Four Paws Boarding Kennels - Lilyfontein, East London

01/01/2025

As we welcome in a new year, the Four Paws Wardle Family wishes you a year of endless adventures, belly rubs, and joy.
Here's to 2025🥂❤️

31/12/2024

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Fireworks’ Night: loud screeches, pretty bright lights, almighty bangs, an enjoyable night for all, or so you’d think? For many dog owners fireworks night is the one night of the year that they have come to dread. For their dogs, it’s the worst night imaginable.
More dogs than you’d think suffer from an enormous amount of stress on firework night, normally due to a learned fear. Some behaviors that may be seen are:
• Barking incessantly,
• Running away, hiding under chairs and tables
• Shaking and trembling
• Pawing at their owner for reassurance
• Escaping
Unfortunately as humans it is instinctive to want to reassure and comfort our loved ones when they are distressed and through speech and affection we are able to do just that. However in the dog world it doesn’t quite work that way. When a dog receives a cuddle or a stroke they normally perceive it as a reward and whenever you reward a dog for a behaviour you are increasing the likelihood of them displaying that behaviour again in the future. So as natural as it is for us to do, if we reassure our dogs when they are scared we are actually rewarding them, and making their fear worse. So please don’t sit and cuddle your puppy on the sofa for two hours through the duration of the fireworks. Your puppy’s first
experience can dictate how they cope with fireworks in future years so it is vital you get it right first time around.
What to do?
Your reaction is the most important.
• Ignore any signs of fear!
• Act as you would on any other Wednesday evening. If you are acting differently it will add to any stress; pull the curtains and put the T.V. on.
• Give your puppy something positive to do e.g. play a game, do some training with tasty tit bits, or fill an interactive toy such as a Kong
Above are some pointers of how to make sure your puppy’s first experience of fireworks is a pleasant one to prevent them developing any fear.

Taken from “Firework Fear” by Pam Mackinnon

25/12/2024

🐾From our family, to yours... 🐾
we wish you all a blessed Christmas 🎄
The pups had a ball opening up their presents 🎁

22/12/2024

A wet day today, but we still had fun together ❤️

21/12/2024

Four Paws Boarding Kennels - Lilyfontein, East London ~ ensuring peace of mind for pet owners 🐶

14/12/2024

Shongololo fun 😳😝

14/12/2024

Early morning Four Paws Boarding Kennels - Lilyfontein, East London ♥️

16/11/2024

Always fun here!

26/10/2024

Availability over the Christmas period is limited and dependent on the number, size and temperaments of dogs boarding in one kennel.

26/10/2024

Understanding working dog breeds such as these two Hungarian Vizlas is vitally important in our line of business. Scatter feeding is a brilliant way to engage them 🐾

20/10/2024

Chill time inside. While we proudly share many photos of our individual garden units where our furry guests spend their day, they still have a cosy indoor space in their kennel for bedtimes and when the weather is not so great.

12/10/2024

Who me? 🐾

25/09/2024

Even the smallest attention to details can have a significant impact on the wellbeing of our furry guests ♡

24/09/2024

23/09/2024

School holidays ❤️