The Big Bark Dog podcast

The Big Bark S05 E10 - Episode #87 - Pawsitive Beginnings: Celebrating Bruno's Birthday and Unleashing the Way of Life Method in 2025"

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6 months ago

29 minutes 17 seconds

The Big Bark Dog podcast

The Big Bark dog podcast is Irelands Number 1 dog related podcast. Each episode, Darragh and his trusty sidekick pups Bruno, Milly & Roxy bringing all the canine stories to you, with the biggest interviews with pet professionals.

🐾 Season 5 Episode 10 is here! 🧠🐕

"Pawsitive Beginnings: Celebrating Bruno's Birthday and Unleashing the Way of Life Method in 2025"

🚨 This episode is packed with tail-wagging goodness! Want to build a better more harmonious relationship with your dog? We have Souha Ezzedeen from the Way of Life dog training in Canada onto chat with us about this and her new book.

📅 Bruno's 9th birthday is coming up this week so we chat all about that and how his life has turned around in the last 12 months, thanks to the pawsome care of Treaty Veterinary Hospital.

🎡 And we chat about the many changes to come this year on Ireland's favourite canine podcast.🐕‍🦺🐾

🐕 Tune in now! Link in bio! Let’s get those tails wagging, brainwaves syncing, and paws high-fiving 🐾🎧 #TheBigBarkPodcast #DogLoversUnite #wayoflifemethod #harmoniousliving #BrainwavesAndTails

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7 months ago

46 minutes 47 seconds

The Big Bark Dog podcast

The Big Bark - Episode #86 - Deck the Paws - festive special

The Big Bark dog podcast is Irelands Number 1 dog related podcast. Each episode, Darragh and his trusty sidekick pups Bruno, Milly & Roxy bringing all the canine stories to you, with the biggest interviews with pet professionals.

🐾 Season 5 Episode 09 is finally here! 🧠🐕

🎄🐾 Deck the Paws - Our Festive Special is Here! 🐾🎄

It’s the most paw-some time of the year, and The Big Bark Podcast is serving up a treat-filled episode to get you and your furry friends in the festive spirit! 🎅🐶

🎙️ Special Guests:

✨ Killian - proud pup parent of the paw-sational Ruby Reese

✨ Brendan from Cupooch - crafting Christmas cheer for doggos everywhere

✨ Evelyn from Mr. Curtis Treats - bringing holiday magic to your treat jar

✨ Leonard from Tonic Treats - keeping tails wagging with every bite

✨ Tata from Fashund - making sure your pets are dressed to impress this Christmas

🩺 Expert Advice from Dr. Ashley Kent of Treaty Vets:

🎄 Essential safety tips to keep your pets merry and safe this holiday season

🎁 And we also chat about why a Christmas puppy isn’t the gift you think it is

This episode is packed with holiday cheer, wag-worthy tips, and some paws-itively amazing stories from our wonderful guests. 🎧🐾

🎶 So jingle those bells and tune in now for a howling good time! Available on all major platforms.

🎅 Tag a dog lover who needs to hear this! 🐾

#DeckThePaws #TheBigBarkPodcast #ChristmasWithDogs #PawsAndReflect #TreatYoPup #DogMomLife #FestiveDogs #HolidayTipsForPets #DogLoversUnite

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8 months ago

1 hour 20 minutes 29 seconds

The Big Bark Dog podcast

The Big Bark S05 E08 - Episode #85 "Brainwaves & Wagging Tails: Canine Mind Syncs, Irish Dog Calendar Hype, and Pet Expo Fun in Dublin!"

The Big Bark dog podcast is Irelands Number 1 dog related podcast. Each episode, Darragh and his trusty sidekick pups Bruno, Milly & Roxy bringing all the canine stories to you, with the biggest interviews with pet professionals.

🐾 Season 5 Episode 08 is here! 🧠🐕

🎙️ "Brainwaves & Wagging Tails: Canine Mind Syncs, Irish Dog Calendar Hype, and Pet Expo Fun in Dublin!" 🐶✨

🚨 This episode is packed with tail-wagging goodness! Dive deep into the fascinating world of canine minds and discover how your pooch’s brain might just be syncing with yours! 🐕💭

📅 Plus, we’re hyping up the 2025 Irish Dog Calendar — the pawfect addition to your home, featuring the best-looking four-legged stars in Ireland (spoiler: Bruno, Milly, & Roxy may have made an appearance!). 🐾🎉

🎡 And don’t forget the pawsome Pet Expo in Dublin coming up! We’ll chat all about what you can expect from this dog-tastic event! 🐕‍🦺🐾

🐕 Tune in now! Link in bio! Let’s get those tails wagging, brainwaves syncing, and paws high-fiving 🐾🎧 #TheBigBarkPodcast #DogLoversUnite #IrishDogCalendar #PetExpoFun #BrainwavesAndTails

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10 months ago

33 minutes 44 seconds

The Big Bark Dog podcast

The Big Bark - S05E07 Episode #84 - Skin allergies and a society without justice

The Big Bark dog podcast is Irelands Number 1 dog related podcast. Each episode, Darragh and his trusty sidekick pups Bruno, Milly & Roxy bringing all the canine stories to you, with the biggest interviews with pet professionals.

