Nautical Tails

24/09/2025

Conkers may be fun to crunch underfoot, but they’re highly poisonous to dogs if chewed or eaten and can also cause dangerous blockages in the stomach.

⚠️ Signs your dog may have eaten a conker include:

Vomiting or diarrhoea
Abdominal pain and restlessness
Lethargy, wobbliness or tremors
Collapse in severe cases

Symptoms can appear within a few hours, or even up to two days later. If you think your dog has eaten a conker, contact your vet straight away.

✅ Top tips to keep dogs safe:

Don’t let them play with or chew conkers
Bring a safe toy on walks to distract them
Keep a close eye when conkers are on the ground

Let’s enjoy autumn safely with our dogs 🐾

23/09/2025

This week was a sniffari, catch up walk & bit of free run for the big boy as he was away with fam on holiday the other week. I think he missed me as much as I missed him, he was super excited too see me 🥹🐾

22/09/2025

🏃‍♀️🐾Wee-man and I did our 1st 5kParkrun this past weekend! *Canicross belts aren't allowed, so I just ran him in harness and held the lead, which worked out better for Wee-man so he didn't push himself too hard.
Took it nice and slow and was prepared to not finish if he had any indication that he was struggling, but he did fab considering he's never done a mass start! 🥹🐾
We finished 7th in our age group! (Over 45- that's all you's are getting regarding my age hahaha😂😅)

19/09/2025

I'm in the research phase of creating a PUPPY canicross course.🤩🤩

This would be for pups between 12 WEEKS & 18 MONTHS of age, where you and your pup learn to master all the skills needed BEFORE teaching them to pull into harness when they're old enough to do so.

What will be covered:
🐾🐾Foundation skills:
• Things to teach your puppy before learning CC cues
• Stuff YOU need to know before teaching CC cues
• Bonus all round puppy skills

🐾🏃‍♀️🏃CC/bikejor cues
• Stuff to teach after foundation skills (NOT pulling into harness...yet!!)
• The couch to canicross programme for YOU to get fit on your own (or with an adult dog/friend, ) so when your puppy is old enough, you can literally hit the ground running (pun intended lol) with their own C25k programme and be ready for a smooth transition to CaniX (or bike/scooter if that's your jam)

🏃‍♀️🐾🏃12-18 months progression
• Teaching the harness and to pull & line out
• Plus health & safety, warm up/cool down and sports nutrition.

ALL breeds can do it, from tiny to giant!

This will be an online/virtual/live training course. If you'd like to register your interest, be notified when the course is available, or to have your say on what you'd like included, feel free to email me at [email protected] or DM me via Nautical Tails page 😃
Heather (Certified R+ dog trainer, Canine Nutrition lvl 3 Dip, Certified Canicross Instructor, Certified Canine Massage Therapist)

19/09/2025

"We weren't plotting anything mum, honest!"🤣

19/09/2025

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18/09/2025

Halloween Craft-a-Long 🎃 👻! *sample craft photo below 👇👇

Support UK Boston Terrier Rescue & join us for a morning of paint & shenanigans with your dog!
Any breed can participate, not limited to Bosties 🥰

🐾What: Licky art craft -a- long ONLINE EVENT
🐾When: Saturday 25th October 11am
🐾Where: Crafts for UKBTR Facebook group

For just £20, you get the licky art kit in Halloween themed paints + canvas + paint bag. Proceeds go to UKBTR 🤩

📍Can't attend the live tutorial? DON'T WORRY! The replay will be available after the event so you can do the craft-a-long at a time that suits you. 🙌

✨️Payments to be made via PayPal to [email protected] (using UKBTR Craft-a-Long in the reference/notes) ****PLEASE USE THE FRIENDS AND FAMILY OPTION, SO THAT THE RESCUE GETS THE FULL AMOUNT & BE SURE TO PROVIDE YOUR ADDRESS FOR POSTING. Once payment is received, you will get an invite to the group (if you aren't already a member) where the live tutorial will be held. Kits will be sent from 1st October. *UK only, however donations from anywhere in the world greatly appreciated & you still get access to the tutorial 🥰
Hope to see you soon!

17/09/2025

Titre testing is back at rawfeed4us on Oct 8th, see the original post for the deets 👇👇👇

It's Titre Testing time at Rawfeed4us. Together with the fabulous Katja from and the amazing we are holding a Titre Testing Clinic here in the shop on Wednesday 8th October. Appointments are available from 6pm. Prices for this and the Omega test which is also available are in comments. Please contact the shop on 0161 368 5444 or via FB or Instagram for further info or to book a place💙🐾💙🐾

16/09/2025

Haha 😂 😆
sorry not sorry 😜 🐾

16/09/2025

👉Did you know I also offer a small animal petsitting service? Visits start from just £12, depending on the type of pet and your requirements.
🐾Not just limited to cats and rabbits!🐱🐇
I also cater to ferrets, guinea pigs, birds, fish, terrapins, reptiles, spiders, scorpions and other small critters.
🐁🦜🐢🐍🦎🕷🦂🐠🐹

Get in touch for more info!
📍Serving Stockport and surrounding areas. Fully insured & pet first aid trained. 🤩

15/09/2025

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We always want to do so much for our dogs, but the best thing we can do is to be present and enjoy every minute. Nothing will ever be better than time spent with their favourite people.

Because the happiest dogs I’ve ever met, have really had nothing at all. But in their eyes, because they had their person, they had everything.

12/09/2025

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