January's Walk Miles

How many miles do you walk a month with your pooch?

Well thats what I wanted to find out, and even more interestingly, how many a year? 

So I started tracking our walks, January is definitely not the best month for walks, and it definitely wasn't my best month, considering I didn't get out of bed for the first week (thank you horrible cold), and during the middle of January Jet's hip dysplasia was playing up (some painkillers and rest fixed him up). However Bear and I have been discovering new places and the pup is now old enough to go for some 'proper walks'. 

So in total this month we walked:

27.81 miles 
13 hours 32 minuets 



Now for walkie pics!

Hehehe, this just looks so funny!

I AM FASTEST

Happy walking everyone!

New Walk - Again

Bear and I went on another adventure (eek). This time to a huge heath land about 15 minutes away in the car, we didn't do the longest walk due to the weather starting to turn (you know, when that grey cloud appears and the wind really picks up), so we turned around about then, and perfectly got back to the car just as the downpour started. Half yay for getting back to the car, half boo because we wanted to keep going! The walk ended up being almost dead on 2 miles.  Now for pictures!

Harriet-Kristina

Woof-Box! January

My Woof-Box arrived! This is my first box from this company so I was super excited about it! First of all it arrived quicker than I expected, which is always a good thing (they say they are dispatched around the 14th and then to allow 4 days for delivery, but mine arrived on the 15th). 

Woof-Box is a month subscription service to a box of surprise goodies each month, they come in three sizes (I got the small and scrumptious) depending on the size of your pooch. The cost of this box series from £21.99 to £17.99 depending on how many months boxes you purchase. 

http://www.woof-box.co.uk

First impressions 

Arrived quickly which was great, the box seemed rather light which wasn't reassuring and the packaging wasn't as cute as other boxes (although it did has some nice bright yellow tissue paper). However, we all know its the contents that really counts!

What's in the box

Lily Kitchen Fish Skin Chews

Lily's is one of those companies that I love the idea of the products and the company view point. We have actually tried these before and I know that Jet loves them, and Bear will chew them for a tiny bit before leaving them for Jet. Word of warning, they make whatever room they are in smell like creek water (oh and fishy paws and kisses)!

Ingredients: 100% pure Icelandic fish skins (great)!

RRP = £3.99 for 75g

Billy + Margot 

Popcorn for Dogs

I've wanted to try these products for a while, the popcorn is air popped and coated with seaweed. So it is a fairly healthy and nutritious snack. 

Ingredients: Maize (corn), seaweed. 

RRP = £1.99 for 20g

Venison Treats for Dogs 

My pups love venison, so they look like good treats, however if you have a small dog like me, you may want to cut them up some more! 

Ingredients: Venison meat, collagen casing. 

RRP = £4.24 for 75g

Pooch & Mutt Fresh Breath Biscuits

Another company I like (well Bear loves their puppy treats), it is also a natural is best type of company (yay)! These I can't seem to find online so I am not sure on a price for them. I do love that Pooch & Mutt do 'Pooch Point' (a reward scheme) and this came with a point on the back. 

Ingredients: Oats, rice, rye, chicken oils & fats, peppermint oil, parsley, chicory, tuck, rosemary extract. 

Good Life Gear's Pet Water Bottle

How cute is this! This clever design has a roller ball at the top, so when the doggie licks more water comes out. Smart. 

I like that its stainless steel, and that it has a clip to attach it to your bag/belt or whatever. 

This is something that will get used, but I doubt I would have ever bought myself. 

RRP = varies but around £12.99

Overall

The overall retail value of this box comes to £23.21 plus the value of the Pooch & Mutt treats, so say at least £25.  Which is more than I paid for the box itself. I do like the brands of treats in this box, and the water bottle is interesting and a great idea. I'm a touch disappointed that there isn't any kind of toy in the box though. The fast dispatch was a happy surprise. 

4/5 - A toy would have made it fabulous. 

Harriet-Kristina

New Walk!

As part of my new year resolutions i want to explore new places with Bear. So we started our adventure!

I knew of this little patch of woodland but had never visited, it is about a five minute drive away and the route walked is a mile long, a perfect little walk! When Bear and I visited (around midday) there was no one else there! 

I'm glad I set myself this as something I should do, as straight away we found somewhere that is going to be one of our regular shorter walks! 

Harriet-Kristina

xoxo

New Years Resolutions With Your Pooch!

