Embark with Lisa

03/03/2025

Loving the spring weather - river time

06/11/2024

👅🐶🐾🤪

31/10/2024

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20/10/2024

Last couple of weeks.

03/10/2024

09/09/2024

August was mostly wet 💦 🌧️🌦️🌈
Soggy doggies 🐶🐕🦮

24/07/2024

Hello from the doggos 🐶

18/06/2024

A few pics of a few dogs 🐕 🐶 🤣

11/05/2024

It's water season 💦🐶

27/04/2024

Canine crazies 🤣

12/04/2024

Spring madness in full flow 🤪🤣

07/03/2024

😭

18/02/2024

Sick of the rain and mud but we still have fun 🐶🤪😆

24/01/2024

Sooo cute

Sweet boy SNOOP is still searching for his forever family, He is one lovely boy💕

💙SNOOP- available for adoption💙
Staffy, Male, 10 years old

Beautiful boy SNOOP is such a lovely natured easy going boy.
He deserves to live his senior years out in a loving home. He may be 10 years old but he doesn’t act like it! He loves the company of other dogs and people

His rehoming requirements; 🏡

🐾 I may be suitable for 1st time owners

🐾 I may be suitable to live with dog savvy children, dependent on introductions

🐾 I may be suitable to live with another neutered resident dog, dependent on introductions

🐾 I have previously lived with cats

🐾 I am a very sweet affectionate boy.

please follow the link for application forms ;-
https://www.newport.gov.uk/en/Transport-Streets/Dog-control/Re-homing-service.aspx

18/01/2024

Things need to change 😢

ANOTHER DEVASTATING EXAMPLE OF IRRESPONSIBLE BREEDING

Lovely Chunk arrived in our care from the local pound. On arrival it was clear Chunk was in a lot of discomfort both from his conformation and he was also struggling to urinate.

He was rushed to the vets on arrival for an emergency check where he had a bladder scan which thankfully was clear, so he was prescribed pain relief and antibiotics to keep him comfortable until he was able to be booked in for xrays to further assess any underlying issues.

Sadly his xrays were harrowing. They showed his hip sockets were pretty much non-existent causing pain every time Chunk took a step. At just 4 years old Chunk also had arthritis already present in both of his front elbows - to have arthritis at such a young age only meant his condition was going to deteriorate over time. Despite being on pain relief Chunk was still unable to partake in playtime or enjoy his walks so we made the sad decision to let him pass peacefully whilst under anaesthetic.

How do we feel? Of course we were deeply saddended that we weren't able to give Chunk his happy ending. But then angry that we are continuing to see these deformities in Pocket Bullies and other bully type breeds, deformities delibrately bred in to achieve a desired aesthetic. Deformities we see week in week out due to our work with stray dogs and dogs seized from illegal breeders. Dogs sufferring, then discarded for animal welfare organisations to pick up the pieces and make the tough calls.

We also have numerous dogs in palliative care due to their ongoing health needs as a result of their breeding and conformation. We have had to make difficult decisions on too many young dogs who should have their whole lives in front of them.

Irresponsible breeders are continuing to churn out these poor dogs. Many XL Bully breeders are still breeding Pocket Bullies, oblivious of the role their actions played in the Government's decision to ban them.

We are on BBC Radio 4 You and Yours programme at midday today talking about canine fertility clinics and their links to low welfare breeding practices. There is still so much work to be done in improving breeding legislation, and importantly, in providing adequate enforcement resources to tackle the issues and sheer volume of illegal breeders.

Rest easy Chunk, you deserved so much more 💔