We were recently lucky enough to have the gorgeous Fergus stay here at Cwmbiga. Despite being a very young dog, Fergus has unfortunately experienced a great deal of pain, discomfort and major surgery in the first few years of his life due to hip issues, which has impacted significantly on his general confidence. We were therefore delighted to receive this massage from his owner’s following his stay with us โค๏ธ
‘’I also wanted to thank you directly, as we’ve gone from despairing about our experience of dog ownership and how limited we’ve all been over the past two years, to being excited about our future as a trio. Fergus had the space to experience new things in safety, and his confidence in new places has improved tenfold in such a short space of time. He’s finally managing to go on walks to new places without being so stressed he can’t enjoy himself or take things in. During our stay, he walked down Aberystwyth promenade amazingly well after never walking through a town before, even managing to sit down while we had a drink. On Sunday at home, he conquered his fear of the metal kissing gates to the nearby nature reserve - something he’s struggled with since we stopped being able to carry him over them! We’re finally getting to see the dog he can be when he’s not stressed or fearful, and he’s even more amazing than he already was.
Our stay was absolutely a turning point for him - thank you so much for having such a wonderful set up and allowing dogs like Fergus the chance to flourish ๐’’
NATIONAL RESCUE DOG DAY ๐ โค๏ธ
This was our old boy Luca who we rescued from Dogs Trust when I worked there. He had been handed in by a couple who had recently separated and neither were able to keep him (๐คทโ๏ธ). His Vet intake exam revealed he had cancer and he likely only had a few weeks to live. He couldnt cope in kennels and was extremely distressed and I had no Foster Carers that were able to take him.
Despite promising Mick when I started work at Dogs Trust that I wouldn’t bring any dogs home (we already had our 2 Huskies which were quite a handful!), I managed to convince him that he could come home and live with us so we could ensure he had a wonderful last few weeks at the end of his life instead of being put to sleep in kennels surrounded by people he didn’t know. He ended up living for another 2 years! Every morning we would wake up and Mick would say ‘still here then?’ ๐
Luca had no interest in other dogs and in fact could be quite reactive if any entered his personal space. Despite telling them both off the first time he met them, our 2 girls were incredible with him and he fitted in to our family perfectly ๐ฅฐ. He loved everyone and everyone who met him fell in love with him too - such a sweet gentle old boy ๐ฅฐ
Share with us your rescue dogs and their stories ๐โค๏ธ
Maintenance week this week. No guests means we get a rare opportunity to enjoy this beautiful slice of heaven.
I know it looks like we’re not doing much maintence here, but these were some snapshots of our well earned breaks today ๐
Hottest day of the year so far started with breakfast in the garden watching the newly arrived House Martins (I’ve really missed their chitter chattering), gardening, report writing, house painting, ice cream to reward our hard work followed by our first paddle of the year on Llyn Clywedog with our neighbours Sarah and Darren from @hafrenforesthideaway.
Ended the day sitting with the lovely @apollosadventures__ while his humans went and toasted marshmallows up at the fire pit. All in all not a bad day ๐
Apollo is the sweetest, sweetest boy โค๏ธ but he comes with many challenges and his humans are totally and utterly dedicated to ensuring his life is safe, secure and stress free. As many of you know yourselves, this comes with its own challenges for them and they often miss out on doing the things that they would love to do.
So yesterday afternoon I spent time precious time with this very special boy, so his humans could go out and enjoy some much deserved dog-free time ๐ฅฐ
Bert shuns the fancy royal title bestowed upon him by his parents @clair.rea and Phil
The sound of tranquility here at Cwmbiga
Rylee and Oakley enjoying a quiet walk in Hafren Forest accessible directly from the back door of your cottage.
We provide dock diving facilities alongside our large water feature here at Dogs Love Holidays ๐
Holiday mode has been activated for Oakley..
Molly made the most of our private 15 acres of fenced and gated land here solely for her use. Daily off-lead freedom without having to worry about coming across any other dogs or people. She had a blast ๐ฅฐ
This week’s guest, the very handsome and very gorgeous Reggie Piglet ๐ฅฐโค๏ธ
Sound On.
A walk at Llyn Clywedog in the sunshine this morning. A perfect start to the day โค๏ธ
Appx 20 minute walk from the cottage or a few minutes drive.
Introducing Bert, Dogs Love Holidays new Cottage Inspector, who came to help us with changeover today ๐ฅฐ
@mrbarneystbernard came for a cuppa and an explore round our garden this afternoon ๐ This is Barney’s 3rd visit here to Cwmbiga, and it’s lovely to welcome him back ๐ฅฐ
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ Dydd Gลตyl Dewi Hapus - Happy St David’s Day ๐ผ
@hafrenforest
Mick went out the other night (on his own!) and when he got back he found an empty yoghurt and cream pot at the top of the steps by the back door.
His first thoughts, as always ๐, was to blame me and asked why I had thrown the pots out the back door instead of putting them in the recycling bin ๐คทโ๏ธ
Further investigation revealed the mischievous culprit.
A warm welcome to this week’s guest, the teeny tiny Jess ๐ฅฐโค๏ธ
Happy Birthday Teddy ๐ฅณ and Happy Valentines Day to you both ๐ ๐ฅฐ
