Ana Paula Dog Walker & Pet Sitter

16/09/2020

Tbt penny!

10/09/2020

03/09/2020

29/06/2020

Disgraceful Ireland

17/06/2020

If you asked me to name the single most important thing you can do for your dog, it would be this.

Keep your dog feeling safe.

This is not to be confused with your dog being safe, or whether or not you think your dog is safe. This is about keeping your dog *feeling* safe. Which means identifying what your dog finds stressful or scary by learning how to observe and read their body language to recognize when, where, and under what circumstances they feel uncomfortable, and doing whatever you can to avoid those situations.

This can mean that your dog never visits another dog park.

This can mean that even though it’s a beautiful Sunday and you’d love to have brunch on a patio of your favorite restaurant with your dog, your dog stays home.

This can mean that you politely (or not) decline requests to pet your dog.

This can mean that when children come over your house, your dog is in another room with a yummy Kong.

This can mean that you walk your dog during quiet times of the day.

This can mean that you drive your dog to walk them in a different area.

Whatever it means for you and your dog, keep your dog feeling safe.

You are your dog’s best and only advocate. You are what stands between them and the rest of the world, a world where dogs are set up to fail every day with often heartbreaking consequences. This doesn’t mean that we don’t also actively and *humanely* work to help our dogs feel more comfortable and confident in this world, but it does mean that until they do, WE HAVE TO KEEP THEM FEELING SAFE.

Our dogs are relying on us, it’s our job to have their backs.

22/05/2020

29/04/2020

💕 We love the Woofins!

Hampers for Dogs We all love to treat our favourite pets Pethamper.ie supplies enrichment toys for your pet dog and puppy that will help stimulate and entertain them for many hours. Your dog or puppy should have to work for the treats and food they receive. Canine enrichment

29/04/2020

This lady does amazing work. Times are tough for us all but please donate if you can 💕💕💕

23/04/2020

Isn’t she cute?! 🥰We all love puppies!

However, we are seeing an alarming number of puppies at the moment that are being bought online and picked up from petrol stations, car parks with no vaccines, microchips, worming etc., presumably coming from puppy farms or at the very least unethical breeders. 😢
Unfortunately, we are also seeing puppies with their tails docked-this is a completely illegal practice in this country.

We understand that these are very trying times that we are in and puppies and dogs are a great source of comfort but please please do your research, make sure your puppies have the basics done (breeders are legally obliged to microchip the pups at the very least) 🐶

There is nothing worse for us and for you as new owners than to have a new puppy who is sick and has issues from the start - this is not normal and we shouldn’t accept it as so 🤢

Also please don’t forget that we are on a lock down and going to collect new puppies is technically breaching the conditions of the lockdown and is putting yourself and your families at unnecessary risk 😷🦠

Thank you ☺️