The Big Bark #11 – Discussing the sharp increase in Dog thefts in Ireland and how to keep your dog safe.

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The Big Bark Series 1 Episode 11: Dog thefts in Ireland

In Todays show, we’re chatting about the sharp increase in dog thefts across Ireland over the last few months, and we’ll be detailing how you can keep your pets safe and prevent the heartache of losing your beloved companion to opportunist thieves as well as what to watch out for. To do this we’re delighted to be joined by our panel of guests. We’re thrilled to once again be joined by Dr. Tim Kirby from petbond.ie. Tim will be chatting to us about the important things you can do to protect your pet from being robbed. We’re joined on the panel by fellow dog owners, Ann, Phoebe and Karina who will be giving their reaction to this and we also get to meet their dogs also.

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The Big Bark #10: Life under lockdown and supporting irish businesses during covid19

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The Big Bark Series 1 Episode 10: Life under lockdown and supporting irish businesses during covid19

Welcome back to another episode of The Big Bark.

As the COVID-19 Pandemic and associated lockdown continues throughout Ireland, we speak to some awesome dog owners and business owners to find out how they’re coping with life during these crazy times.

First up, we’re joined by Edwyn from Hot Doggos Official – a new company based in County Laois, manufacturing dog collars from upcycled bicycle tubes.

We’re also chatting with Martina from Harry’s Dog Bakery to discuss the wide range of treats she has on offer.

Returning to the show also this week is Emma – owner of Limerick Nose 2019 Polo and curator of the Happiness Wags its tail page on Instagram.

We’ll be chatting with all of our guests about what they’re getting up to during lockdown, we discuss the need to support animal welfare charities now more than ever, including getting a look at the doggos available for rehoming from Limerick Animal Welfare.

We give a big bark birthday shoutout to the doggos who’ve had their birthday in the last few weeks and we have an awesome giveaway from both Harrys Dog Bakery and Hot Doogs.

Joining me in the hot seat as always are my delighful companions Bruno – my handsome black bloodrador and Milly our awesome pretty golden labrador princess.

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The Big Bark #09 How the Covid19 Lockdown affects dogs and their owners with Special Guest – Dr. Tim Kirby

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The Big Bark Series 1 Episode 9

We’re bringing you a very special episode today under lockdown due to covid19 we’ll be chatting to you about the latest restrictions in place and how they affect your dog. We talk about the latest advice offered by the World health organisation and we’re gonna give you some tips of how you can entertain your pooch during a time when their routine has been completely upset and We’ll tell you all about how your dog can be so beneficial to your mental health during this lockdown.

Joining me a bit later on in the show is our special guest Dr Tim Kirby from Petbond.ie who will be here to offer the latest veterinary advice for pet owners.

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The Big Bark #08 Puppy Socialisation, playing and lots of puppy cuddles – LIVE from the Puppy Party at Treaty Vets Limerick.

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The Big bark – Series 1 Episode 9

You’re listening to The Big Bark: the dog centric podcast that brings you the latest news from the canine world. I’m your host Darragh Bourke and each episode I meet with professionals from across the Canine industry, from pet shop owners, to groomers, behavior specialists and vets. Along the way we catch up with dog owners to find out more about those special bonds that make a dog mans best friend.

I’m joined in our Barking Mad studio each episode by my amazing dogs Bruno & Milly who between them take the meaning of the word rogue to a whole different level.

Today we’re coming to you LIVE from Treaty veterinary Clinic in Limerick and joining me in the hot seat is Grace Cassidy who leads the puppy parties here at the clinic: a series of sessions designed to help you learn everything you need to care for your new puppy, from socialization to nutrition, health care and behaviour right down to being a responsible owner.

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The Big Bark- #07 – Birthday Celebrations & Grooming Education

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The Big bark Series 1 Episode 7:

It’s a new series of The Big Bark for 2020 and in our first episode, we’re chatting about all things birthday related. It was our boy Brunos birthday today so we are asking what you do to spoil your dogs.

