Golden Paws Essex

29/11/2025

28/11/2025

Awwww look our first holiday puppy! So here we are, barely a day into the holiday and the first local dog has found us. Of course it has. You can take us out of Chelmsford but you can’t switch off the dog radar.. and you should hear them when they start barking in the rain forest 😂 makes me really smile.
Feels a bit like home already. Sending love to the Golden Paws Family, hope all the pups are having a lovely week.

25/11/2025

✈️🦋 Separation Anxiety Is real for us Dog Mums too 🦋✈️

I should be fast asleep, but here I am at silly o’clock, cuddled up with Buzz with separation anxiety. Fourteen months of working seven days a week, planning the holiday of a lifetime, living our best home life, watching endless YouTube videos of St Vincent… and now the minute we get to switch off, I’m wide awake worrying about leaving my baby … my furbaby, my boy.

It’s been a full-on year. Frank’s cancer diagnosis and then the good news with his cancer, then losing his mum, all the appointments, treatments, broken bones, hospital visits, and a house full of beautiful pups keeping us going. This holiday has been the little light at the end of the tunnel.

And yet here I am, snuggled under the duvet with Buzz, thinking “What if he misses me? What if he thinks I’ve abandoned him?” Humans get separation anxiety too. Sometimes worse than the dogs. Today I am a walking emotional mess lol!

He’s tucked into me like he always does, trusting me completely, and my heart is doing that stupid achey thing only dog people understand. Because dogs aren’t just dogs. They’re family. They’re comfort. They’re the calm in the hard seasons.

He’ll be absolutely fine. He’s with our boys, in his own home, surrounded by love. But I’m still going to miss this little face more than I can say.

Holiday mode loading… but dog mum mode never switches off.

22/11/2025

Holiday Nails - TICK ✅

22/11/2025

This weekend I’ll mainly be curling up on the sofa with this snuggly boy and I’m not sure who missed who more.
He spent the whole night tucked in with me and hasn’t left my side this morning.
This is why I love doing what I do… it’s never just care, it’s real connection.

Lots of sofa snuggles, happy hearts, and one very content boy today.
My job is the best. xx

21/11/2025

Dash 🐶knows exactly where he’s going.

He turns into our road, hits that first little speed bump, and the whole back end starts wiggling. This clip honestly made my morning. There’s nothing better than seeing how happy they are before they’ve even walked through the door. Sarah Thank you 🙏

Welcome back, Dash the Wonder Dog. We’ve missed that wiggle and the cuddles

21/11/2025

Holiday Countdown- Back 12th December ✈️

21/11/2025

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20/11/2025

📱✈️ HELP ME SURVIVE A 12-HOUR FLIGHT!
I need all your BEST podcast, Netflix, or movie recommendations — I’ve got 12 HOURS to kill in the sky and no clue what to download 😩🎧🍿

Drop your favs in the comments 👇
📺 Binge-worthy series
🎙️ Addictive podcasts
🎬 Must-watch movies
👀 Hidden gems welcome too!

Let’s build the ultimate in-flight watchlist. Go! 🚨✈️💬

15/11/2025

Oh my goodness, how cute is this. I found this little pocket turtle while out walking the dogs today and it absolutely made my morning. A tiny bit of kindness left for someone to find… and today that someone was me. 🙏❤️

Thank you to the lovely team behind Kinder Essex, Chelmsford and the Hug in a shrug Project for spreading such gentle, thoughtful magic around our community. What a lovely idea for World Kindness Day 2025… not sure when it was so hope the little turle wasn’t out for too long

It is amazing what a small, handmade gift can do. It stops you in your tracks, lifts your mood and reminds you that there are good people doing good things right on our doorstep.

If you spot one of these kindness gifts on your travels, pick it up and keep it close. And if you want to get involved or simply follow the kindness trail, pop over to:
Kinder Essex


A little kindness goes a long way. This one certainly did.