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[Lavenders_Blue]

Hubby and I have a week's holiday in Cornwall coming up at the beginning of September. With the arrival of our new rescue dog (see this thread) this weekend being only a few weeks before our holiday, the logical thing seems to be just to take her with us. We're not sure if she'll be settled enough by then to leave her with my parents and their dog for a week quite so soon.

 

So, what dog friendly things are there to do in Cornwall? We will be staying near Lostwithiel, and we'll definitely be heading out to the beaches (have printed off a list of the dog friendly ones) and the coastal paths for some lovely walks. Also, we'll probably head out to Tintagel Castle. We'll also be going to the Eden Project and have found a day boarding kennel where we can leave the dog for a few hours whilst we visit, but we really only want to leave her the once, so we're looking for more suggestions of interesting attractions/gardens etc where our dog will be welcome.

 

On the other hand, I may decide not to leave our cottage - we are staying on an organic farm, chosen by me because there are chickens wandering around! Nothing like a bit of chook watching on holiday, hubby will be

[moochoo]

We spent a morning here: http://www.roskillys.co.uk/

There's a lovely countryside dog walk on their farm, easy parking, a really nice gift shop and amazing restaurant (sunday lunch was fab) plus yummy ice cream!

[UKMARCH]

Hi, that sounds lovely, we had a week in Cornwall at Witsun and it was great, we visited the Eden Project but got there early as they have a dog parking section where the parking is under a covered area so you can park in shade. We got there early to get a space and had a lovely couple of hours we came back to eat our lunch in the car and let the dogs stretch their legs and went back for another hour. Luckily our dogs are happy to spend a few hours in the car while we visit places that aren't dog friendly but Cornwall is a great place to go with dogs and a lot of the beaches are dog friendly and the pubs and tearooms generally are and we also took ours round the Seal Sanctuary in Gweek which the kids and dogs enjoyed it was great to keep everyone happy! We also stayed at a lovely place which although they didn't have chickens they did have a couple of small ponies and goats and resident ducks which came round to visit. I did manage to read a couple of books too! We also joined the National Trust and visited a couple of properties which had dog walking available in the grounds which was great.

[yvonne]

We regularly visit Watergate Bay between Newquay and Padstow which is totally dog friendly including the hotel bar, pub and the whole beach itself - cannot recommend highly enough.

[Lavenders_Blue]

Thanks guys I particularly like the Roskilly's suggestion.... I'll be quite happy just to sit in the corner and work my way thorugh the flavours!

[kerryegg]

Yes to the seal sanctuary, tickets often on special offer if purchased in advance. Also a lot of the gardens are dog friendly. Had a great time with our deerhound and lurcher at Trebar. It even has it's own beach. We love Cornwall. Very dog friendly pubs, cafes and attractions. Also took ours to St michaels Mount on a smallish boat but not much to do there as gardens are not dog friendly. Hope you enjoy your holiday.

[miffy]

I recommend Tehidy Country Park, its a great place to let your dog off the lead (if she's ready) and have a fabulous walk. You will be able to pick LOADS of blackberries too if your lucky. Its near Portreath on the North coast there is a little cafe there too for a coffee but not sure about food. Sadly dogs are either severely restricted or banned on a lot of beaches at that time of year still. Have a great holiday!!

[Lavenders_Blue]

More suggestions, brilliant! If there's any more, do please keep them coming!

 

I recommend Tehidy Country Park, its a great place to let your dog off the lead (if she's ready)

 

We picked up our new girl yesterday, gosh what a cutie she is! But we're going to have to work VERY hard on recall, I think. So far she's great in the house and garden (when she's not distracted by the chickens, that is) but out on a walk everything is far too exciting to be bothering with coming back to us when we call her Other dogs, people, sheep and even bulls are there to be played with and as for all the lovely smells around... We're walking her on a flexi lead so she's got a bit of freedom and we can practise some recall without her disappearing like a dot into the distance, lots of praise and a treat when she comes back to us. I think we'll get there... she's got bundles of energy and will really benefit from a good run off the lead when we can trust her.

[Bramble]

Lots of "high value treats" (the stinkier the better - fish, liver cake etc) works wonders with recall, but be firm, she only gets the treat when she comes back and is safely back on her lead!!! And TONNES of praise, really go over board when she comes back (you'll feel very silly doing it, but other dog owners will understand, trust me !!)

Anyway, back to the point of the post ...

It's a while since I went to Cornwall, but one place which is really worth a visit is the Minack (sp?) Theatre (open air, built on a cliff side) - not to see a performance, but just for a wander round. The location is truly stunning and when we went it was about the most dog friendly place I've ever been As I say, it's a while since I went, so it would be worth double checking beforehand if you decide to go, but dogs were allowed everywhere that humans could go (even in a section of the tea room ) (but not in the loos )

Congratulations on getting your new little girl, she is very lucky

[miffy]

Yup, Bramble, dogs are generally very welcome here in Cornwall, but sadly more and more people are demanding dog free areas and I can see in a few years it will be the same as anywhere else.

[yvonne]

On a slightly different note, we have a rescue lurcher and her behavior improved no end as a result of joining an agility class - it gives them lots to think about and wears them out - I'd definitely recommend it if you have one near you. (Obedience was a bit boring really for both of us)

[Lavenders_Blue]

Lots of "high value treats" (the stinkier the better - fish, liver cake etc)

 

I was wondering whilst I was out walking this afternoon if I need to get some better training treats. Tango was actually pretty good on her flexi lead this afternoon, coming back for her biscuit and a cuddle when I called her, but I couldn't help feeling if she was off the lead a boring old biscuit might not be enough of an incentive to come back Is liver cake readily available, or will I need to source it from somewhere specialist?

 

It's a while since I went to Cornwall, but one place which is really worth a visit is the Minack (sp?) Theatre (open air, built on a cliff side) - not to see a performance, but just for a wander round. The location is truly stunning and when we went it was about the most dog friendly place I've ever been

 

This sounds interesting too - whereabouts is it? Lots of great ideas here, I think we are going to have a busy week! I think we'll need another week's holiday to recover after all this

[Lavenders_Blue]

On a slightly different note, we have a rescue lurcher and her behavior improved no end as a result of joining an agility class - it gives them lots to think about and wears them out - I'd definitely recommend it if you have one near you. (Obedience was a bit boring really for both of us)

 

Great idea! I'm going to book Tango in for some obedience classes, but I might look into this too. I've not had a chance to see her run off the lead yet (we don't have a big garden either) but she's quite long legged and I think she's going to have a quite a turn of speed. She might enjoy something like flyball.