ABBEY: before and after, we found her in Tralee with severe sarcoptic mange, a skin disease caused by parasitic mites and occasionally communicable to humans. It is characterized by severe itching, hair loss, and the formation of scabs and lesions. This painful condition can be prevented by regular grooming, brushing and baths.
Abbey Before
Abbey After
The beautiful Nova went off to her new home today in “Banteer” – .had a little pit stop at Kanturk Castle with Hatchi on the way home.
Our first Hedgehog of the year – this guy seems to have woken up a little early and wasn’t quite ready, maybe he thought summer arrived early with the fine spell. He’s eating and drinking and once we’re happy he’s strong enough he’ll go back where he belongs: Please keep an eye out for our spiky little friends as they’re starting to come out of hibernation and can sometimes be a bit weak – so if you see them out in the open during the day there’s a chance they need some help and please watch out for them when strimming and mowing the lawn. They are fabulous animals and we need to look out for them.
Bruno has been with us a long time, a discarded hound, left to fend for himself in the woods, he finally went off to his new home in the beautiful Castlegregory, he won’t know himself with all the wonderful walks that are in this part of the world, good things come to those who wait!! This guy has waited long enough and deserves all the seaside walks he’s going to get.
Last year we took two dogs from families who’s owners of the dogs sadly passed away, Skerry who is a beautiful malamute was very nervous of people and hated other dogs. She’s now good with people but
unfortunately other dogs are a no no. She’s eight years old, so she will stay with us. The other dog was this scamp Archie. He was a young dog but obviously missed his owner. He likes all the attention and as you can see he’s getting it all with David and Aisling, here, not on a mountain in Sweden or Germany who help hundreds of Irish huskies each year but, on a mountain on the Dingle Peninsula in West Kerry.
Archie has fallen on all four here and we’re not expecting everyone to have access to beautiful mountains like this but it’s a brilliant example of what your husky needs. Whether thinking of getting a husky or if you already own one, please be aware that some mountains are privately owned and despite numerous requests for dogs to be kept on leads, some irresponsible dog owners seem to believe that they don’t need to keep there dog on leads. This has led to many land owners refusing dogs permission as sheep can be anywhere on these mountains and its a simple and fair request. The ignorant and arrogant few have just spoiled it for the many responsible dog owners. Archie was on lead the whole time except for a few photos at the top and lets face it, I doubt he’s leaving these two anytime soon!!