Definition: 

1. A New Year's resolution is a tradition, most common in the Western Hemisphere but also found in the Eastern Hemisphere, in which a person makes a promise to do an act of self-improvement or something slightly nice, such as opening doors for people beginning from New Year's Day.
   
   
   What about you? Did you make your resolutions? Are you one of the 8% (8%!!!!!) of people that actually keeps your resolutions? The most common resolutions are to keep fit, eat better, lose weight and be happier, now we all know that if you give yourself specific targets, you are far more likely to actually stick to them. Such as to lose two stone in 2015 is much better than lose weight this year. 
   What about with your fur babies? I know I made a few with Bear specifically in mind.
   1) To map how much we walk in 2015
   To do this I've been using Runmeter, it measures how far, how fast and how many calories you burn, I especially like it due to the map being fairly accurate (so i don't get lost on new walks). 
   
   
   2) To do a new walk every week
   To start with i'm going to find all the local areas I just haven't discovered yet (a lot of google searching a google map using), after that maybe a few walks further away, and after that, i'm going to go down some paths that I don't normally (or never have) tried!
   3) To keep up my mini training walks with Bear
   So this is a walk where we stop and run through his training a few times, work on lead control and play games. Its generally only a short distance, its more brain exercise. 
   4) Daily grooming and teeth brushing
   A Pomeranian is just a ball of fluff with legs. Brushing is a MUST. Bear isn't too keep on his teeth being brushed, but we're keeping at it. 
   
   
   Personally I have another two which are to setup and run my Etsy shop and to start running again. 
   
   
   So far....
   Not so good, I got that nasty bug on the 1st of January (typical) so a few have been neglected, but they will still be done through the rest of the year! 
   
   
   Harriet-Kristina
   xoxo
   
   
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Hey there,

Just a quick post to say, I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas and a fantastic New Year (if you celebrate them obviously). 

Remember the new year is a great time for setting yourself challenges and goals, just remember to keep them realistic! 

Have a fluffy butt!

Harriet
xoxo


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December Pawpost | A Review

December Pawpost

What is Pawpost?

Well is another one of these subscription services dedicated to bringing suprises to your doorstep on a regular basis. Pawpost delivers once a month and there are a variety of supscribtions from £22.95 for a one month subscription and £17.95 for a twelve month subscription. All of the subscription do auto renew (like many of these gift boxes) so you must remember to cancel quickly if you  don't wish to receive anymore boxes, alternately  you could just gift yourself a box to try them. 

What i Received

With Pawpost the packaging is very cute!

1. The first thing was a Billy + Margot cracker (RRP £5.99) in the Apple, Banana & Carrot variety. 

I like this gift and I'm saving it until Christmas day to open and try the biscuits with my dogs, it looks super sweet under the tree. I really like that it is gluten free and made with ingredients that not only i recognise but would use when cooking for my dogs myself. 

Ingredients: Oat, Barley, Carrot, Chicken Fat, Apple, Seaweed, Linseed, Banana, Yeast Extract, Cinnamon.

2. A sample of Turkey & Flaxseed Treats from Tribal (RRP £2.99 for a full size bag)

Cute little add on, again I love the gluten free and healthy side to it, however I tried these with Jet and Bear and neither was very interested, I will try again however. 

Ingredients: Gluten free flour, turkey, olive oil, flaxseed, rosemary extract.

3. Good Karma Rope Toy by Jax and Bones (RRP $13.50)

This is my favourite item in this box by far! Why? Well I could only find it on US sites, which makes it unique and completely new to me, and of course, Bear loves it, he even gave it a special place in his bed (lucky gingerbread man).

4. Lily's Kitchen Christmas Dinner (£2.49)

Fantastic, well loved brand, with a brilliant ingredient list. I know a certain poodle that is going to be very happy having this as an extra Christmas present! 

5. Slip on Bandana by Creature Clothes (RRP £9.95)

I got a super cute red polka dotted one, which is pretty prefect for Bear as most of his things are red. Bear doesn't normally wear a collar as we prefer a harness and his hair isn't suited to long term wear, however this will be great when he needs to look cutsie and also as a natural flea collar! 

Overall

4/5

I did really like this box, however I had some issues with my box not turning up which was very annoying, although it did get sorted out which is good. What let it down for me is that my doggies didn't like the biscuits and thats a labrador and the greediest little Pom there ever was! It was a box that was good value for money and I loved the Gingerbread George.