Once again, this week, we welcome back Dr. Ashleigh Bugler from Treaty Veterinary Clinic to our health hub - Dr. Bugler this week gives an overview of skin allergies, how to handle these and how to know if your dog is suffering from issues with their anal glands and how you can provide them with some relief.

This week, we take a look at the case of a Cork woman who walked away with a minimal 250 euro fine after pleading guilty to 12 counts of animal cruelty. With dogs found stuffed in crates, living in their own shit and with one dog even being presented to a local vet with a broken pelvis after being forced to try mate with a larger breed dog, the ignorance of the judge in this case can only be described as astounding, proof that the justice system is a failure when it comes to the protection and welfare of animals.

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The Big Bark - S05E06 Episode #83 - Itchy skin conditions and dealing with changing attitudes towards dogs

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1 year ago

1 hour 1 minute 42 seconds

The Big Bark Dog podcast

The Big Bark dog podcast is Irelands Number 1 dog related podcast. Each episode, Darragh and his trusty sidekick pups Bruno, Milly & Roxy bringing all the canine stories to you, with the biggest interviews with pet professionals.

Once again, this week, we welcome back Dr. Ashleigh Bugler from Treaty Veterinary Clinic to our health hub - Dr. Bugler this week chats itchy skin conditions including hot spots, how to handle these and how to know if your dog is suffering from issues with their anal glands and how you can provide them with some relief.

Since the announcment of the XL bully ban by Minister Humpreys, we've been contacted by a number of dog owners who have told us there is a changing attitude from the public towards their dogs and not just toward restricted breeds either. There appears to be a general widespread fear of all dogs by a specific cohort of society, which is coming from mainstream media fuelling the fear along with local councillors such as DLR council and most recently Cllr Gavan of Limerick Council calling on Mayor John Moran to introduce bye laws to deal with what she says are over 70 restricted breeds. The spread of misinformation from councillors is causing an unease among both the public and dog owners. We discuss why councillors need to display effective control of the information that they share and why our local authorities and the dog hating cohort of society need to be re-educated on matters surrounding dog control.x

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https://muttmittsireland.i

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1 year ago

40 minutes 27 seconds

The Big Bark Dog podcast

The Big Bark - S05E05 Episode #82 - Controversial times a comin, Ditchin the Itch, & Dock diving at Dogfest

The Big Bark dog podcast brought to you by Dogs.ie & Mutt Mitts Ireland is Irelands Number 1 dog related podcast. Each episode, Darragh and his trusty sidekick pups Bruno, Milly & Roxy bringing all the canine stories to you, with the biggest interviews with pet professionals.

This week, we welcome back Dr. Ashleigh Bugler from Treaty Veterinary Clinic to our health hub - Dr. Bugler this week chats about itchy ears and ear infections and how to help your dog ditch that itch.

We chat about the newly announced XL bully ban which was announced by Minister for rural and community development Heather Humpreys last Friday and we also focus in on the immediate negative effect this is having with one local authority Dun Laoighre Rathdown County council, operating outside of the boundaries of the control of dogs act 1986 and control of dogs regulations 1998 to implement instructions to prohibit the rehoming of all restricted breed dogs. DLR council civil servants had also issued instructions outlining that these breeds were to be destroyed within 5 days if unclaimed from Dublin dog pound by their owners sparking outrage from the dog owner community in Ireland. We chat about this and hear some of your thoughts on the matter.

We also chat about a great day out at Dogfest in Cork yesterday where we got to chat to some wonderful business owners and try out some of the cool activities like Agility and dock diving. Hear all about our adventures down at the marina market for dogfest in cork this weekend.

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S05 E04 Playdates at doggy daycare & Dealing with sick tummies

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1 year ago

41 minutes 19 seconds

The Big Bark Dog podcast

The Big Bark dog podcast is Irelands Number 1 dog related podcast. Each episode, Darragh and his trusty sidekick pups Bruno, Milly & Roxy bringing all the canine stories to you, with the biggest interviews with pet professionals.

