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My Top 13 Small Business Christmas gifts

by Sarah | 13th October 2020 | Blog | 6 Comments

Have you been naughty or nice this year? Hopefully you and your dog(s)are on the good list? What are you hoping Santa Claus and Santa Paws brings? We've just launched this years selection of Dog Stockings, available with a great selection of natural dog treats, posted...

8 Practical tips for firework fearing pooches

by Sarah | 13th October 2020 | Blog | 0 Comments

Firework night is just around the corner, and like me you might be thinking that the celebrations seem to start earlier year after year. This is less than welcome news for those of us with dogs that absolutely hate fireworks, so the team at Friends and Canines have...

How natural dog chews saved my house from my lockdown puppy

by Sarah | 14th September 2020 | Blog | 0 Comments

Rebel (was nearly Mabel) a border collie puppy joined my family at the very beginning of lockdown She joined me and my 5 other dogs , fitting straight in, but as a normal puppy she wanted to chew! Why puppies Chew It’s normal for puppies and dogs to chew on objects as...

The top 5 causes of poisoning in dogs

by Sarah | 25th August 2020 | Blog | 1 Comment

Guest Blog from Catherine of Muttleys Dog Walking and Pet Care Service, based in Nottingham with kindness at its heart. Did you know that eating inappropriate, human food, lists in the top 5 causes of poisoning in dogs? Along with poisoning caused by antifreeze,...

Legally who can walk my dog?

by Sarah | 21st August 2020 | Blog | 0 Comments

Please read and share this informative guest blog outlining who can legally walk your dog from Dog Behaviourist, Trainer and Canine Expert Witness, Sarah Hursthouse from Dogskool Flicking through Facebook, you often see posts from people offering to walk dogs. ...

Tails from HQ – Meet Jellybean

by Sarah | 22nd July 2020 | Blog | 0 Comments

Here is this weeks Tails from HQ, Friends and Canines provide tasty natural dog treats posted to any uk address This week’s tail is from friend of the team, Jellybean Hi! I'm Jellybean aka Bean. I am about 2/3yrs old and spent most of my life living by my wits on the...

Why I started raw feeding my dogs

by Sarah | 13th July 2020 | Blog | 0 Comments

Why I feed my dogs a raw diet I started raw feeding over 6 years ago, when I took on my little underweight scraggly dot of a collie pup Harvey. All kibbles and tinned foods just came out as awful sloppy messes and a friend suggested raw. Her dog was raw fed...

Why natural treats for dogs?

by Sarah | 9th July 2020 | Blog | 0 Comments

So why do I believe natural treats for dogs are best? Ok so the odd supermarket biscuit won't kill your dog, but they aren't the best. The number of chemicals, preservatives, animal derivatives, and other random ingredients in some dog treats are not good and can...

Tails from HQ – Meet Mitzi

by Sarah | 7th July 2020 | Blog | 0 Comments

Friends and Canines provide tasty natural dog treats posted to any uk address and this is our weekly tails from HQ This week’s tail is from friend of the team, Mitzi Hi I'm Mitzi! I am a crazy flyball loving collie, all I think about is flyball. My favourite...

Tails from HQ – Dash’s tail

by Sarah | 1st July 2020 | Blog | 5 Comments

Friends and Canines provide tasty natural dog treats to any uk address and this is our weekly tails from HQ This week's tails is from friend of the team, Dash Hi! I'm Dash! My sister Hattie wrote a big a few weeks ago so I thought it was my turn! I'm from Romania too...