Bare Necessities Dog Training

18/03/2022

I volunteer with a new rescue called and I'm fostering these 3 fox cubs.
They were found in a dumpster by a JCB driver so I've decided to name them after members of the band,
So please meet, Shirley, Duke and Butch 🥰
They're just starting to open their eyes and need regular feeds, night and day 😅 they're hard work but I love every second ,🥰

Please go to the Kildare Wildlife Rescue page for more updates. We're coming into our busiest season so there will be lots of cute photos up there soon!

05/01/2022

In the middle of everything else I received my cert for passing COAPE cert 😊
I can officially say I'm a qualified animal behaviourist 😊

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04/01/2022

Happy New Year 🎊

Sorry for being away for so long. It's been a tough few months. In August my beautiful lurcher, Clive passed away suddenly & my auntie and my Nana both passed away in November 😔💔.
In happier news we have finally moved out of Dublin and now live in Laois. It's beautiful here, with lots of mountain and forest walks for the dogs.
We adopted two very cheeky donkeys, Fionn and Fiachra. Fionn is a very nervous boy but Fiachra has come out of his shell a lot in the last few weeks.
We still haven't sorted the internet so might not be posting very often for another while but hope to have something in the next few weeks.
We've also taken Twigs the cat 😊 She's 17 and deaf. She was the local cat that all the neighbours fed but no one wanted to take inside. She absolutely loves being an indoor cat, getting spoilt rotten as she deserves.

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01/09/2021

*update* they turned up ❤️❤️❤️ thank you so much to everyone who messaged me with advice ❤️
Looking for help please 💔
My beautiful boy, Clive passed away over 3 weeks ago. It was very unexpected, he was only 8 😥
Our wonderful vets, posted out his paw prints but they have gone missing in the post. They were posted the day after he passed away so they definitely should be here by now.
Clive was a very special boy and we're missing him so much. The paw prints were something I was counting on, something to have that was unique to him. He had a deformed paw as well so these would have been very different prints. We have them for all our dogs who have passed away and it's bad enough losing him so young but not having these prints is horrible.
Looking for help from An Post . Please please find our post 😥💔😥💔

12/08/2021

Sorry it's been quiet here. We've had an awful few weeks 🥺 my beautiful baby boy, Clive passed away after a very short illness. I'm taking time away to grieve and spend time with the others ❤️

It's so hard to believe he's gone 💔 

25/07/2021

Evening stroll with Clive 💖 he's back in the vets again tomorrow for more tests. Hopefully we'll find out what's wrong soon 🤞

25/07/2021

Sammy's turn with the new toys and he's looking extra cute!
This will keep him busy for a while 😊
For 10% off all k9connectable toys use the code barenecessitiesdt10 in at the checkout!

https://k9connectables.com/?ref=3492

21/07/2021

Our delivery from arrived today!
Now to decide who gets to use it first 😂
For 10% off, use the link below and put the code barenecessitiesdt10 in at the checkout!

https://k9connectables.com/?ref=3492

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19/07/2021

My poor little man isn't well and the vets aren't sure what's wrong so we're back for tests tomorrow if he isn't any better 💖
He's such a sensitive little dog 💖

17/07/2021

Everyone is probably sick of seeing posts about this now but there are still so many people out walking their dogs in the heat today.
A few years ago one of my dogs had to spend the day on a drip in the vets because he had overheated. He had a walk first thing that morning and wasn't in the garden too much but it was enough to make him very sick. He's the typical sun-worshipping lurcher but we can't let him sunbathe too much.

There are lots of different brain games you can give your dogs to keep them entertained during the day - Kongs, K9 Connectables (see my previous post for a discount of these!), lickimats. You could play scent games with your dogs as well.

Walks first thing in the morning or last thing at night. its just not worth the risk.

17/07/2021

Our walks started at half 6 this morning and it was still roasting!

Amber had a great run and will spend the rest of the day in the cool house and in the shade in the garden 😊