When you plan a trip away or simply a prolonged period out of the house, you need to think about how this will affect your dog. Dogs are incredibly sociable animals and love human contact, so seeing their owner leaving, even just for a few hours, can trigger anxiety. This is relatively normal but can…
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How Much Should Your Dog Eat?
Learning how much you should feed your dog is more important than you may realise, but obviously, there is a massive size difference between dogs and the level of activity and breed change how much food they may need. Finding specific guidelines is tricky because they tend to be trial and error. Still, it also…
The Dangers of Broken Glass on the footpath!
When I’m out walking my client’s dogs, in my role as a professional dog walker, I literally cannot take my eyes from the paths, keeping one eye out for the dogs and the other focused on looking for broken glass in front of us and then trying to avoid it. I often come across some…
How to keep the house clean with dogs
As much as we love our four-legged friends, there is no denying that they add to the cleaning around the home. With muddy paws and fur shedding, keeping the house clean and sparkling is harder when you have a dog. However, we adore them, so we put up with this extra burden, but it’s always…
Canine Enrichment: Keeping Your Dog Happy
Do dogs get bored? The simple answer is yes. Like anything human or animal, a dog can get bored and stressed, which can manifest in behavioural issues. Dogs are social creatures, and in the wild, they would have been in packs, so humans become their pack for the domestic dog. Ensuring your dog doesn’t get…
The Sniff and Decompress
Let Your Dog Sniff: Why It’s More Than Just a Walk Walking your dog is part of your daily routine. Rain, sun, wind, or frost—you do it because you know exercise matters. But there’s more to a walk than just physical activity. Some dogs need long hikes across open fields, while others are happy…
How to train a dog with treats
Training a puppy is a lot of repetition and looking for positive behaviours that can be rewarded. With this in mind, when you go to training classes, you will be asked to bring small treats with you like pieces of chicken or other meat. Things can be easily fed without too much disruption and won’t…
What happens if my dog eats a cigarette butt?
What happens if my dog eats a cigarette butt? It’s probably no surprise to find that your dog has at some point eaten a cigarette butt from the floor. Many tobacco products actually have food like smell, many of them tasting like menthol or mint. Still, the real problem arises from nicotine, found in many…