This week, we welcome back Dr. Ashleigh Bugler from Treaty Veterinary Clinic to our health hub - Dr. Bugler this week chats about sick tummies in doggies, the symptoms, causes and how to deal with them.

This week, we also chat with Andy from Fluffy tails in Kildare, a brilliant doggy daycare. Andy tells us a bit about the business and he also tells us some of the awesome benefits of doggy daycare too.

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https://https://fluffypaws.ie

muttmittsireland.ie

The Big Bark - Episode S05E03 Canine chats on welfare, health & doggy socialising

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1 year ago

42 minutes 31 seconds

The Big Bark Dog podcast

The Big Bark dog podcast is Irelands Number 1 dog related podcast. Each episode, Darragh and his trusty sidekick pups Bruno, Milly & Roxy bringing all the canine stories to you, with the biggest interviews with pet professionals.

This week, we welcome back Dr. Ashleigh Bugler from Treaty Veterinary Clinic to our health hub - Dr. Bugler this week chats about Heatstroke in dogs, the symptoms, and what to do if you believe your dog has heat stroke.

We continue our in depth discussion into Puppies & Yoga Dublin, with some more shocking revelations into the disgraceful practices by the french business operating in more than 10 countries and how the CEO Henri Sagon continues to breach legislation in many of these countries - in Ireland, Henri Sagon's company is not only encouraging tax evasion in Ireland but also has failed to yet register as an operating entity with the Revenue commissioners or CRO for tax and revenue declaration purposes. The company is also breaching consumer rights following a sudden change in refund policy following our expose along with a systemic failure by Mr Sagons company to comply with vaccination protocols in Ireland.

We also bring you the details of the case of Veterinary inspector Michael O Reilly of Cork convicted and fined for animal neglect recently and banned for 7 years from keeping any dogs.

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The Big Bark - Episode S05E02 #79 - Dogs & Entertainment: The wonderful days out Vs the lining the breeders pockets

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1 year ago

53 minutes 29 seconds

The Big Bark Dog podcast

The Big Bark dog podcast is Irelands Number 1 dog related podcast. Each episode, Darragh and his trusty sidekick pups Bruno, Milly & Roxy bringing all the canine stories to you, with the biggest interviews with pet professionals.

This week, we speak with Peter Smyth of Causey Farm about a great day out that is coming up on 25th and 26th of May - Dogitude Festival - This promises to be an entertaining day out for dogs and their owners and we hear about all the wonderful things happening over the weekend which are created as a safe and fun filled day with the dogs welfare in mind.

On the other side of the coin, we look at the practice of Puppy yoga which is fuelling the Puppy breeding industry by offering €1100 to breeders for their puppies to be utilised for Puppy yoga sessions from a new business based in Dublin. We hear from Aoife from My Lovely Horse rescue who recently did their own investigation by posing as a prospective breeder and the things that were unveiled are shocking.

We hear from the owner of Puppies & Yoga - Henri Sagon - a businessman from Paris France who operates Puppies & Yoga in 10 European cities and we hear first hand how this is lining the pockets of commercial puppy breeders in Ireland.

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https://www.instagram.com/mylovelyhorserescue/

Guest Links

https://mylovelyhorserescue.com/

https://www.instagram.com/dogitudefestival/

https://dogitude.ie

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1 year ago

59 minutes 40 seconds

The Big Bark Dog podcast

The Big Bark - S05E01 Episode #78 - A brand new day - Consent, Scooping the poop and a hike in the wilderness

The Big Bark dog podcast sponsored by dogs.ie is Irelands Number 1 dog related podcast. Each episode, Darragh and his trusty sidekick pups Bruno, Milly & Roxy bringing all the canine stories to you, with the biggest interviews with pet professionals.

This week, we launched our brand new campaign around Consent and the importance of asking an owner if its ok to pet their dog. The campaign was launched in response to a new ISPCA campaign which solely puts the blame of dog bites to children on dog owners. While unprovoked attacks by dogs which are not under effective control are the responsibility of the dog owner, statistics show that most dog bites occur due to the behaviour of a child and in many cases adults also. This comes down to 3 issues.

1) Neither children or parents ask a dog owner for permission before rubbing or greeting a dog, and end up scaring that dog to the point where they are forced to retaliate and defend themselves by biting the child or adult.

