🎅MERRY CHRISTMAS🎅 to all my friends and fellow dog lovers in this community ... I hope you all have a brilliant Christmas with your wee furry pals 🎅🎅🎅
Here's hoping next year we will continue to see changes around the world with stricter laws, more proper education, collaborations and alot more kindness and understanding for these amazing animals we are lucky enough to get to share our lives with ❤️❤️❤️
Ps Thanks also to everyone who bought my first attempt at writing a dog books with my wee journal 🥰 .. im grateful to everyone who did and I hope you fill it in and capture the memories of your best pal just like i did with Star ⭐️.. hopefully next year I'll be confident enough to start writing those childrens books i've always wanted to write about him 🤞 ❤️
Lots of love Kirsty, Isla & Fred ❤️
18/12/2025
Some people shouldn't be allowed to have dogs if they dont first have an understanding that they are bringing an animal into their home.. a dog isnt an accessory or a substitute baby .. they are not a reflection of how much money u have or something u have to have cos someone else got one... they are an ANIMAL who has it's own wants and needs and if u aren't prepared to sacrifice some of urslef to look after it properly then maybe u need to ask urslef should I maybe just get a goldfish 🤔
The amount of crap nonsense I see asking stupid questions around dog ownership boils my blood tbh .. 99% answers to these questions is 'should u even own a dog?'
THIS RANT IS A REMINDER TO PEOPLE THAT DOGS AREN'T JUST FOR CHRISTMAS 🎅🎅🎅
17/12/2025
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🎉 Scottish Parliament has passed the Dog Theft (Scotland) Bill at Stage 3, making it a standalone offence and formally recognising the serious emotional harm caused to families.
This new law means:
❗ Dogs are recognised as sentient beings
❗ Tougher penalties for dog theft
❗ Recognition of emotional harm
❗Stronger penalties for stealing assistance (helper) dogs, recognising the harm caused to people who rely on them
❗Better data to help prevent dog theft
This long-awaited change will strengthen protections for dogs and help deliver justice for victims across Scotland 🐾
This is a significant milestone, but we won't stop there.
Our 2026 Manifesto sets out the next steps needed to protect all animals in Scotland.
Keep the momentum going by supporting our manifesto: https://f.mtr.cool/vhwlaslfns
Together, we can make sure today’s progress is just the beginning.
16/12/2025
Rocky will say hes not a dog behaviorist but he is and rescues are always so overwhelmed with different horrible situations to notice, have resources or even have the authority to follow up indivdual abuse and neglect cases .. she is so lucky to find him 😢❤️❤️❤️
16/12/2025
El Salvadors president Nayib Bukele reached out on X looking to find a solution to the huge stray dog problem their country faces .. he is prepared to finance a team of experts to start working on the problems his country faces ... thousands of dog lovers comtacted and encouraged the dog hero Niall Harbison, who has created an amazing program in Thialand, saving thousands of dog, while educating 10s of thousands on how to help🥰
They have met and are now working out the details to bring his tried and tested methods to El Salvador .. education of the masses in dog welfare is the most important thing dog loving humans can support ...thanks to social media it trickles down into other countries and eventually lands at the end of every lead 🥰.... cruelty and ignorance to dogs comes from lack of education, experience and profit margins but the governments of countries around the world are best positioned to fix these overwhelming problems around the most faithful, loving and supportive animals to our human race .. im excited to follow the progress of this partnership .. its going to make such a difference to so many dogs .. and they all matter ❤️❤️❤️
16/12/2025
Well done France 🇫🇷 ❤️
15/12/2025
PIP IS STILL MISSING ‼️
Six weeks 💔 Monifieth.
Pip's page- BRING PIP HOME
There is a particular kind of grief that doesn’t fit neatly into any category. It isn’t the everyday sadnesses we can explain or soothe. It is something far more ambiguous, far more complicated to navigate: loss without answers.
Pip has been missing for six weeks now. Enough time for the days to blur, but not enough time for the questions to quiet.
Every morning begins with the same moment—half awake, half hopeful—before remembering that she is still not here. There is no update. No explanation.
Nothing prepares you for the uncertainty that follows when someone simply disappears. There is no ritual for this, no roadmap. Instead, there’s a loop of what-ifs.
Each question is both a lifeline and a weight. Hope keeps you moving. Uncertainty keeps you awake.
When there are no answers, you find yourself pulled between two emotional worlds. One part of you holds on tightly—because love demands that. The other part begins to mourn—because your heart can only carry so much not-knowing before it overflows.
