SPPOT, A Community Interest Company

10/04/2026

Tired Leia after a day of walking and training 🥹🐾

09/04/2026

Thumbs up if you love SPPOT 👍☀️

09/04/2026

🐾 SPPOTs Foundation Clicker Course 🐶

Suitable for puppies, novice dogs and rescue dogs looking to gain some confidence 💫

Learn essential life skills such as:

🌟 Loose lead walking
🌟 Recall
🌟 Self-control
🌟 Body language
🌟 Play skills
🌟 And much more!

Next class starts on 16th April, and can be booked via the website: https://sppot.co.uk/dog-puppy-training/

08/04/2026

Today is National Draw a Bird Day! 🕊️🦅🐦🦜🐦‍⬛

In 1943, 7-year-old Dorie Cooper visited her wounded uncle in the hospital. To lift his spirits after losing a leg, she asked him to draw a bird for her. The activity brightened the ward, and the tradition was created to honor the joy she brought♥️

Enjoy some pictures of our fabulous birds that have been drawn! 🤩

08/04/2026

We♥️this weather!

Watering our newly planted vegetables and flowers🌸🫛

Look out if your passing, you might get a little wet!🤣

06/04/2026

Happy Easter Monday everyone

Isn't it funny how many human celebrations come with dire warnings of the risks to dogs, because of the foods we celebrate with - Christmas, Valentine's, Easter, birthdays and so on!

Here's a really useful, all year round guide from about the foods to avoid for your dogs.

Read our guide on which human foods are safe for your dog, and which you should keep out of reach.

05/04/2026

We have had some very happy bunnies this week at SPPOT🐰🥕

The guys enjoyed a fun Easter egg hunt arranged by Erin and Adam. Everyone had to work as a team to figure out the clues and find all the eggs! 😀🥚

Have a lovely Easter Sunday, whether that means you'll be enjoying a yummy dinner, going on a spring walk or eating lots of chocolate! 🐣🌷🐰💛

04/04/2026

Easter Games with your Dog

Your dog can't join Easter Egg Hunts but they love to hunt for food they can eat.

It's really good for them to do this too - it activates their natural behaviours and studies show that many prefer hunting for their food to being given it in a bowl.

You can use their own food, their favourite meat treats or other food they like - maybe carrots, broccoli, cored apples and hard boiled eggs (maybe not all in one day though, especially if your dog sleeps near you 😄)

04/04/2026

Easter, just like Christmas, brings lots of chocolate into our homes.

Chocolate is poisonous to dogs because it contains theobromine, which dogs and some other animals struggle to metabolise.

The stronger the chocolate, the more poisonous it is. So dark chocolate is more dangerous than milk chocolate, but baking chocolate in supermarket cakes and so forth, is even more potent.

The symptoms of theobromine poisoning include vomiting, diarrhoea, excessive thirst, excitability, drooling and seizures.

However, by this stage, your dog's life is in severe danger, because it can cause renal and heart failure.

It is critical to understand that the effects of theobromine poisoning can take 4-24 hours to develop. So if you know your dog ate chocolate 2 hours ago and seems fine, doesn't mean they are - they could well be fighting for their life in a few more hours, so get to the vet straightaway.

Here's some advice for all homes with dogs and chocolate!

Chocolate is as appealing to dogs as people, once they get a taste for it, they'll go looking for it!

Don't allow your dog any human chocolate. We’ve met people who give their dog a little bit each day, but the truth is, it's not yet clear if there's a cumulative effect over time - so why risk it?

If you're setting up or hosting an Easter Egg hunt, keep your dog well away from the chocolate until it's all eaten or put away.

Know how many eggs are hidden and where and make sure they're all accounted for.

Make sure that bins are dog-proof.

Never leave chocolate unsupervised, remember things like cakes cooling in the kitchen, especially if your dog is large or athletic.

03/04/2026

SPPOT's Jayne is moving back to Norfolk today and we're going to miss her loads.

It's a rare person who can walk into a unique project like SPPOT and go down an absolute storm with the whole team, all the customers, families and dogs.

Wishing you all the love, luck, health and happiness in the world Jayne ❤️❤️❤️

01/04/2026

🐾 Spaces still available on SPPOTs Foundation Clicker Course! Suitable for puppies and novice dogs 🐶

Learn skills such as:
✨ Loose lead walking
✨ Recall
✨ Self-control
✨ Play skills
✨ And more!

Next class starts 2nd April.

Book online via the website: https://sppot.co.uk/dog-puppy-training/