Puppy Pads for house training – Useful or not? I have known people who have always used puppy pads for house training and, in theory, they seem like a good idea – the puppy urinates on the [...]
Review and recipes for Kong dog toys. Despite owning and training dogs for many years, I have never purchased a Kong dog toy before. Mainly because my dogs always had company and rarely left [...]
Adolescent dog or stroppy teenager?! Just like people, puppies go through a tumultuous teenage stage too and this can happen at around eight months of age. It can be a challenging period [...]
Dogs and Facemasks – Is Your Dog Worried? Dogs are exceptionally good at reading body language in other dogs, but they are also very clever at interpreting cues given by human beings. Not only [...]
What is puppy socialisation exactly – and what’s the best way to do it? We’ve all heard how important socialisation is for young puppies, but what exactly does it mean and what does it entail? [...]
Covid and the dog welfare crisis UK. According to the British Medical Association, the impact of Covid-19 on people’s mental and psychological health could be significant and far reaching. [...]
Why is my dog digging in the carpet? It’s an uncommon, but odd and mildly amusing behaviour that our dogs engage in from time to time – digging in the carpet. But what does it mean if anything? [...]
The Duchenne Smile – Smiling with your eyes. Smiling is a crucially important form of communication in human beings, (and in other animals in their way), but during recent months where society [...]
Why do some dogs become attached to just one person? It is quite a common occurrence for pet dogs to become attached to just one person – this is usually within a household, but it can be that [...]
What is AMSR and what are the benefits for pet dogs? AMSR or Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response is the new buzzword in the field of mental health and wellbeing in human beings. However, the [...]
We’re open! First and foremost on behalf of all of us at Holidays4Dogs, we’d just like to say our thoughts are with anyone who’s been personally affected & lost friends or [...]
SORRY – THIS POPULAR SERVICE IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE – PLEASE CONTACT YOUR BUTCHER DIRECTLY FOR REPEAT ORDERS. DOORSTEP DELIVERY – Holidays4Dogs responds to COVID-19 lockdown [...]
In accordance with Government guidelines, all Holidays4Dogs Dog Carers will cease to work for a period of 3 weeks from 23rd March. We will continue to monitor the evolving situation and [...]
Coronavirus and the impact on rescue centres Times are indeed both worrying and trying for all of us and nothing has escaped the consequences of this massive public health concern. Just [...]
Boo goes to meet Hylton the Hearing Dog Hylton is an official assistance dog and wears with pride the burgundy livery of a Hearing Dog. He has been Sheila’s partner for just 9 months, and it is [...]
