The Big Bark dog podcast is Irelands Number 1 dog related podcast. Each episode, Darragh and his trusty sidekick pups Bruno, Milly & Roxy bringing all the canine stories to you, with the biggest interviews with pet professionals.

Once again, this week, we welcome back Dr. Ashleigh Bugler from Treaty Veterinary Clinic to our health hub – Dr. Bugler this week gives an overview of skin allergies, how to handle these and how to know if your dog is suffering from issues with their anal glands and how you can provide them with some relief.

This week, we take a look at the case of a Cork woman who walked away with a minimal 250 euro fine after pleading guilty to 12 counts of animal cruelty. With dogs found stuffed in crates, living in their own shit and with one dog even being presented to a local vet with a broken pelvis after being forced to try mate with a larger breed dog, the ignorance of the judge in this case can only be described as astounding, proof that the justice system is a failure when it comes to the protection and welfare of animals.

We also tell you how you can nominate your favourite pet business for the local pet awards.

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Guest Links

https://www.treatyveterinaryclinic.com/

https://muttmittsireland.ie

https://thelocalpetawards.com

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The Big Bark dog podcast brought to you by Dogs.ie & Mutt Mitts Ireland is Irelands Number 1 dog related podcast. Each episode, Darragh and his trusty sidekick pups Bruno, Milly & Roxy bringing all the canine stories to you, with the biggest interviews with pet professionals.

This week, we welcome back Dr. Ashleigh Bugler from Treaty Veterinary Clinic to our health hub – Dr. Bugler this week chats about itchy ears and ear infections and how to help your dog ditch that itch.

We chat about the newly announced XL bully ban which was announced by Minister for rural and community development Heather Humpreys last Friday and we also focus in on the immediate negative effect this is having with one local authority Dun Laoighre Rathdown County council, operating outside of the boundaries of the control of dogs act 1986 and control of dogs regulations 1998 to implement instructions to prohibit the rehoming of all restricted breed dogs. DLR council civil servants had also issued instructions outlining that these breeds were to be destroyed within 5 days if unclaimed from Dublin dog pound by their owners sparking outrage from the dog owner community in Ireland. We chat about this and hear some of your thoughts on the matter.

We also chat about a great day out at Dogfest in Cork yesterday where we got to chat to some wonderful business owners and try out some of the cool activities like Agility and dock diving. Hear all about our adventures down at the marina market for dogfest in cork this weekend.

Links:

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https://www.twitter.com/bigbarkpodcast

https://www.patreon.com/thebigbarkpodcast

https://thebigbark.ie

Guest Links

https://www.treatyveterinaryclinic.com/

https://muttmittsireland.ie

https://dogs.ie

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The Big Bark dog podcast sponsored by dogs.ie is Irelands Number 1 dog related podcast. Each episode, Darragh and his trusty sidekick pups Bruno, Milly & Roxy bringing all the canine stories to you, with the biggest interviews with pet professionals.

This week, we launched our brand new campaign around Consent and the importance of asking an owner if its ok to pet their dog. The campaign was launched in response to a new ISPCA campaign which solely puts the blame of dog bites to children on dog owners. While unprovoked attacks by dogs which are not under effective control are the responsibility of the dog owner, statistics show that most dog bites occur due to the behaviour of a child and in many cases adults also. This comes down to 3 issues.

1) Neither children or parents ask a dog owner for permission before rubbing or greeting a dog, and end up scaring that dog to the point where they are forced to retaliate and defend themselves by biting the child or adult.

2) Many people, both dog owners and non dog owners, fail to understand the body language – commonly known as calming signals that a dog displays to them, which in essence is telling said individual to back off and in the dogs words “leave me alone – I don’t want you near me”

3) Hugging, close contact and being too rough with a dog – Dogs generally don’t like to be hugged, particularly by strangers. Many dogs don’t want to be hugged outright but children in particular fail to see this and their parents often blatantly ignore this due to the fact they think “its cute that theyre hugging”. The reality is that if a dog does not want to be hugged, it will make them anxious by doing so and this anxiety if ignored will escalate ultimately to growling and eventually biting.

We also discuss Scoop the Poop week this week with Ciaran Sheehan from Mutt Mitts Ireland and the importance of picking up after your dog.

Be sure to visit https://muttmittsireland.ie this week and get 15% off all orders with the code bigbark

Lastly we also discuss how hiking and trekking to Glen of Aherlow and Knocknafierna is making a big difference to mine, Jen’s and Roxy’s well being and how this new challenge is getting us fit and active on a weekly basis.

Links:

https://www.facebook.com/thebigbarkpodcast

https://www.instagram.com/thebigbarkpodcast

https://www.twitter.com/bigbarkpodcast

https://www.patreon.com/thebigbarkpodcast

https://thebigbark.ie

Guest Links

https://dogs.ie

https://www.facebook.com/irishdogs

https://www.treatyveterinaryclinic.com/

https://www.instagram.com/treatyvets/

https://www.facebook.com/Treatyvets/

https://muttmittsireland.ie

Become a member of The Big Bark Podcast + By becoming a member and subscriber, you can gain access to behind the scenes videos and interviews, bloopers and see what our wonderful puppies get up to. https://plus.acast.com/s/the-big-bark-dog-podcast.

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The Big Bark dog podcast sponsored by dogs.ie is Irelands Number 1 dog related podcast. Each episode, Darragh and his trusty sidekick pups Bruno, Milly & Roxy bringing all the canine stories to you, with the biggest interviews with pet professionals.

This week, we celebrated Roxy’s birthday so today, we’re chatting about birthday celebrations and how to have a safe and fun birthday. We chat about Why dog parents celebrate their dog’s birthday and we also chat about good presents to buy your dogs, what Roxy’s favourite pressies were and we also touch on the importance of not only giving the birthday dog some extra attention but also ensuring that, when you have a multi-dog household, all of your dogs are included in the celebrations too. We recap on Roxy’s first year and in particular, the 9 months she has been with us.

No special guests today, so we also tell you what’s to come on the show over the next few weeks.

Links:

https://www.facebook.com/thebigbarkpodcast

https://www.instagram.com/thebigbarkpodcast

https://www.twitter.com/bigbarkpodcast

https://www.patreon.com/thebigbarkpodcast

https://thebigbark.ie

Guest Links

https://dogs.ie

https://www.facebook.com/irishdogs

https://www.treatyveterinaryclinic.com/

https://www.instagram.com/treatyvets/

https://www.facebook.com/Treatyvets/

Become a member of The Big Bark Podcast + By becoming a member and subscriber, you can gain access to behind the scenes videos and interviews, bloopers and see what our wonderful puppies get up to. https://plus.acast.com/s/the-big-bark-dog-podcast.

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