The Cambridge Dog Lodge & Pet Services

04/08/2026

03/08/2026

A HAUGHTON Green pet shop is celebrating its first anniversary by inviting customers to turn their beloved pets into works of art while raising money for a local animal charity.

Village Pet Foods is marking one year under the ownership of Georgia Cambridge with the launch of a giant community “doodle board” featuring hand-drawn portraits of local pets.

Read more: https://www.tamesidecorrespondent.co.uk/2026/08/02/village-pet-foods-celebrates-first-anniversary-with-charity-pet-doodle-board/

28/07/2026

Don’t forget to head over to Localito Marketplace where we now sell on line. More products added!

https://localito.com/s/villagepetfoods1974

23/06/2026

As the heat is set to get worse over the next couple of days. I will be starting my walks early so to make sure that your pooches are back in safe and sound before the days get too hot.

While out we will be heading for shady areas that will allow them to stay out of the direct sunlight.

22/06/2026

OFFICIAL HEATWAVE ANNOUNCEMENT TO ALL TORTOISES

Attention, fellow tortoises. This is Manuel from Tortoise Hotel.

I’ve just overheard the humans talking. They’ve seen the weather forecast. They are panicking. As usual.

This means many of us will shortly be picked up against our will and dunked into a bath every five minutes because apparently humans believe we’ll instantly shrivel up if the temperature goes above 25°C.

Or even worse…

Some of them will come charging into our enclosure with the hosepipe, completely soaking the ground, so we’re expected to spend the day walking around in what feels like a muddy swamp.

Now listen carefully…

There are rumours that all these baths are to stop us becoming dehydrated.
Unfortunately, on some occasions, they can have the opposite effect…

…because if your human keeps interrupting your afternoon nap every half an hour to plonk you in another bath, you’ll become exhausted long before you become dehydrated.

So here’s my advice.

If your human has provided you with a nice shallow soaking tray that you can walk into by yourself, this is your moment.

Walk in.
Have a drink.
Enjoy a little soak.
Walk back out.
Pretend you’ve only just discovered it.

Your human will think they’re an absolute genius. Secretly, you’ve just trained them to leave you alone. After all, we behave like adults from the moment we hatch.
We don’t need supervising every five minutes.

Now, about this heatwave…
Please don’t make the mistake humans do.

You won’t find us lying in the middle of the garden covered in baby oil, trying to turn ourselves into jacket potatoes.

Humans call this “sunbathing.”
We call it “poor thermoregulating.”

When it gets really hot, we do exactly what our family has been doing for over 200 million years.

We head for the shade.
We disappear under bushes.
We hide in long grass.
We dig down into lovely cool soil.
We thermoregulate.
It’s almost as if evolution knew what it was doing.

Meanwhile, the humans are lying in the blazing midday sun, covered in baby oil, trying to cook themselves evenly on both sides. Then they wonder why they’ve got sunburn. Honestly… which species do you think has mastered this whole hot weather thing?

If your human comes rushing over shouting,

“Come on! It’s sunny! You should be out enjoying yourself!”…simply give them your best disappointed stare. Maybe a little hiss if they’re particularly enthusiastic.
Then head straight back under your favourite bush.

Remember, fellow tortoises…

Shade is your friend.
Digging is perfectly normal.
Soak when you decide.
Keep enjoying those lovely weeds and flowers.
Spend the hottest part of the day exactly where you want to be.

Humans…

We love them. They mean well. They’re just not very experienced at being tortoises.

Love, Manuel 🐢

P.S. If you see your humans lying outside covered in baby oil, roasting themselves in the midday sun……don’t laugh.

They’ve only been around for a few hundred thousand years.
We’ve had over 200 million years to perfect this heatwave business.
Who’s the clever one now? 😉🐢

04/06/2026

Watching the dogs run in the long grass this week put one track in my mind and a bit of fun 80s nostalgia.

Who knows where this song came from?

26/05/2026

Good Morning,

I hope you all had a lovely weekend and enjoyed the sunshine 🌞

As its still going to be a hot day again today. I will still be taking your pooches out, but will make sure they have access to water and that they won't be in the sun too long, but long enough to have a run and go to the toilet before I get them back home.

Have a great day.

22/05/2026

I know, I know! Don’t mention Christmas, it’s only May. But now is the perfect time to start saving for your pets Christmas gift. And if last Christmas is anything to go by, all your pets friends too!

You can pop in any time, drop some money in, no amount too small, sign the book to say you have deposit your money, and away you go.

There’s no time like the present 🎁 (see what I did there?🤭)

The little shop with a big heart❤️

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Village Pet foods, Haughton Green, on Gibraltar Lane, Across road from the post office, and round the corner from the butcher’s.

19/05/2026