Sabrina Phelan-Dog Behaviour

26/09/2025

Back from a fab few days in lovely Louisburgh 😍
Reg ‘helping’ me unpack and then deciding to sleep on the job 🤣🐶😴❤️

17/09/2025

Our girl Rikki Roo, 8 years gone 💔 Our loving sweet silly sensitive girl 🧡 We think about you and miss you every single day, and still feel your spirit all around 💫💖🐶🌈

15/09/2025

September strolls with my best boy 🧡💚
Reg’s first time waking with his harness ❤️
It’s lighter than I expected which is great (for comparison it’s no heavier than the Perfect Fit wider version harness) and it’s super well made and comfy. 🐶
I only used it with his usual long line today but the back attachment was brilliant for supporting him when walking up inclines and when getting up from sitting/lying. 💖
It also looks super snazzy with his Dogs Creek fleece from MAXI ZOO IRELAND 🧡💚

07/09/2025

Finally finished the excellent applied ethology course 🥳 Took way longer than I expected because of course I thought it would be a good idea to enrol for it when I was in my final year of my Post Grad Diploma, selling and buying a house and moving four times in the space of a year 🙈

04/09/2025

When you nap so hard you wake up with your lips stuck to your teefs 😭😴💙🐶

02/09/2025

Urgent medical foster needed

30/08/2025

Somebody’s very concerned the turkey mince isn’t hitting the snufflemat quick enough 😂💙🐶

30/08/2025

🙏🤞

‼️ URGENT APPEAL FOR POOR NELLY ‼️
We are heartbroken💔 Sweet little Nelly has just 2 weeks left in her foster home before we’ll have no option but to send her to boarding kennels. For a dog like Nelly, this isn’t just a big change – it’s a nightmare. She’s a sensitive little girl who needs human company to feel safe, and she’s timid around other dogs. Kennels will crush her gentle spirit.

Nelly is only 1 year old and has already been waiting nearly 6 months for her forever family to come along. She has been totally overlooked because of her breed. Too many people hold the misconception that bull breeds are aggressive, but this couldn’t be further from the truth, especially for sweet, sensitive, timid Nelly. Like many dogs of her breed, she affectionate, loyal, playful, and the most loving and cuddly companion you could imagine 🥰

Another reason we’ve struggled to find this beautiful girl a home is that she has some specific requirements. She thrives on human company and needs someone who’s home for most of the day. She also needs a home where she would be the only dog, at least for the first while, until she builds her confidence. Because she can be a bit bouncy when she’s having fun, she also needs a home with kids over 12 (or no kids) and no cats.

Here’s the reality: if we don’t get a suitable home offer in the next two weeks, this sweet girl will be left shaking, terrified, and broken-hearted in a kennel... who knows for how long💔. Is that any life for this beautiful being? Can we really do that to Nelly indefinitely?

We are all trying to remain hopeful that her forever person is out there. Please, if you can’t adopt, spread her story far and wide. Your share could be the one that saves Nelly from a life of loneliness and fear. If you can offer this beautiful soul a stable and loving home, please send us a message here asap. Nelly will thank you a million times over in laughter, loyalty and love in its purest form 🤎

22/08/2025

We have reached one year post lung disease diagnosis!
🥳🥳🥳💖💖💖🙏🙏🙏🐶🐶🐶

Trigger warning - Discussion of dog illness, loss, grief.

This time last year, Reggie was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis, a lung disease where scarring on the lungs develops. This followed diagnoses earlier in the year of discospondylitis (infection in the spine), bulging disc and a mild heart condition, all of which were under control and being managed well, along with his osteoarthritis.
The PF diagnosis was devastating, he had gone in for a CT of his lungs due to some wheezing/coughing but we were not prepared for the news he had a progressive, chronic and incurable condition, average survival rate 12-18 months post diagnosis. I can still clearly remember the actual physical sickness I felt when they told us the results.
It has been a year of the lowest of lows, feelings of dread, and experiencing intense anticipatory grief. Worrying about symptoms progressing, watching his every move for signs of discomfort or pain.
But looking at my beautiful boy, seeing his amazing attitude and approach to life and not wanting to waste any second of whatever time we have left, has helped to pull me out of the darkness. I still have bad days, but fewer than before. 🙏
I am also extremely blessed to be able to spend most of my time with him and be able to concentrate fully on maintaining his health and happiness. 💖
Thanks to his brilliant vet Darren at , the team at and the lovely Dr Sinead Mellett of he is on a hefty medication and supplementation protocol that is managing his symptoms, slowing down progression of the lung disease, and most importantly, managing any pain and keeping him comfortable and happy. He had a bit of a wobble a couple of weeks ago, but we started him on additional pain relief and that has worked wonders.
We know what is coming, but it’s one day at a time, and our loving, sweet, happy, silly, funny, goofy, sassy, playful, perfect boy is still here. The biggest heart and the purest soul. 💖💖💖 My heart and my soul. 💖💖💖

21/08/2025

This girl looks like a lot of fun!! 😍

Available,Princess, Female, Bully/ Shepherd X ,Ref 05/06

21/08/2025

Lovely older boy, back in the shelter through no fault of his own 💙🙏🤞

Chance is a 10 year old staffy x.
He has been in the pound for months and now hes shutting down 💔

We urgently need your help. We need a foster home for Chance for 1 month.

Chance is a loyal, loving boy who doesn't ask for much. A nice comfortable bed, little walks and someone to give him love and kindness for the next 4 weeks.

Please help us save this handsome golden oldie 🙏🙏🙏 message us on Facebook, email [email protected] or share this post