Common Ailments, Care & Husbandry

With an increasing number of products claiming to be "natural", "chemical-free", or "gentle", choosing the right dog shampoo can be confusing. As professional groomers and responsible pet owners, it's important to understand what these terms really mean and how to select products that genuinely support canine skin health.

Dogs urine killing grass is completely natural. This is due to the nitrogen in their urine from the normal breakdown of proteins, when it hits the grass it can ‘burn’ the area they wee on.

Our gorgeous boy Glen is 11 today. He’s a great dog, he’s calm, polite with other dogs, relaxed and quite confident in most situations (barring firework season 😖) and enjoys his walks. We live near a beach and he enjoys doing zoomies there and digging holes in the sand which he then sits in, and he loves a visit to a cafe or a friend’s home. However, he soon gets bored when walking to and between these exciting places, puts his brakes on and looks fed up! So we decided to

Does your dog have a tail? If yes, then you might have noticed an area on the top of the tail about ⅓ of the way down from the base which has a different appearance? This is the ‘violet’ or supracaudal gland’, which is a patch of specialised sebaceous (oil-producing) skin. It is present in both male and female dogs, and in other canids including wolves and foxes.

Chews are an excellent way to help keep puppies from boredom, destroying furniture, helping keep them calm and to aid teething. When puppies chew, they self-soothe as chewing releases endorphins. Just like human children, puppies lose their baby teeth, which are replaced with adult teeth – chewing aids the loose teeth to fall out!

Green clay, also known as illite clay or Montmorillonite, has been used for centuries in natural health for its cleansing and soothing properties. For dogs, it’s one of those simple but powerful remedies that can support both skin and digestive health.

Muzzling is often a useful skill to have under a dog’s belt, but sadly it has a stigma about it. So many people wrongly associate muzzling with malpractice, but a properly fitting muzzle and correct conditioning and training to wear the muzzle is a great skill to train!

Inthe field of animal wellbeing, more and more professionals and caregivers are turning toward natural, respectful, and biologically harmonious methods. Clay holds a unique place within this approach: it is an ancestral mineral material capable of cleansing, absorbing, and rebalancing. But when this “living earth” is combined with plant extracts, diluted hydrolats, or gentle oils, the treatment gains a new dimension. It no longer acts only on the skin, it also supports the se