Would you like to work with animals?  Do you have a few spare hours during the week?  Due to ever-increasing demand, Scallywags is looking for a part-time carer to help with dog walks and cat/small animal feeds.

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Firework Season is fast approaching and you may have heard the odd banger going off already.  For some pet owners, this heralds a sense of dread and worry about the effects of all the noise on our nervous pets.  So NOW is the time to prepare your pets and your home fo...

There are so many sayings about animals, some of which date back centuries.  But have you ever wondered what they mean and where they came from?  Well, straight from the horse's mouth, Scallywags lets the cat out of the bag on a few ... 

Barking up th...

With summer upon us at last, most of us will be looking forward to sunny days in the garden and outdoors.  

As the temperatures rise, Scallywags Pet Care offers you some top tips to keeping your pets healthy and well this summer.  

Feelin' hot hot hot!

All dogs get...

Following the last article about the language of dogs in our pet communication series, we now turn our attention to cats and the sounds they make.  Like dogs, cats’ main form of communication is through scent, while body language – for example, a twitch of an ear or a...

If your pup is anything like these Scallywags, they’ll no doubt love a good romp in the long grass.  But with the warmer weather upon us, so too is the increased risk of them picking up a tick … and your cat is not safe from them either! 

Vets and scientists at Br...

If we could talk to the animals, what would they tell us?  We may not all be Dr Doolittle, but studies are finding more and more about the language of dogs - from their body language and tail wagging, to the way they read scents and the noises they make.  

While...

Fleas can be a problem, even in the most spotless home or on the cleanest pet.  And as the weather turns cold and the central heating is switched on, so the fleas quickly realise that a furry body living in a warm house is a much cosier, comfier alternative to outside...

In a brand new series of pet health articles, Scallywags focuses on a number of pet parasites, the dangers of infection and the available remedies.  This first piece gets down to puddle level and explores the dark, dank underworld of slugs, snails and the deadly lungwo...

Scallywags Pet Care, a brand new pet services company, comes to Oxted.  Based in Hurst Green, Scallywags aims to be a pet care company with a difference.

Says Sarah Oliver, owner and manager of Scallywags, “Whilst there are many people out there providing quality, reli...