Having a puppy can be a really lovely experience and an exciting time but it can also be hard work. If you have a puppy from a young age it is most probably not going to be toilet trained. This means you are going to have to teach them where they can and can’t go to the toilet and how to show you that they need to go. You can [ Read More ]
The sale of puppies and dogs has shot up since lockdown began back in March. With more people at home and able to look after a puppy, now seems the perfect time for many. The prices of puppies has reflected this and increased massively over the past 12 months. On average you can expect to pay in excess of £1500 and that’s not even for a pedigree dog. Some sellers [ Read More ]
When it comes to walking the dog, you may find it a very daunting task. Some dogs are not great on leads and this is often to do with a lack of training when they were puppies. If you have a small dog it may not really be much of an issue but if your dog is large then it can even be dangerous when you cannot have control of [ Read More ]
A dog is a very popular pet in the UK. Almost half of the population own a pet and 25% of the whole popular own at least one dog. During lockdown more and more people decided that they had got the time to look after a pet and so decided to get a dog but with some now returning to work, it may mean that dog walkers are now needed [ Read More ]
When the UK was in full lockdown it wasn’t just people that missed out on a haircut. Dogs all over the country also have to put their pampering on hold as dog groomers closed down. Many have now reopened buy may still have a backlog of pups to work through. The fact we also had a few heat waves during this time made some pet owns decide to take things [ Read More ]
Many people worry about adopting an older dog. Will it be easy to train? Could there be ingrained behavioural problems? Is the dog going to be more stubborn? Older dogs can, in fact, make lovely pets, and there are lots of reasons why you should think about adopting an older dog instead of a puppy. Older dogs will often be more gentle and will have a little less excitable puppy [ Read More ]