2) Many people, both dog owners and non dog owners, fail to understand the body language - commonly known as calming signals that a dog displays to them, which in essence is telling said individual to back off and in the dogs words "leave me alone - I don't want you near me"

3) Hugging, close contact and being too rough with a dog - Dogs generally don't like to be hugged, particularly by strangers. Many dogs don't want to be hugged outright but children in particular fail to see this and their parents often blatantly ignore this due to the fact they think "its cute that theyre hugging". The reality is that if a dog does not want to be hugged, it will make them anxious by doing so and this anxiety if ignored will escalate ultimately to growling and eventually biting.

We also discuss Scoop the Poop week this week with Ciaran Sheehan from Mutt Mitts Ireland and the importance of picking up after your dog.

Be sure to visit https://muttmittsireland.ie this week and get 15% off all orders with the code bigbark

Lastly we also discuss how hiking and trekking to Glen of Aherlow and Knocknafierna is making a big difference to mine, Jen's and Roxy's well being and how this new challenge is getting us fit and active on a weekly basis.

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https://www.facebook.com/irishdogs

The Big Bark - S04E17 Episode #77 - Here comes the Sunny Summer (or at least we hope so)

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1 year ago

50 minutes 33 seconds

The Big Bark Dog podcast

The Big Bark dog podcast sponsored by dogs.ie is Irelands Number 1 dog related podcast. Each episode, Darragh and his trusty sidekick pups Bruno, Milly & Roxy bringing all the canine stories to you, with the biggest interviews with pet professionals.

This week, we're chatting about Springtime and Easter and all the ways you need to protect your dogs from both the spring hazards. To do that, we welcome Dr. Ashleigh Bugler back from Treaty Vets to chat to us all about the hazards of Spring and Easter in particular.

Next week, we'll be chatting all about the new changes to the show going forward and introducing you to some of our new team too in addition to all the changes coming on our social platforms too.

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https://www.facebook.com/irishdogs

The Big Bark - S04E16 Episode #76 - Barks, Treats & birthday wishes

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1 year ago

33 minutes 57 seconds

The Big Bark Dog podcast

The Big Bark dog podcast sponsored by dogs.ie is Irelands Number 1 dog related podcast. Each episode, Darragh and his trusty sidekick pups Bruno, Milly & Roxy bringing all the canine stories to you, with the biggest interviews with pet professionals.

This week, we celebrated Roxy's birthday so today, we're chatting about birthday celebrations and how to have a safe and fun birthday. We chat about Why dog parents celebrate their dog's birthday and we also chat about good presents to buy your dogs, what Roxy's favourite pressies were and we also touch on the importance of not only giving the birthday dog some extra attention but also ensuring that, when you have a multi-dog household, all of your dogs are included in the celebrations too. We recap on Roxy's first year and in particular, the 9 months she has been with us.

No special guests today, so we also tell you what's to come on the show over the next few weeks.

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https://www.facebook.com/irishdogs

The Big Bark S04 E 15- Episode #75 - Benefits of Off leash Recreational activity

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1 year ago

25 minutes 52 seconds

The Big Bark Dog podcast

The Big Bark dog podcast sponsored by dogs.ie is Irelands Number 1 dog related podcast. Each episode, Darragh and his trusty sidekick pups Bruno, Milly & Roxy bringing all the canine stories to you, with the biggest interviews with pet professionals.

The Big Bark podcast back for 2024. This week we chat with Samantha Rawson of The Canine College about off-leash recreation. We also check out the latest headlines and we take a look at an absolutely odd yet intriguing way that technology is being utilised for to provide companionship to our dogs via an AI based robot. All this and more on the latest episode of The Big Bark. Check out the link in bio for latest episode.

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https://www.samantharawson.ie/

https://www.instagram.com/samantha.rawson/

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1 year ago

56 minutes 4 seconds

The Big Bark Dog podcast

The Big Bark S04 E 14- Episode #74 - All I want for Christmas is a bone and a happy home

The Big Bark dog podcast sponsored by dogs.ie is Irelands Number 1 dog related podcast. Each episode, Darragh and his trusty sidekick pups Bruno, Milly & Roxy bringing all the canine stories to you, with the biggest interviews with pet professionals.

Today is another one of those shorter shows. This week we chat about canine communication - have you ever wondered what your dog is trying to say to you? Those cute sad puppy dog eyes, are they a guilt trip mechanism or is your dog trying to tell you something? How do you recognise calming signals? To answer these questions and more, Samanta Rawson of The Canine College joins us in studio.

We also talk about the hazards of winter, grit, antifreeze and cold weather and how to keep your dog safe and comfortable when the weather gets chilly.

Finally we give you an update on our calendars and our charity campaign.

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