I have found a fab self catering holiday cottage place in Bude Cornwall. They really welcome dogs, rather than just accepting them. I have no link with them and don't get anything for referring people to them, I just think it's an ace place and I know how hard it is to find places that take more than 1 or 2 dogs!

Whalesborough Holiday Cottages and Spa, are on a large ex dairy farm, with lots of estate, coast and canal walks. Close to Black Rock Sands (dogs off lead all year) and other beaches which are dog friendly off season or after 6pm.

They already accept larger numbers of dogs (4) than most places, but they would consider more, depending on breed etc.

Ad and contact number below. Ask to speak to Sharron.

"Luxury dog friendly self catering holiday cottages with heated indoor swimming pool by the beach near Bude in North Cornwall ...
We offer twenty five star luxury boutique cottages with free use of our heated indoor pool, steam room, sauna, gym, spa, outdoor pool, jacuzzi, games rooms & free wifi. Set in 500 acres of beautiful secluded pet friendly countryside minutes from Bude, North Cornwall". 01288 361676

Whalesborough.co.uk

We stayed there last year. It's fab. Just took one pooch.

Great vets in Stratton, Bude should you need it ( I used to live just outside Bude in Widemouth )

Yeah!  Let's hear it for Bude..... there are always a huge number of dogs, of all breeds (even the rarer ones can be seen any day) in town.  The only down-side is what diseases they might be bringing into the area from across the country - so please make sure your dogs are utd with their boosters, and healthy, before coming down.   It's great for trade, but I must confess to being more than happy when the holiday season ends - and getting into and around town is easier!!

And PLEASE PICK UP after your dogs - the coastal paths are shocking at times and not where I'd want to take my hounds, let alone other people!  There are red bins right across the whole area - please use them.

ps   The vet in town is, from my first-hand experience, better than the one in Stratton although I have no problem with the main branch, in Holsworthy.

Hi MamaBas, I have tried them both and during my time the Stratton were by far the best, however things change with time and I am going back almost 15 years ( where does time go )  The Stratton vet I used to see lived out at Holsworthy and I used to go to her house as she had an animal healer/ animal whisperer who used to visit her horses and she invited me to take my Gsd for a couple of sessions with him as she suffered terrible allergies. As he put his hand near her, not touching, just near then her fur would stand on end. My vet told me that she had seen a blue light surround her horses occasionally.
She was a brilliant vet and had a very open mind to all types of healing. What a shame if that practice has gone downhill.

Hi Sillysue - for sure not all vet-client relationships work, but for me I had one too many things go wrong within that practice and in the end, had enough.   Not helped by the one vet I did like reducing her hours drastically.  Can't go into details, but it was enough to have me switching to the vet in town (not that I have so far seen the same vet twice and I'm still trying to work out which one I prefer!!).   I only went to Stratton because I thought the parking easier - and I was wrong in that.   The town practice has a big carpark once up the narrow entrance.   Since moving West, and leaving my vet of 13 years back up East (now retired in any case), I've had the misfortune to find some terrible vets, one telling me it was very difficult to get a vein up (to pts) in my breeds' front legs and proceeding to inject into the jugular and another (in another practice - I'd never go back to that one) refusing to do x-ray until finally the Senior Partner arrived on the scene (after I'd gone for a second opinion which I've NEVER had to do before) and did x-ray to find my poor bitch's chest cavity filled with tumours.   This over 6 months previously, which emptied my Bank account.  She was clearly doomed in any case but really .........

I'm afraid if you find a good vet who you trust, and who can DIAGNOSE, hold onto him/her!

I'm afraid if you find a good vet who you trust, and who can DIAGNOSE, hold onto him/her!

Absolutely, couldn't agree more, after all we trust the lives of our loved ones ( pets) to the vet so we need to trust that person 100 percent.