Pennie's first Pawsome Box!

Today Pennie, my Cocker Spaniel, received some great post! 

In fact as soon as the post was delivered Pennie and my dad couldn't wait to open it, and so by the time I had got home from work they had already opened the Pawsome box and taken the squeaky toy!  

This is our very first Pawsome box, which has been highly recommended by Kemples. A month or so ago Abi did a blog post on her Pawsome box and recommend the free trial so I signed up straight away. 

This month's box is definitely one of the best collection of toys and treats that I have seen from the Pawsome box collection. This month's collection included two lots of different treats, two different toys, an attachment for a lead and a towel. 

Pennies favourite is definitely the doughnut squeaky toy! As soon as my dad opened the box with her and she saw the doughnut toy she has not put it down, she will sit with this toy in her mouth for the next 24 hours easily! Pennie gets super obsessive with new toys, but she was still a perfect girl letting me take the toy to have a look at it and to take some photos for this blog post. This toy will definitely be one of her favourites from now on! 

The chicken and carrot treats are definitely a close second though. I had her doing tricks and running around the room chasing after the treats, definitely a good choice! The carrot and chicken treats are very healthy for the dogs too as they say that they are low fat and contain no sugar! Very good for watching what dogs are eating as well as good for those pearly whites! The other treats within this months box was the Nom Herbal Tea dog treats for fresh breath. Pennie wasn't as fussed about these treats, perhaps she knew it was because they were for bad breath... 

The box also contained a towel and an attachment for leads. Both of these will come in handy during the summer months! Pennie is always jumping in water on her walks, whether it is the sea and river or a lake she just loves water so we always have to take a towel with us on our walks! Even during the winter months she loves a good paddle! Therefore having this new towel is definitely a great idea! The lead attachment is a great idea for example I think we will be using the attachment for when we go walks and sit at benches and eat our picnics, or when we stop at country pubs on our walks :) 


Pawsomebox is £19.90* a month and is a great treat for any pooches! They also do boxes for kitties called the Purrfectbox which is again £19.90* a month. 

A day out with the dogs!

Today I took my cocker spaniel Pennie to a Dog and Horse Show and country fair at a local farm and produce shop in Preston called Huntley's, the event was called the  Mellor Dog School Country Fair. I went with my parents and boyfriend, and then we met up my friends Abi and Rob who also took their Border Collie Bella. Bella was so excited and hyper to be there and was so happy to see Pennie. We sometimes take them walks together so it was great to see them. 

The country fair had a few different stalls on but I think due to the bad, or rather miserable weather, not many people turned up for the event on the day. There were various dog shows  on and also some horse shows going on throughout the day. They also had different dog competitions on but we turned up late so we missed half the events but we still entered our two dogs into a couple of the events. We entered Pennie into the Best Condition and the Dog the Judge wanted to take home categories, and Pennie came second in the Best Condition competition, so proud of her! She came second to a puppy cocker spaniel who had just had his coat cut and groomed so she did really well! Bella took part in the happiest dog competition and also the dog the judge wanted to take home event, Bella won third in the happiest dog competition, which I'm surprised she didn't come first as she always has a huge grin on her face. 

We also watched some of the other dog shows and saw a police dog being trained, along with a gun dog retrieving items. I also went into the Huntley's produce farm shop and purchased far too many cheeses! Afterwards we also had a bit of a wander through their maze too which would be a great place to go to at Halloween or Bonfire night! Will definitely have to keep my eye out for events at Halloween. 

As great as the fair was it would have been great with more stalls and shows going on, especially with more animals. Also I think if the weather had been better then more people may have come to the event. Will definitely be going again next year to the fair, as it is a really lovely day out and a great chance to show off my amazing pooch! 

 

 

3rd Happiest Dog in the competition! 

2nd in Best Condition competition! 

So proud of our pooches! 

My week on Instagram #3

 

 

 

 

 

 

So some of the photos I've posted above are from slightly over a week ago, but I was fairly busy at the weekend so please excuse the lateness.

Most the photos are once again of my cocker spaniel Pennie, a couple of the photos also show her on a couple of different walks last week. I recently bought her a new soft toy which is the doughnut in the photos so that featured on my Instagram a fair bit too last week. The photo of her with the doughnut in her mouth makes me laugh so much as you can see her little teeth at the bottom. I also managed to get her to sit with the doughnut balanced on her head for a while as the photo shows. 

The second photo out of the lot is of Salford Quays the other friday night. My brother lives in Salford and the other friday my parents, boyfriend and I went to visit my brother and his girlfriend and had  a lovely tea and a walk round the Quays. 

Last week I also watched Princess Mononokee for the first time and really loved it, got to love a good movie night.