We also chat with Emma Cansdale, trainee dog groomer from Cork to find out all about a life as a dog groomer, the joys and challenges involved in this embark on a career as a dog groomer.

We take a look at the dogs available for rehoming, introduce our firsr dog of the week for 2020 and we have lots of fun with Bruno & Milly

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The Big Bark #06 Christmas Special – Ho Ho Ho and a bottle of pawsecco, toys and festive cheer

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The Big Bark Christmas Special – Ho Ho Ho and a basket of dog treats, toys and festive cheer

Welcome to the Big Bark Christmas Special.

In this episode we welcome back many of the wonderful guests weve had on throughout the year.

We chat with Dr. Tim Kirby about why a dog is for life and not just for Christmas.

We catch up with Sarah from Ri Raw healthy pet treats about all thats to come for Ri Raw in 2020.

We’re also joined by Michael & instagram senation Burlybearpom and we have Santa Claus himself in studio.

We give lots of shout outs to so many doggies wishing them a happy christmas and we announce the winner of our instagram competition.

All this and more on The Big Bark Christmas special.

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The Big Bark #05 – More than A Mans Best Friend – Dogs & our Mental health

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You’re listening to The Big Bark Episode 5: More than a Man’s best friend – How our dogs impact our mental healthIt’s World Mental Health day 2019. In this episode we focus on how our dogs positively impact and affect our mental health. We meet with Dr. Tim Kirby to chat about Petbond.ie – a new website helping people to source a happy and healthy pet from approved breeders or rescue centre options. Tim will be telling us all about petbond.ie and will be offering his experience as a vet of the affects dogs have on our mental health and also the affects that we as humans have on our dogs mental health. 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.I am also joined once again by Ciaran from Mutt Mitts Ireland – Ciaran was such a great talker on Episode 4 that we decided sure why not bring him back again. Ciaran chats with me all about dogs impact our mental health and help boost our minds. We’re going to be chatting about the positive effects a dog can have on your mental health, how a dog can improve your socialization skills, how a dog can be a great companion for someone suffering with depression or loneliness, as well as the effects that losing a dog can have on your mental health. We also introduce a brand new Game called Who’s Barking and Ciaran will go up against my partner in Crime Jen who is the mammy of Bruno & Milly. For our adoption corner for this week, we travel to Co. Wicklow to check out the wonderful dogs available for rehoming from Ash Animal Rescue. All this and more on Episode 5 of The Big Bark.

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The Big Bark #04 – From NOSE to Tail and Beyond

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In Episode 4 of The Big Bark:

We chat to Ciaran from Mutt Mitts Ireland about one of the biggest issues facing us in the country when it comes to our dogs – irresponsible dog owners who fail to clean up after our dogs. We look at the changes that are needed to enforce the laws more effectively and as always we find out more about Ciaran’s dog pepperoni.

We chat to our Puppy Panel as always. This week we feature

Emma – owner of Polo a Boxer who was Limerick’s entrant in the Nose of Tralee competition who did a wonderful job representing Limerick this year.

Orlagh Owner of Baxter an 11 year old Collie X Lab. Orlagh is also the owner of Happy Pawws dog walking in Dublin.

We have all the latest news, introduce our dogs of the week, we play Guess that breed with our puppy panel, we give our Big Bark Birthday shoutout to a special birthday doggy and we have our adoption corner this week is in association with Madra in Galway. We also announce this weeks competition.

All this and more on The Big bark Episode 4.

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The Big Bark #03 – Those Bonds that make us whole

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Coming up in Episode 3:We’ve listened to your feedback, we have changed the format and we’re bringing you the new and improved Big Bark.This week, it’s all about the doggies – we meet 2 dog owners. Kelly & Michael.Kelly lives in Dublin with her Collie X Lab Marley, a beautiful dog who likes to keep Kelly active and has become a wonderful companion for her.Michael lives in London with Burly, a Pom who has met and cuddled with Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe), hung out with Daenerys from Game of Thrones (Emilia Clarke) as well as other celebs like Lillie Collins.We introduce our adoption corner and our Guess the crossbreed game with our guests also.

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