by Kirstie Newell | Jun 19, 2023 | Loose Valley Care Home, Pet Therapy
This week at Loose Valley Care Home we welcomed River’s Rodents and Reptiles. All our residents absolutely loved it! We met a blue-tongued skink lizard, a silver corn snake, a tortoise, a rat and a guinea pig, and our residents were able to hold and stroke all...
by Kirstie Newell | Apr 12, 2023 | Loose Valley Care Home, Pet Therapy
Here at Loose Valley Care Home, we understand the importance of animal visits. They bring so much cheer to our residents here and really get everyone chatting about past pets and experiences, as we have many animal lovers! We have regular visits from wonderful Quilla...
by Kirstie Newell | Nov 21, 2022 | Loose Valley Care Home, Relaxation
We adore having Billy our cat here at Loose Valley Care Home and he is enjoying the warmth of our lovely new fireplace with its flame effect coals. Cats seek out the heat, so a lovely warm lap with a knitted blanket on is his favourite place to be, especially as the...
by Kirstie Newell | Oct 19, 2022 | Loose Valley Care Home, Pet Therapy
We were delighted to welcome Hypo Hounds to Loose Valley Care Home on Thursday 13 October, who brought two gorgeous black Labradors to see us – 14 month old puppy-in-training Digby and retired 14 year old Tim. Hypo Hounds is a Charity Assistance Dog Programme...
by Kirstie Newell | Jun 28, 2022 | Loose Valley Care Home, Pet Therapy
We are very excited with our tiny new arrivals at Loose Valley Care Home! Little tortoises, hatched from eggs with the help of our Head Housekeeper Debby, are such a welcome sight! Paula took three at a time around to see our residents for a little pet therapy visit....