On my blog last week I also did a post about some new home items I bought, which feature the typography mugs here. The other night I treated my boyfriend to delicious hot chocolate and lemon cupcakes. I also made some amazing peanut butter and chocolate cookies last week (as shown in the photo) and the recipe can be found here. 

I have just begun training for my new job today too, which involved a lot of paper work. The last photo shows my happiness at my first day being over... haha. 

 My instagram is _katyjayne, and I follow back! 

Cuerden Park: A great place for dog walking!

I walk my dog at this park often enough that I thought it warrants its own blog post. It is a great park near me called Cuerden Park, which is located in the North West of England. Technically it says it is located in Chorley, but I live in Lostock Hall in Preston and it takes me 10 minutes to drive to. The Park has approximately 650 acres of parkland, woodland, meadows, a lake, ponds and gardens maintained to a high standard by dedicated staff and volunteers.

The park also hosts a variety of different events which you can look at if you go to their website, I havent personally attended any of the events but the other month they did a mini camping festival which seemed pretty good and I wished I had gone to it, they also do lots of running events. There is also a Farmers marker on the last sunday of each month, which I still need to check out. 

The park is perfect to walk round either with or without a dog, and the walk can either be done quickly or can be done in a longer time, its up to you which kind of walk you want. There is also plenty of water for your dog to access incase it is a hot day, and there is also a large lake at one end of the park for people to either go fishing, have a picnic next to, or simply to just feed the ducks. There are several picnic benches all over the park to sit and enjoy some time in the park. The park is also great for runners, there is always someone running around the park whenever I go, and I myself have gone for a few runs round the park. 

I usually walk my dog round this park in the evenings when the park is quieter, mainly because there is also less children about at night as my dog is not a fan of children really. The park has a large wooded area too, which my dog loves running around and hunting rabbits in. 

If you live in the Chorley or Preston area I definitely recommend that you check out this park, I can guarantee your dog will love it! 

 

 

 

My week on Instagram #2

             

         

            

             

        

Last week I put up a post on my blog about my everyday makeup which can be found here, the first photo is just showing my everyday make up again. Last Friday I also ordered some new trainers, which can be seen in the second photo. If anyone is debating getting some new trainers definitely buy some Nikes! They are the comfiest shoes ever! 

As you can also see most of my instagram photos are of my dog Pennie, who is a beautiful cocker spaniel. The third photo is of her sulking because she wasn't getting all of my attention. Last week my boyfriend and I bought The Last Of Us on PS3 to play so that took up most of my Friday and Saturday night. 

On Monday I went to see Guardians of the Galaxy with my boyfriend, which was so good, definitely recommend that everyone goes to see it. I'm not a massive fan of them type of films but I really did love it, it was hilarious. 

A lot of the other photos on my instagram from last week are from walking Pennie in various different parks. The next photo is of Pennie on a walk at one of our local parks called Worden Park in Leyland. Another of the photos is of Pennie on a walk at the lodge near my house in Lostock Hall. 

The other night my boyfriend and I also went for a walk near his house down by the canal, where we also fed some of the ducks, I say some but really there was so many of them. 

The last photo is of Pennie, again, next to a giant wooden pine cone at another park near my house, where we walked her last night. 

My instagram is mainly photos of Pennie, so if you want to see some more photos of Pennie it is here. Feel free to follow me, I follow back! 

My week on Instagram.

As you can see the majority of my Instagram photos (_katyjayne) end up being photos of my dog Pennie, or the beautiful places I go to walk her. The first photo is at a place in Blackburn called Pleasington that Pennie just loves because it is full of rabbits to chase! The fourth photo is at a park near me called Worden Park which is also a great place to go walk your dog. 

I was also in Ireland last week, in Galway to be specific, so a lot of the photos from my Instagram last week were taken there. Such as the photo I took whilst watching Milton Jones in a cosy little pub called Roisin Dubh,  which is definitely a must if you're ever in Galway! Salthill beach was fantastic too and is also definitely worth a visit if you're ever in Galway, its a cute little beach, but it was actually heaving with people all day due to the great weather, I also managed to get really sunburnt that day too, which is shocking as I was in Ireland. Also the views from the beach were so beautiful. As you can see I also enjoyed taking lots of photos of Twizel, who was the Springer Spaniel that we looked after whilst we stayed in Galway, she was such a sweetheart and I am definitely missing her now! Wanted to kidnap her and bring her home with me, but sadly she had to stay in Ireland. 

I took a couple of photos whilst on the airplanes going to and from Ireland, I just love the photo of Ireland from in the plane because it just shows how beautiful and green Ireland really is, as you can see from the vast amount of fields and woods. The other photo I took whilst flying over to Ireland and you can see Wales down below. 

Hope you've all had a lovely week!