Redgate Smithy
... Dog Friendly B&B
If
you wish to bring your own dog with you, a friendly dog is most welcome!
We are a Dog Friendly / Pet Friendly Bed and Breakfast in Cornwall.
Redgate Smithy Bed and
Breakfast in Cornwall is in the heart
of SE Cornwall, on the southern edge of Bodmin Moor, just above the beautiful Golitha Falls. We
also have a lovely woodland
Garden for guests to
use and wander in, and a
friendly dog is our Special Guest! We offer a relaxing
award winning Breakfast, served
in the conservatory overlooking the garden, and offer a Dog
Sitting Service if you need it.
Some of our Special Guests
enjoy taking their humans for a lovely wander down our lane for those little walks out,
or down to Golitha Falls for a longer jaunt,
but of
course please always “pick-up” as necessary! There is also a great 3-mile
walk and romp around Siblyback
Lake a very short drive away, and of course there is all of Bodmin
Moor to explore up at Minions and beyond... so there is no shortage of
exercise! Doggie Bags are available in the
porch, and there is a special bin in the car park. We also keep some old towels for
dog drying in the porch, for those occasions when the walk is a little damper
than usual!
See our list of Dog Friendly Facilities
below for full details of everything else doggie.
 Our
own Special Friend, who only came to live with us just this year, is called
Brydy, and she is a two year-old quaintly named Sprocker (which is a springer
spaniel and cocker spaniel cross). Brydy has a wonderful temperament, being a
cross between the home-loving and affectionate (and more often than not, leap
before you think!) cocker spaniel, and the lively and forever-active (for
goodness sake, think before you leap!) springer spaniel.
Brydy
is a beautiful Irish name, which suits her character, and she is wonderfully
well-behaved... she loves playing, loves her walks, and is always very happy to
say hello to all our guests, people and doggies alike! She has great fun
exploring the woods at Golitha Falls, the path around Siblyback Lake, and
visiting all the new places that we're taking her to, either out on Bodmin Moor
or on the coast... and she also now has her sea-legs, both in it and sailing on
it!
Brydy on
Daffodil (and Squirrel...!) Watch in the garden (below), and out on a walk
(above)
Sinbad
  As
some of you may know, our cocker
spaniel Sinbad sadly died in February 2011 after his illness swiftly
deteriorated; he was a very brave and happy little doggie who had gone
completely blind and deaf, but he always enjoyed meeting everyone, and was
always wagging his tail!
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Dog Friendly
Facilities at Redgate Smithy
 We
are indebted to Jo and Alan Nutten at Dog
People for prompting us with their excellent Dog Friendly checklist and Rating
System, which has enabled us to even further improve the facilities that we
are able to offer our guests who wish to bring their dog with them to stay with
us.
Dog People have kindly awarded us their Top
Dog! Rating.
Supplied
in your Room when you stay with your dog:
- Dog Bowl and
Mat
- Dog Blanket / Throw
- Dog Food Fork (in case you left it at
home!)
- Torch available for dog walking
- Dog Treat for a Special Guest!
Supplied
in the Porch and Outside:
- Old towels for dog drying
- Water Bowl and Outside Tap
- Dog
Treats
- Spare Lead available
- Doggie Bags
- Doggie Bags Waste Bin in car park
- Bucket,
sponge and shampoo for dog washing are available (plus a hosepipe outside for
worst cases!)
- Information available on dog
walks, and dog friendly beaches.
Information
in your Room Folders:
- Dog “Welcome”
information
- Dog walk
information
- Local Vet information
General
Dog Stay Information & Other Facilities:
* * * No extra
charge for your dog! * * *
- Any friendly dog welcome (up to
2 small/medium size dogs at our discretion)
- Emergency
dog food supplies available, together with
access to refrigerated dog food storage
- Enclosed Garden and dog friendly
outdoor seating area
- Many dog friendly places to eat nearby, and in the surrounding area.
- Dog walks are available
from the door (no need to drive)
- Dog walks directly down lane for toilet exercising (please do pick up and
dispose of in bin provided!)
- Dog walks off-lead are available nearby (down lane, at Golitha Falls, and
Siblyback Lake)
- There are dog friendly beaches on the coast 30 minutes away (all year, and
off-season only)
- We have dog walks information, walking routes and maps available for you to use.
Please note that dogs
should not be left unattended in your room (apart from during Breakfast).
A well-behaved dog is also welcome in the Conservatory at any time, other than during
Breakfast
(for food hygiene reasons)... however, they are welcome during breakfast if no
other guests are staying!
- Local dog grooming service
available (booking required!)
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Redgate
Smithy Dog Sitting Service
We
also provide a Dog Sitting Service for those occasions when you may just need
that extra degree of freedom to explore the area, or perhaps to visit somewhere
specific like the Eden
Project. At many places, leaving your special family friend in the car is
neither what you want to do, nor indeed safe on a hot day.
We
provide our Dog Sitting Service by arrangement the day before (or indeed by
booking beforehand), for either an All-Day Sit,
a Day Sit, or an Evening
Sit. For All-Day or Day Sits, we include feeding and a safe
on-lead dog walk down the lane for a little fresh air and exercise.
All-Day
Sit (day
and evening until 10.00pm; including feeding and on-lead walk down lane) £15.00
Day
Sit only
(10.00am to 6.00pm; including feeding and on-lead walk down lane) £10.00
Evening
Sit only
(just looking for an evening out perhaps? ... from 6.00pm to 10.00pm) £6.00
Walking on Bodmin Moor
Bodmin
Moor is a unique, rugged, yet beautiful and fragile moorland area, where
wildlife abounds,
whether it be the grazing sheep and ponies, wheeling buzzards above you, or other flora and
fauna close underfoot. Bodmin Moor is a wonderful place for dog walking and
exploring, but please remember that the moor itself is still very much a working environment,
where the
welfare of both livestock and land need full consideration while you are walking
out and about. With sheep all over the moor, dogs need to be kept under full control when
out walking, and particularly during the five months of March to July when it is
lambing time, and ground nesting time for birds.
Brydy
among the bluebells down at Golitha woods
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