Icy ground adds danger to dog walkers

With the continuing cold and freezing weather across the UK – we cannot comment we are in Thailand where it is not so chilly – dog walkers are being urged to take care when walking their dogs. In Clitheroe, Lancashire the police are trying to ensure that dog walkers are taking care when walking near icy lakes in particular. Last month a 49 year old man died when trying to rescue his Springer Spaniel having fallen through ice into a lake, and this week a woman fell into the River Ribble when trying to resuce her dog. So if you are walking your dogs take care – or call in a professional dog walking company and we can take the risks for you!

Sunday, December 12th, 2010 at 7:22 am

Its true – dogs keep you slim!

According to reports two slightly overweight Scottish ladies – decided that dog walking was the way to lose weight! Here at woofwoofmeow – we could have told you that! The hours that we spend helping your pet enjoy his/her walks keeps the lard of us too. However, these two intrepid walkers managed to lose nine stone in weight between them! How far were they walking and what kind of dog were they walking? Fiona and Clair – both from Midlothian – spend 9 months to lose the weight so that they could climb the Sydney Harbour bridge. So I guess the staff here at woofwoofmeow should say thank you for letting us pet-sit and dog walk for all of our customers – you are all keeping us fit and young! Thank you!

Thursday, September 30th, 2010 at 5:20 pm

Fines for walkers of fat dogs in Russia

At woofwoofmeow we always pride ourselves that our pack is always fit. When trapsing across North Town Moor or running through Burnham Beeches our team of dog walkers try to make the walks as exciting and as energetic as possible. Maybe someone should tell that to the inhabitants of Northern Russia – where if your dog ways over 35lbs you will be fined for walking a fat dog. And -if you are inebriated as well – watch out for the fuzz as they will slap a £1000 fine for being drunk in charge of a dog.

Closer to home we have a few strange laws too – in Tameside, Greater Manchester if your dog’s lead is more than 2 metres long – you open yourself up to police action. The reason for this – the council believes that if your dog’s lead is too long you are less likely to poop pick!!! Sounds like there is a ready made market for the woofwoofmeo poop picking service!

Tuesday, September 21st, 2010 at 4:36 pm

Dog walker rescues man swallowed by recycling bin

Great Wakering in Essex is the home to some of the hardest party animals in the country. So when a dog walker was walking past the local sports centre last Saturday morning and heard a cry for help – her immediate response was to call 999 for help to free the poor creature.

After the police and two fire crews turned up they managed to extract – not a small dog or cat – but instead a young Lithuanian man – from the recycling bin. Apparently, according to the fire crew spokesperson the man had had a couple of bottles too many the night before and decided to recycle himself. Allegedly the Eastern European was a little worse for wear and the bin provided somewhere nice and warm to sleep it off. Lucky he didn’t do that in Maidenhead on a Tuesday night – or he’d have been whisked away by our council’s finest!

Sunday, September 19th, 2010 at 7:10 pm

Sex attack on Dog Walker

A woman in her early 50s was sexually assaulted as she walked her dog in a field near Peterborough. The attack happened at about 0600 BST on Saturday north of Clayton in Orton Goldhay. The attacker grabbed the woman, who struck him, and he walked off in the direction of a BMX track. The man is described as white, in his early 20s, around 5ft 7in (1.7m) with a “bad” complexion, a police spokesman said. He wore a padded black bomber-style jacket and dark trousers. Police are keen to speak to another dog walker who was in the area at the time.

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010 at 12:19 am

Lazy dog walker – using his car!!

A MOTORIST was banned after cops caught him walking his dog — from his car.
Lazy Paul Railton, 23, was exercising his lurcher by driving at 5mph and holding the lead through the open driver’s window. A stunned cyclist spotted the dog trotting alongside the car in the middle of the road as it approached a blind summit. He alerted police who raced to the scene to find Railton still crawling along with the dog running beside his Nissan Navara. Railton admitted not being in proper control of a vehicle when he appeared before Consett JPs, in Co Durham.

He was fined £66 and given three points on his licence. He already had nine meaning he was banned for six months under the totting up rules. Prosecutor Sharon Lowrie told the court: “A cyclist alerted police that two men were dragging a dog along from a car.”The driver was hanging on to the dog’s lead through the driver window approaching a blind summit.”

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010 at 12:19 am

Dog walker rescued from the mud – a warning to us all!

A DOG walker who got stuck in mud had to be rescued by firefighters as Scotland suffered a deluge while much of Britain basked in sun.

And flood warnings were in force in Dumfries and Galloway last night just days after Scottish Water issued drought orders.
After one of the driest first six months of the year since 1941, winds pushed in shower after shower.
The 64-year-old, from Braehead, Stirling, was able to raise the alarm despite sinking into the mud following heavy rain.
A fire and Rescue spokeswoman said: “There were 14 firefighters in total, and together they managed to rescue the woman. She was uninjured.

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010 at 12:08 am