Paws On The Cut

17/10/2026

Paws Weekly 🐾

Your weekly round-up of doggy good news!

🐾 A Labrador with a nose for ‘sea vomit’!

Six-year-old Labrador Sgiath from the Scottish Highlands has been named Animal of the Year for her rather unusual job.

Originally trained as a mountain rescue dog, Sgiath now sniffs out an invasive marine creature nicknamed ‘sea vomit’, which threatens native sea life. She’s believed to be the first dog in the world trained to detect it.

Who knew saving the oceans could be a dog’s job?

(Source: IFAW, 16 October 2026)

🐾 A poodle party with a happy ending!

Eight poodle crosses rescued from an overcrowded property in Norfolk have enjoyed a special reunion.

The dogs, who were among 250 discovered earlier this year, returned to the RSPCA’s Eau Brink centre near King’s Lynn to meet the people who helped rescue and care for them.

All eight have now been adopted, and their new families came along to celebrate.

(Source: BBC News, 11 October 2026)

🐾 Samantha, the dog who dresses better than most of us!

Meet Samantha, a four-year-old Afghan Hound from Edinburgh who’s become something of a fashion celebrity.

With her flowing coat and wardrobe of silk scarves, sunglasses and leather jackets, Samantha has attracted attention well beyond the dog world.

Her owner, Bethany, sources many of her outfits from charity shops and her own wardrobe.

Apparently, some dogs really do have better wardrobes than their owners!

(Source: The Times of India, 10 October 2026)

🐾 What is your favourite dog news story this week? Tell us in the comments!

That’s all from Paws Weekly. See you next Saturday!

Brought to you by Paws On The Cut.

12/10/2026

Nearly three years waiting for a home!

Sadie, a Collie cross, has finally found her forever home after spending around 1,000 days in rescue care.

A social media campaign helped find her a family, and now she’s getting the happy ending she deserves.

What a lovely story to brighten up a Monday!

BRITAIN’S “loneliest” dog has finally found their forever home after waiting 1,000 days. Sweet Collie cross Sadie was rescued by the RSPCA from a large-scale hoarding situation, w…

03/10/2026

We are open for business on the visitor mooring at Aqueduct Marina.
They have a fabulous cafe here too so why not come along and treat both yourself and your dog.
Plenty of parking at the Marina.
Open until 3pm today (Saturday 3 October)
And from 10am to 3pm tomorrow.

02/10/2026

We went to PATS (Pet and Aquatic Trade Show) at the NEC in Birmingham on Sunday, intending to spend just one day there.

There was so much to see that by the end of Sunday we realised one day simply wasn’t going to be enough. So we went back on Monday. And then again on Tuesday.

Three very busy days looking at new products, meeting suppliers and, perhaps most importantly, thinking about the direction we want to take Paws On The Cut.

We’ve been thinking for a while about what we want Paws On The Cut to become. Rather than simply stocking more and more of the same things you can find everywhere else, we want to be much more selective about what we choose — looking for products that are a little different, that we genuinely like and that feel right for Paws On The Cut.

PATS gave us plenty of ideas. Some confirmed things we were already thinking, while others sent us in directions we hadn’t considered before.

The photos are just a small selection of some of the products that caught our eye over the three days. We’re not saying we’re going to stock all of these — or even necessarily any of them — but they give you some idea of the sheer amount of choice we had.

We’ve come away with a few definite favourites, quite a few possibilities and some decisions to make about what comes next.

And this is where you come in.

Have a look through the photos. Which products catch your eye? Is there anything here you’d particularly like to see us stock on the boat or on our website?

02/10/2026

We’ve found ourselves a spot for the weekend!

This Saturday and Sunday, Paws On The Cut will be opening our little floating dog treat shop from the visitor moorings at Aqueduct Marina. Open with full display from 10am to 3pm.
We’d love to meet your dogs at any time over the weekend.

We’ll have plenty of our usual natural dog treats on board, so if you’re at the marina, passing through by boat or fancy coming down to find us, come and say hello.

A big thank you to Aqueduct Marina for letting us set up on their visitor moorings and for helping spread the word.

📍 Aqueduct Marina
🐾 Saturday & Sunday
🚤 Look out for Paws On The Cut on the visitor moorings

As always, dogs are very welcome. In fact, they’re rather the point.
Here’s just a few of the dogs that have visited us this year.

30/09/2026

So, a busy three days at the Pet & Aquatics Trade Show looking out for new suppliers. More on that to come.

As we were leaving yesterday, we were lucky enough to meet internet sensation Shadow The Friendly Dog.

Such a huge presence, but such a calm and loving dog. An absolute pleasure to meet him.

Shadowthefriendlydog