SHB - Sams Home Boarding - for dogs

05/01/2025

We walked in the afternoon today, but boy was it muddy!

04/01/2025

Winnie joined us again for walks today 😁

03/01/2025

Winnie joined us this morning for a fresh walk at Danebury.

03/01/2025

My official certificate arrived from my most recent curse.

21/12/2024

Non working as such today, I finished one of my online courses.
My own two dogs had a walk on a very windy Salisbury Plain today too!

21/12/2024

From my own personal Facebook memories. But a good post to show you the risks of playing with sticks with your dog.
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/Di1yyLTqkgofrBLB/?mibextid=wwXIfr

20/12/2024

Bella went home last night so that’s us off now till January.
Existing clients can always contact me if they need any cover during the Christmas period incase any emergencies crop up.
Enjoy the festive holiday!

19/12/2024

Sharing this old post incase people don’t know about this (Sudocream) https://www.facebook.com/share/p/wbk9Jt133iu65jaP/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Case of the Week: Terry-basil's sudocrem poisoning

2 year-old Terry-basil had been in and out of the vets repeatedly in his short life to try and control his skin allergies. This week however his owners noticed he was unusually quiet and lethargic. They brought him in to see Lizzie who noticed immediately his gums were very pale.

Bloods tests confirmed Terry was very anaemic, and he was admitted to the hospital. Several tests were performed which ruled out common causes of anaemia. Terry had not been exposed to anything toxic, though his owners had been using sudocrem for the past few weeks to try and ease his itchy skin. Lizzie started to wonder, could this be the cause??

Sudocrem contains zinc oxide, which is toxic in high doses. Sure enough a special blood test confirmed Terry's zinc levels were a whopping 5x higher than they should be!! Luckily once the sudocrem was removed from Terry's daily routine his anaemia improved, and he was discharged after 48 hours.

This is a really unusual case, and things could have been very serious for Terry if he'd been left longer. We feel it's important to stress that we do use sudocrem in the hospital as it is safe on the skin, but it's imperative to prevent pets licking it off. Surprisingly we have never seen a case of toxicity before - Terry's owners have very kindly let us tell his story in the hope it may save another dog from a similar fate, and are happy for his story to be shared to reach as many pet owners as possible. We are delighted that Terry is making a great recovery :)

19/12/2024

This is from my fb memories, but really important to know. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/pTHAgaZV3c9m146Y/?mibextid=wwXIfr

(19) Blue Cheese
A favourite food around Christmas time, blue cheeses such as Stilton and Gorgonzola are very popular choices. Many of these 'blue-veined' cheeses contain a natural substance known as Roquefortine C; a by-product of the fungi that creates the 'blue' appearance. Dogs are particularly sensitive to the Roquefortine
C causing muscle tremors and seizures which can last for up to two days. Keep these blue cheeses away from animals this Christmas and pick up any dropped pieces.

19/12/2024

This mornings walk, I’m not enjoying the mud under foot 😫, dogs don’t seem to mind though!

19/12/2024

Bit slow on yesterdays photos as we were helping with the little missing dog Ralph (now found).

17/12/2024

We met some friends at the farm this morning. I took the dogs out to Bury hill in the afternoon but didn’t take any photos during that walk.

17/12/2024

A course I did last week. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=916708017266041&id=100067805532370

16/12/2024

Cakes are baked. 1/2 liver cake and 1/2 pumpkin and peanut butter left.

16/12/2024

I am making do g cakes this evening for an order.
I cook three at a time so will have one liver cake, and one pumpkin and peanut butter available £10 each.
Need to know by about 7pm though!

16/12/2024

We had another walk before collecting Helly from the vets.

16/12/2024

Early start this morning to drop my Helly off for surgery at the vets. Bella and Daisy then had a walk in their own.