 💙 We have a competition over on our Facebook featured section, to bridge the gap while we're away 😘 Enjoy 😉

We will be off the whole month of January, we won't be answering any calls/texts/PMs/ DMs. Until we return on February 1st 2024 😁 Any outstanding booking fee's or balance fee's must be paid by 31st December 2023. If these aren't paid unfortunately we won't get to your booking till the first week in February and can not guarantee the booking.

Once again thank you for an amazing year! We'd like to wish you a Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and look forward to seen you all again in 2024 🐶 Thank you from every inch of me ,for making my dream come true 💙💙 Please do enter the competition over on our Facebook and if you haven't left us a review we'd really appreciate it If you could 😊

All Love,
Lady May 💙💙

29/12/2023

Some more of our Home Visits Gang 🎄 This is little Miss Christmas, Holly ❄️

28/12/2023

What a Duo 💙 These two would melt your heart. ❄️

26/12/2023

Some of our walking gang 🎅 We have been checking the skies over the past 2 days , unfortunately we didn't see Santa passing by ❄️