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Cockermouth's safe & secure dog exercise field

17/11/2023

I've just enjoyed a week in Tunisia for a family holiday. We had 7 days of wall to wall sunshine.
I came back yesterday, and everyone was saying how bad the weather had been. I didn't believe them until I got to the field and discovered a new swimming pool 🤨
I think we chose a good week to go away 😅

03/11/2023

It was an exciting day today: the field now has a gate on it (thank you, Eddy Beard).

23/10/2023

It's so lovely that everyone seems as excited about the dog exercise fields as I do.

As I've been walking around town, I've had a number of people stop me to ask when I think I will be up and running.

I started the planning process, got the forms filled in and the statement written up but then I started doubting myself. It is costing quite a lot of money to submit the plans, so I want to get it right the first time (to save time and money), therefore I have decided to hire someone to do it all for me.

It is estimated that it will take about 12 weeks for the plans to be (hopefully) accepted, then at a guess, another 4-6 weeks to get the car parking area down, fencing erected and shelters/storage shed put in place.

So, the date I am going to aim for to be open, is 5 months from today - Saturday 23rd March 2024 - which is the start of the Easter school holidays.

This date is obviously not set in stone as so much can happen, but it's a date to work towards.

I will keep you updated with the process.

11/10/2023

A big shout out to Jamie Rayson who came and cut the grass for me when the sale completed. It would have taken days to cut the grass with my little flymo. Jamie did this in his tractor in a couple of hours.

The shorter grass makes the land look even bigger too!

09/10/2023

We have lots of wild flowers in our garden at home, as well as a number of huge sunflowers. I've been drying out the sunflower heads and collecting the wild flower seeds (mostly poppy seeds) ready to create a sunflower patch and wild flower gardens on the land outside of the dog exercise areas.

It's not just going to be an area for dogs to play safely, but a space for wildlife and insects too (plus it will look really pretty).

07/10/2023

This is our location.

As you can see, the area is surrounded by other fields which makes it more private and secure.

The plan is to create two enclosed areas in this space: One will be left as a field for lots of zoomies, the other will have enrichment stations and obstacles to play on.

05/10/2023

Planning forms, a big mug of coffee, and a chocolate chip cookie. I'm glad I chose today as my admin day, given the awful weather outside.

04/10/2023

Welcome to my new venture: Paws in the Paddock

I've been trying to buy a field for at least 5 years to set up a secure area to exercise the dogs we walk (Lakeland Dog Walker) and to hire the area out to the public when we aren't using it.

Last week, a field finally became mine! I put an offer on the land and it was accepted back in April. I had hoped to have everything in place and be open by now, but alas, it was not meant to be. I'm beyond excited, but also rather nervous.

Unfortunately, we are a long way off being able to open our doors to the public as we need to organise 'change of use' of the land, submit planning permission, erect tall fencing and gates, and put down a small car parking area.

I thought I'd set up the business page now, partly because I'm excited, but also to document the process of this land going from an unused meadow, to (hopefully) an amazing dog exercise space.

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I've just enjoyed a week in Tunisia for a family holiday. We had 7 days of wall to wall sunshine. I came back yesterday, and everyone was saying how bad the weather had been. I didn't believe them until I got to the field and discovered a new swimming pool 🤨 I think we chose a good week to go away 😅

A big shout out to Jamie Rayson who came and cut the grass for me when the sale completed. It would have taken days to cut the grass with my little flymo. Jamie did this in his tractor in a couple of hours. The shorter grass makes the land look even bigger too!

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