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…
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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…
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…
Is it ok for my dogs to eat junk food such as chips?
Can dogs eat chips? Many humans can’t resist junk food. This could be a packet of pringles whilst watching the TV or some chips whilst playing a board game. However, it is important to remember that whilst pringles Cheetos, quavers are tasty they are also bad for us. So are these tasty snacks also…
Our Top Tips on how to exercise your dog in the winter
Come October./ November time and the weather starts to get cold; all we want to do is hibernate. However, your dog still needs to get both physical and mental exercise. Nice daily walk to help break the day up, have a toilet break and relief the boredom, but it is not always enough in winter.…