It’s exhausting to inhabit both spaces at once.
The world keeps turning. Time moves, but in our home there is a strange stillness, as though everything is waiting for her return. Her empty bed. Her bowl. The habits we haven’t let go of because letting go would feel like acceptance. We are not accepting.
We don’t have answers. We don’t have signs. We don’t have the story’s ending.
What we do have is love. We carry her with us in every walk, every quiet moment, every glance at the door. We speak her name, often.
Ambiguous loss doesn’t offer resolution, but it does reveal how deeply we care, how fiercely we hope, how wide the heart can stretch when it must.
Some stories take longer to unfold.
And so we keep searching.
We keep hoping.
14/12/2025
Dogs aren't our kids or our substitute for having them .. they can definately be OUR babies .. they can be OUR furbabies, OUR world, OUR everything, OUR furstars, OUR best friends, OUR protectors, OUR way to combat OUR lonleyness, the reason we smile, laugh, get up everyday .. OUR secret keeper, OUR emotional support, someone we talk to when there is nobody else around, a reason to get out the house with, to run with, to cycle with, to walk with, to hike with and to play with .. but they are always DOGS first .. they are brilliant at tolerating humans and our emotions.. but they are a whole different species.. they have alot of their own needs, wants and understanding capabilities... humans need to understand this and stop projecting and start learning .. our emotional energy is their biggest connection to us and its so hard for them because they can't actually process most of it ... thats where behaviour problems manifest .. most of our dogs problems are just a relection of us ❤️🐕❤️
14/12/2025
Ive been lucky enough to do a fair bit of travelling in my life & everywhere I go I'm always most interested in either getting involved in or at least observing and asking questions to see the different attitude towards the dogs ..I also do alot or research and pondering on the subject as it really fascinates me to understand how their genetics, their evolution, development and the laws around them create the environment they live in.
One country ive been most impressed with is Italy ... they have recently been introducing strickter laws and enforcing them and putting government money where its going to matter👏 , This helps raise the publics awareness on how important it is to treat dogs properly and not 'just as property'. A recent trip to Naples showed me how much these changes are improving owners education and more importantly dogs lives 😍, I spoke to savvy owners and just saw well looked after dogs .. not one stray .. which was a nice change 🥰 .. im sure some abuse still goes on in the shadows but hopefully this stronger stance will continue to improve 'dog's lives' .. and this next step by some airlines is really going to make a huge difference to people understanding just how important dogs are to us humans .. I want to take mine with me too 🥰 ... BRAVO ITALY 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
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***** RIP to my beautiful boy 17/7/2006 to 29//12/2017 ... run free my best boy and have fun with all the furry friends you made gone to Rainbow Bridge before you ###
' the inspriation behind every thing i do ... you taught me so much this life with us ... patience and a greater understanding of dogs being one of the most important, I will love you forever and carry your pawprints in my heart where ever life takes me ...you will always be my shining STAR ###xx '
Star Dogs Grooming is based all around our boy Star. He was the best friend of my daughter Lara and myself Kirsty . He was our constant companion for 11.5 years.
Star came to us at 8 weeks old and at that time I was busy with 'Just Walking The Dogs' a pet services business providing dog grooming, dog walking, pet sitting services around the West Lothian area, we went on to offer a training & behaviour service together helping other owners to train and understand their own dogs better. Star quickly became the top dog of every pack with his excellent response to training and his laid back attitude to life. He loved being around other dogs and loved to come to work everyday.
I have been offering a dog grooming service after taking a course at Oatridge college in 2006 along with other pet services but as Star got older it was time to take a more relaxed look on life and concentrate on providing a grooming service only and that's how Star Dogs was born :)
We just love dogs round here, all personalities and all shapes and sizes and understand how important it is to keep there coats in great condition all year round to help maintain the best quality of life. We have always ensured the dogs happiness comes first and strive to create a caring relaxed environment when you come to visit us ... we want your furry friend to leave after their pampering session feeling on top of the world and be happy to come back!!!
Prices vary depending on size but you will only be charged for the level of grooming you require, for instance a tidy up of paws and face without a bath will cost less than a full groom, contact me for a quote. No multiple dogs at one time so your dog gets the full attention they require. This also lowers stress levels for more nervous dogs to allow them to learn how to enjoy their pampering session ... we always want your dog to leave with a wagging tail :)
Thanks
Kirsty & Forever Star
