29 April 2012

Hello Everyone

Doesn't time fly - a year ago today we had our Royal Wedding!  If you are in Cumbria today you will know what the weather has been like... freezing cold, windy and very heavy rain this afternoon.  As a result, we hid at home and didn't go anywhere for a special walk.  Although we were out a couple of times this morning for a local walk, we didn't take any photos so we have posted a photo taken recently of Martini in the driving seat of our car, Noddy, outside the salon.  Martini has worked out how to use the hooter which is very naughty indeed.

We would like to say a couple of Yappy Birthdays.  First of all, Frankie will be a whole one year old on Tuesday - Yappy Birthday Frankie - and our dear friend Maureen will also be celebrating her birthday on Tuesday but we better not mention how old she will be or we will be in trouble! 

We would like to say a big BOW WOW thank you to Joanne Caffrey Photography for coming along yesterday and taking photos so that we can update our website www.doggydoos.org with photos of our new salon.  We really appreciate all her hard work and also thanks to Simon and Gemma for bringing along their 6  Cavaliers (Poppy, Daisy, Rocky, Ruby, Lola and Bess), Carol for bringing Honey, and Jodie for bringing Ruby who will all be in the new photos.  Joanne took so many great photos it will be hard to choose just a few for the website.  We can highly recommend Joanne for any event you need photographed from weddings and civil ceremonies to canine portraits, family portraits, blessings, christenings etc.

With woofs and tail wags

Morag, Martini and Daisy

22 April 2012

Hello Everyone

We have had a couple of birthday's this week so we would like to say Yappy Birthday to Nemo for her birthday on Tuesday and a Yappy Birthday to Indiana Jones who had his birthday on Friday.  Both Nemo and Indiana were a whole one year old on their special days!

We had a busy week at the salon so today we decided to stay at home and just walk locally.  Although the weather was slightly changeable, we managed to go for our walks in lovely sunshine.  Today, we have posted a photo of Martini sniffing our neighbour's beautiful daffodils!

The salon will be closed this week on Thursday (26 April) and we are sorry for any inconvenience caused but Thursday is the day Morag's mummy is moving house so we are all going to help.

With woofs and tail wags

Morag, Martini and Daisy 

15 April 2012

Hello Everyone

We have had a busy day today.  We went to York this morning to help Morag's mummy with her move.  We must be experts in moving as we have moved house, moved salon and now helping Morag's mummy with her move makes it three moves this year and it is still only April!  As you know, Martini loves looking out of the window and there are lovely big windows at the new house for him to keep his eye on his Grandma's neighbours!  We think Martini must have been a meerkat in a previous life as he loves keeping a look out.  Martini and Daisy were very well behaved all day and they even got a "doggy bag" of lovely roast chicken from their Grandma to bring home.  We were lucky enough to have lovely weather all day, although in the wind it was a bit nippy, and Martini and Daisy managed to enjoy the garden at the new house too.  We have posted a photo of the three of us outside the new house taking a quick break.

As it has been school holidays here in the UK, the Lake District has had many visitors over the past two weeks.  We hope everyone enjoyed our lovely scenery and, more importantly, we wish them a safe trip home!

With woofs and tail wags

Morag, Martini and Daisy

9 April 2012 - Yappy Easter

Yappy Easter Everyone!

We hope you are enjoying your Easter weekend wherever you are!  We had a busy day on Saturday at the salon but are enjoying an extra day off this week.

On Good Friday we went to help Morag's mummy in York - she will be moving soon so we were keen to help because, of course, we have moved twice this year alone and have had plenty of practice.  Martini and Daisy were very well behaved and wanted to help.  Daisy helped the most by rolling around in the curtains we were trying to hang in the new house but it is one of her favourite things to do and she probably thought we had put them on the floor just for her amusement. 

A couple of dates for your diary - we will be hosting a Canine First Aid Course at the salon on Saturday 28th April 1pm - 4pm @ £30pp (includes light refreshment) and the course covers CPR, vital signs, bleeding, heat stroke etc.  Our special day this year will be held on Saturday 16th June from 11am to 4pm - the day is called K9 Capers 2012 and there will be a canine fancy dress competition with prizes for the best boy and best girl, raffle and a canine bring and buy table - we hope you will be able to come along (competition will be held at 2pm) with profits going to Matching Partners Canine Rescue.

You can follow us on Facebook too which has all the latest updates; the name of the page is - Doggy Doos Dog Grooming Salon - we take photos daily of who came along to have their hair done that day. 

We have posted an indoor photo today as it started raining yesterday when we went for our walk. Martini and Daisy look like two little Easter bunnies with our Easter cards.

With woofs and tail wags

Morag, Martini and Daisy

1 April 2012

Hello Everyone 

We have had a very quiet day today with no special walk as Daisy has been ill for most of the day.  We did go and visit our friends at the farm later in the afternoon when Daisy seemed better and she loves the farm so it cheered her up a bit.  We would like to wish Fluffy the farm cat a very yappy 16th birthday today - Fluffy is responsible for making sure Martini and Daisy treat cats with the respect they deserve as she operates a zero tolerance approach.  As we don't have a photo from our walk today, we have posted a photo of Martini and Charlie.  Charlie lives on the premises where the new salon is located and he is a real little character.  Charlie always comes running when we arrive and looks for Martini for a bit of playtime.

We had a very busy week at the salon and finished all the decorating.  We closed the salon for two days on Monday and Tuesday to make sure everything was finished on time.  It was hard work but really worth it as the salon looks so much brighter now and we are very pleased with the results.  We will take photos for our website www.doggydoos.org so the photos are up-to-date because our website still shows photos from the previous premises.  

After a lovely week of wall to wall warm sunshine in Cumbria it  turned a little bit nippy but we do hope you have had good weather wherever you are too.

With woofs and tail wags

Morag, Martini and Daisy

We hope you weren't tricked on April Fool's Day!