Holiday care for our dogs We all look forward to holidays as a welcome break from the hurry and busyness of everyday life, but deciding where to leave our dogs to go on holiday can often be the cause of
Home boarding, house sitting or kennels?
Dog walking – whose walk is it anyway?
Dog walking Some of my happiest childhood memories involve dog walking. In those days it was multiples of shelties around the village where I grew up. Then, as a young adult, I walked with Patch, my rescued border collie with
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Dog walking in Newcastle – when the dog says “no!”
Today I did my first walk with Willow who is a beautiful black and gold Hovawort. We’d met on a couple of occassions and got along well, indeed she was positively affectionate at the initial booking visit. I’d done a
A well spent Saturday – learning at Custom Canine Care
Yesterday I went to a breeders’ seminar at Croft Veterinary Hospital in Cramlington. The main draw was a lecture on puppy development, which proved to be a rich and positive walk through a puppy’s developmental needs between birth and 12
Dog walking in a snowy Newcastle upon Tyne
The recent snowfall and freezing weather has brought challenges to all kinds of people simply going about their daily work. I sat in my car the other day watching (with great empathy) a group of burly men trying to manoeuvre
Dog boarding in Newcastle upon Tyne with Rosie
Rosie is just as cute as cute pie; a lovely reddish blonde cockapoo puppy who we had the joy of looking after here recently. She is a very easy going little lady, whose main loves in life are comfort and
Joey the joker – boarding at custom canine care
We have a lot of dogs here these days, some visit briefly as part or full day boarders and some linger a while… holidaying here while their families enjoy their own vacations. Very few make quite the impact on everyone
Fun with Flynn
Flynn (or Flinnagan as he became affectionately known here) is a very special springer spaniel who stayed with us for a week recently. He has got to be the most universally loved dog we have yet to look after, as
When I was three I was barely me
I do believe that when AA Milne wrote those words in the poem Now we are six he was referring to Christopher Robin being 3 years old. But hey… poetic license and at that jazz. I can’t really quote you
