The Big Bark #02: Welfare, Dog Walkers and Waggy Tails

You’re listening to The Big Bark Episode 2: Welfare, Dog Walkers and Waggy TailsIn this episode the focus shifts to Animal welfare. We visit the Limerick Animal Welfare open day, we take a walk through the sanctuary, meet with the crew (Marion, Geraldine and Chris) who do an excellent job running one of the best animal welfare sanctuaries in ireland and we get to meet so many of the dogs looking to be rehomed and meet many dogs who came back for the open day also.We chat with Mairead from Arra Vets in Tipperary town to get a vets perspective on Animal welfare issues in Ireland.Our business feature focuses in on Purple woofs, a dog walking and pet sitting service in Tallaght, Dublin. We chat with Kelly who runs the business. Kelly’s story about dog walking and pet sitting and being a canine first responder is wonderful. We also get to hear her views on Animal welfare issues in the pet sitting and kennel industry.All this and more on this weeks episode of The Big Bark.

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The Big Bark #01 – The Pilot

Welcome to Episode 1 of The Big Bark.In this episode, we give you a brief introduction into the life of our Podcast host Darragh Bourke and the ambitions and drives to becoming a canine psychologist.Topic 1: Raw Fed Diets – Raw Treats and food.We meet with Tony from the Barking Baker at The Milk Market in Limerick to discuss the wonderful 100% natural treats and hear a bit about how this wonderful company came into being.We also chat with Sarah from Raw Dry, a Meat based treat company specialising in the production of Beef & Chicken jerky. The only ingredient in these wonderful treats is 100% meat. We hear about Sarah’s journey from Kitchen to large scale production and discuss her journey to the shelves of big retailers.Topic 2: The Review of the control of Dogs act – Restricted breeds and regulation changes.We discuss the ongoing public consultation relating to the review of the control of dogs act and how the various proposals within the document could shift the regulations surrounding how dogs in Ireland are controlled, sold and bred.Topic 3: The need for a dog park in a city of 100k people.Limerick city, a city of over 100,000 people does not have a public dog park. It’s time to shift this and we chat to Tony regarding the regulations that would be required to be put in place and whats needed to make this a realityIntro Song: Demonization. Music Copyright of XTakeRux – Obtained by permission of Free Music Archive

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