Cliff Villages Dog Walking and Pet Care Services

20/06/2025

A perfect day in the warm ♥️💦♥️💦🐾 we had a quick walk to toilet and then back for time with the pool and a cheeky chicken treat hunt 🐾🐾

19/06/2025

Hot Forecast Due 🌅 Met Office Heat will build through the week. On Wednesday the highest temperatures values in the UK are expected to be around 27ºC.

Is it true that if we use cold water on heat stroke pets they will go into shock?

One of the most common things we still hear is that we can only use tepid water on a pet with heat stroke, incase they get some complications like hypothermic overshoot, peripheral vasoconstriction hindering a cooling response, and cardiogenic shock...

We have heard not to use cold water in case it causes shock... this rarely happens!

But guess what? In a recent study over 26% of dogs presented with heat stroke died, with flat faced breeds making up nearly half of heat stroke cases seen in the study.

You should:

💧Get someone to call the local veterinary practice and tell them you're going to travel down with a heat stroke patient
💧Pour, hose or if possible immerse the pet in very cold water (this should obviously be done under constant supervision, ensuring the head is fully above water and immersion should not be attempted if the animal is too large, or you are unable to do so without hurting yourself)
💧NB: If using a hose pipe, make sure it has run through until cold, as they can often contain water that is extremely hot in the tubing initially
💧Do not drape in towels and leave them in situ. Keep the cold water flowing.
💧Move to a cool, shaded area
💧Prepare to transport to vets in a cold, air conditioned car

In studies they found that:

🌅International consensus from sports medicine organisations supports treating EHS with early rapid cooling by immersing the casualty in cold water.
🌅Ice-water immersion has been shown to be highly effective in exertional heat stroke, with a zero fatality rate in large case series of younger, fit patients.
🌅Hyperthermic individuals were cooled twice as fast by Cold Water Immersion as by passive recovery.
🌅No complications occurred during the treatment of three older patients with severe heat stroke were treated with cold‐water immersion.
🌅Cold water immersion (CWI) is the preferred cooling modality in EHS guidelines and the optimal method applicable to UK Service Personnel
🌅Studies suggest using either ice-water or cold-water immersion

The best intervention is PREVENTION, but if you find yourself with an animal with heat stroke, using cold water either by pouring, hosing or ideally (if safe) immersion then this may help reduce their temperature to safe levels while you transport to a veterinary practice.

Read more below:

https://www.vetvoices.co.uk/post/cool-icy-cold-or-tepid

18/06/2025

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Hey my wonderful clients! ☀️ As the temperatures rise over the next few days, the well-being of your beloved pups is my absolute top priority! To ensure they stay safe and comfortable, I'll be adjusting my time with them and what we do.
For many dogs, shortened walks during the coolest parts of the day or garden let-outs will be the safest option. For some of our furry friends who don't like to toilet in the garden a quick walk out to toilet. Hot pavements can burn paws quickly, and dogs can overheat very fast!
I love them all ♥️♥️ and they are my priority ♥️♥️

10/06/2025

🏡NEW HOMES WANTED - RETIRED FREE RANGE ORGANIC HENS (these hens will still be laying and only 18 months old approx)

🐔We still have some space on the van coming to us this Saturday from Wiltshire and 300 chickens still needing homes. If you have the space and can accommodate more hens please get in touch with Fresh Start For Hens direct. They just need photos of your set up and a small donation per hen (£2.75). You can register here https://freshstartforhens.co.uk/1-registration-form/

🏡Saturday, 14th June - afternoon pick up with times TBC
🐓Cockerels can be available if anyone would like a hubby for their girls
🐔If you can’t help, please share

🐔We are hoping to run another rehoming date in July so if you aren't yet organised, pop your name down for the next one and we hope to see you there.

07/06/2025

Hello and Sorry for the lack of updates again! I had a wonderful week off spending time with family and had a lovely birthday! Here's a few walks and visits from the past couple of weeks. Lovely to see a few furry faces I've not seen in a while ❤️ The last few days were a tad 🌧️🌧️ to take photos 😂 Looking forward to next week xx

20/05/2025

❤️❤️ Some of my favorite furry clients! 🐾 We've had so much fun exploring parks and woodland , sniffing every interesting lamppost, and getting in some great exercise and mental stimulation. My heart is full after all the happy tail wags and slobbery kisses 🐾🐾

🐾 Little reminder I'm off next week for the half term holiday 🐾

01/05/2025

🌞 🥵 Good Morning. This heats taken us all a little by surprise! The past couple of days have been ok, finding shade to walk in and temp not too hot! Today however, I've made the decision to shorten walks or swap altogether to garden time (depending on your time of walk). 🌞🥵 If you're a sun worshipper then enjoy today ♥️ after the weekend it's back to normal yay 😄😄😄

18/04/2025

I hope everyone has a wonderful long Easter Weekend! 🐣 🐰 😁 Here's a few photos of the last week with a few of our Piggie photos just because they're so cute ♥️

08/04/2025

Lots more holiday visits over the past couple of weeks ♥️🐾🌞 some wonderful sunny walks too! Nothing better than rolling in the soft warm grass 😁 or enjoying some catnip 😺 🐈
🐾 Covering Harmston to Wellingore
🐾 Cat and small animal visits available

30/03/2025

This week's cat and small animal visits ❤️ Lots of love and attention (not so much for the fish 😂) I have however, loved watching the wonderful shrimps ❤️ Morning visits now completed and I'm off home for home made pancakes by Isla 🥰 back out for evening visits later ###x

25/03/2025

Beautiful days 💖

21/03/2025