Pawprints & pipedreams

19/12/2024

The fascinating and touching story of Lampo the train dog is well known. Lampo, a mixed-breed puppy with the appearance of a German Shepherd, became famous in Italy in the 1950s for his extraordinary ability to travel alone by train and always return home.

Lampo lived at the Campiglia Marittima train station, where he was adopted by a station attendant. One day the puppy simply jumped on a train and, to everyone's surprise, not only did he travel alone, but he also knew exactly when and where to get off to return!

He made many trips to nearby towns and always found his way back to the station, becoming very popular with passengers and railway workers.

What was most amazing was that Lampo seemed to understand the train schedules perfectly and never took the wrong train. It is even said that he helped the passengers find their way around.

Today, Lampo is honored with a statue at Campiglia Marittima train station that honors his incredible desire to travel and his intelligence. His story has touched the hearts of many generations and remains a symbol of the special bond between humans and animals.

17/12/2024

28/11/2024

Please consider donating items for the ASU so they can continue their amazing educational work :)

Why not purchase and donate on behalf of someone this year? Cannot think of a better gift than the gift of giving ❤️❤️❤️

Next time someone asks ‘what size are you?’ Say ‘I’m a size hand towels for guinea pigs babes x’

We are currently short of some items around the farm so are looking for the following:
▪️Pet carriers- any size
▪️Small towels (hand towels)
▪️Children’s boots - wellingtons or short boots
▪️Grooming brushes
▪️A microwave
▪️Yoga/gym mats
▪️Small animal hides

If anyone has any of these items they would be willing to donate or sell for a small fee we would be so grateful!
As most of you know we are a self funded farm so there is minimal budget available for us to buy at the moment.

17/11/2024

YEAH 😍

14/11/2024

We don’t buy Christmas cards anymore, we donate money to those who need it.

This year, please consider this wonderful local lady that really cares for disabled and poorly bunnies 😍

25/10/2024

Her name is Rio and she dances on the sand 😍

Gorgeous Rio displaying one of her many poses, this one is called “The Shrimp”! Lovely to see this girlie doing so well 🥰
If you would like a dog that could make you smile with their funny sleep positions, a greyhound could be the answer. We can certainly help you out with this. Just check out our dogs needing homes on our website ⬇️

https://www.kentgreyhoundrescue.com/

https://www.kentgreyhoundrescue.com/

25/10/2024

25/09/2024

Lewis 😭😭❤️❤️

25/09/2024

😂😂😂😂

21/09/2024

I would trust Devon with any of my animals :)

20/09/2024

Research-based interesting pet news :)

As summers continue to get warmer year-over-year, new research from the Penn Vet Working Dog Center (PVWDC) reveals the best way to prevent dogs from overheating.

After comparing various cooling methods, researchers found when a dog voluntarily submerged their head in clean, room-temperature water to retrieve a treat or toy, they not only cooled off faster, but also avoided dangerous post-exercise temperature spikes.

“During heat stress, blood flow to the head, nose, tongue, and ears is increased,” said Cynthia M. Otto, VMD, PhD, lead author of the study and executive director of the PVWDC. “Cooling the tissues of the head allows for rapid cooling of the whole body with limited amounts of water.”

🔗 Learn how to correctly teach your dog this game-changing method by visiting: https://bit.ly/4eajKuy

08/08/2024

The Reptile Academy is offering a specialist residential training course which will teach you how to care for a huge range of reptiles to the highest standards during an exciting and engaging stay.

Open to all animal management or science students aged 16-24 🐢🐍🦎🦖🐊

04/06/2024

Not all foods are created equally, the same way all pets have different needs.

You CANNOT judge a pet food by its ingredient list alone and anyone who tells you they can, does not know enough about nutrition for you to listen to their advice.

A pet food ingredient list tells you nothing about;

🐶 The formulation of that diet - is it suitable for your pet, their lifestyle and nutritional needs?

🐱The digestibility of the diet - how much of the nutrition in the food is actually digested by your pet and used by their body

🐶 The skill of the person who made the recipe - do they know what they are doing? Do they know how to balance meals for the health of your pet and how the ingredients work with each other and with the body? What are their qualifications?

🐱 The quality control and batch testing the company does - how are they ensuring their diets are safe and actually contain the nutrition they claim?

🐶 The research behind the diet - this is particularly relevant for therapeutic diets designed to treat and support medical conditions like kidney failure, IBD or allergies

All of these things are far more important for your pet's health and nutrition than a simple list on the back of the bag.

So how can you tell if a food is any good? It isn't actually that easy!

Sometimes the answers to these questions are on the bag but not often, sometimes they are on the companies website and sometimes they are nowhere to be seen - which always makes me highly suspicious and unlikely to want to feed the meals to my pets or recommend them to my clients.

I could go on about this for hours but the fact remains - you cannot judge how 'good' or 'bad' a pet food by it's ingredient list, no matter how bougie or how budget it seems!

If you are interested in finding out more about this subject, I can recommend;

https://nutritionrvn.com/2020/12/19/investigating-ingredients/

https://wsava.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Frequently-Asked-Questions-and-Myths.pdf

https://vetnutrition.tufts.edu/2016/06/why-you-shouldnt-judge-a-pet-food-by-its-ingredient-list/

https://www.petmd.com/dog/nutrition/pet-food-ingredient-and-label-guide

03/06/2024

Gross that this even got published