The Skin Clinic Cork

The Skin Clinic Cork will be closed from July 9 th until July 19 th for holidays 🙋‍♀️

Help to combat Animal Cruelty by reporting incidents to our helpline.

☎️Phone 01 607 2379
📧[email protected]

All animal welfare reports are processed in the strictest of confidence.

NSPCA Animal Rescue Dogs Trust Ireland

Help to combat Animal Cruelty by reporting incidents to our helpline.

☎️Phone 01 607 2379
📧[email protected]

All animal welfare reports are processed in the strictest of confidence.

NSPCA Dogs Trust Ireland

Due to the passing of my beautiful mum yesterday the skin Clinic will be closed until Tuesday 10 th of March

Did you know industrial-scale dog breeding is legal in Ireland.

Dog breeding establishments are regulated under the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010, which requires that premises keeping six or more breeding females be registered with their local authority. There is currently no cap on numbers and a single premises can be registered to house dozens or even hundreds of breeding dogs if it can demonstrate capacity.

At this scale, welfare challenges become structural. One person can be responsible for large numbers of adult dogs and puppies, making consistent handling, enrichment and early socialisation almost impossible. Puppies raised without this foundation are more likely to develop fear, anxiety and behavioural problems later in life.

The impact is not limited to puppies. Breeding females may spend much of their lives producing litters, while the health, genetic welfare and long-term outcomes for both mothers and fathers are not fully addressed within current guidelines. This is not simply about individual cases - it is about how dogs are produced within the system.

The NSPCA is calling for reform, including:

• A cap on the number of breeding dogs permitted on one premises
• A dedicated national inspectorate with consistent enforcement
• Statutory welfare standards including socialisation and health
• Powers to legally intervene if an establishment is not operating to a sufficiently high standard
Effective welfare legislation should prevent harm - not rely on rescue after the fact.

NSPCA Inspector Conor Dowling discusses this issue in more detail with the Irish Mail on Sunday, link available in first comment 🔗

Just want to thank the lovely man in Waterfall that drove my jeep up my driveway today as I had a skid and was to nervous to drive up my driveway thank you chivalry is alive and well in Waterfall 🙏👏

The Skin Clinic Cork will reopen on Tuesday the 6 th of January 😊

Happy New Year to all my lovely clients looking forward to looking after your skin in 26 ❤️

On Christmas Day an English couple saw a Collie running beside the road with a long twine dragging behind her. They stopped to see could they catch her but she took off up the mountain. Instantly I rang the farmer who found and saved the tiny pups last week. He searched with his quad and his own dog but no trace. This morning while out feeding his livestock he heard barking and followed it….. she had got herself tangled in the wire and couldn’t escape. So we can only guess she was there with days judging by the mess around her 🥲 Imagine being out in this freezing cold and struggling to escape. Massive thanks to him for taking her home, feeding her and giving her a bed of straw until I got time to go back to pick her up. Now to see is she the Mum of the pups…..