In this deeply personal and emotional episode of The Big Bark Podcast , host Darragh Bourke honours the life, love, and legacy of his best friend – Milly, his beloved Labrador who passed away earlier this week.. Milly wasn't just a pet – she was family. A loyal companion through life’s most difficult moments, a hilarious rogue with a heart of gold, and a bright light to everyone she met. From belly rubs with the Munster rugby team, to barking at donkeys, to curling up beside her little sister Ro...
Jun 06, 2025•37 min•Season 5Ep. 1
Summer is here, and it's time to grab the lead and hit the road for some tail-wagging adventures! In this episode of The Big Bark, we’re diving into the best ways to enjoy the sunshine with your furry friend. From beach strolls to woodland hikes, we've got your doggy day out covered! Today, we chat with the team at Follow Fox Events about their exciting upcoming event Pawmerstown at the Manor at Palmerstown Estate — a must-visit summer celebration for dogs and their humans. Get ready for fun in ...
May 30, 2025•16 min
🐾 The Big Bark Podcast: Crufts 2025 Special – Live from the NEC in Birmingham! 🐾 Join us as we unleash an exclusive episode, broadcasting live from the heart of Crufts 2025 at the NEC in Birmingham! This paw-some special is packed with tail-wagging content that will have every dog lover's ears perking up. Highlights of this fur-tastic episode include: In-depth Interviews: We sit and stay with top brands like Vet IQ, ParkLife Treats, and Pure Dehydrated Dog Food, fetching insights into the late...
Mar 10, 2025•47 min
🐾 The Big Bark Podcast – Season 5, Episode 11 🐾 Paws, Sleds & Snowy Trails Get ready to unleash some tail-wagging fun on this week's episode of The Big Bark Podcast! 🎙️🐶 Your favorite pack leader Darragh Bourke is back with his trusty canine co-hosts Bruno, Milly, and Roxy, ready to bark up a storm! This week, we’re sniffing out an incredible adventure as we welcome a very special guest, Anna Cullen, who swapped the green fields of Tipperary for the snowy trails of Tromsø, Norway! ❄️🐕 A...
Feb 22, 2025•29 min
The Big Bark dog podcast is Irelands Number 1 dog related podcast. Each episode, Darragh and his trusty sidekick pups Bruno, Milly & Roxy bringing all the canine stories to you, with the biggest interviews with pet professionals. 🐾 Season 5 Episode 10 is here! 🧠🐕 "Pawsitive Beginnings: Celebrating Bruno's Birthday and Unleashing the Way of Life Method in 2025" 🚨 This episode is packed with tail-wagging goodness! Want to build a better more harmonious relationship with your dog? We have S...
Jan 13, 2025•47 min
The Big Bark dog podcast is Irelands Number 1 dog related podcast. Each episode, Darragh and his trusty sidekick pups Bruno, Milly & Roxy bringing all the canine stories to you, with the biggest interviews with pet professionals. 🐾 Season 5 Episode 09 is finally here! 🧠🐕 🎄🐾 Deck the Paws - Our Festive Special is Here! 🐾🎄 It’s the most paw-some time of the year, and The Big Bark Podcast is serving up a treat-filled episode to get you and your furry friends in the festive spirit! 🎅🐶 �...
Dec 20, 2024•1 hr 20 min
The Big Bark dog podcast is Irelands Number 1 dog related podcast. Each episode, Darragh and his trusty sidekick pups Bruno, Milly & Roxy bringing all the canine stories to you, with the biggest interviews with pet professionals. 🐾 Season 5 Episode 08 is here! 🧠🐕 🎙️ "Brainwaves & Wagging Tails: Canine Mind Syncs, Irish Dog Calendar Hype, and Pet Expo Fun in Dublin!" 🐶✨ 🚨 This episode is packed with tail-wagging goodness! Dive deep into the fascinating world of canine minds and disc...
Oct 12, 2024•34 min
The Big Bark dog podcast is Irelands Number 1 dog related podcast. Each episode, Darragh and his trusty sidekick pups Bruno, Milly & Roxy bringing all the canine stories to you, with the biggest interviews with pet professionals. Once again, this week, we welcome back Dr. Ashleigh Bugler from Treaty Veterinary Clinic to our health hub - Dr. Bugler this week gives an overview of skin allergies, how to handle these and how to know if your dog is suffering from issues with their anal glands and...
Jul 26, 2024•1 hr 2 min
The Big Bark dog podcast is Irelands Number 1 dog related podcast. Each episode, Darragh and his trusty sidekick pups Bruno, Milly & Roxy bringing all the canine stories to you, with the biggest interviews with pet professionals. Once again, this week, we welcome back Dr. Ashleigh Bugler from Treaty Veterinary Clinic to our health hub - Dr. Bugler this week chats itchy skin conditions including hot spots, how to handle these and how to know if your dog is suffering from issues with their ana...
Jul 20, 2024•40 min
The Big Bark dog podcast brought to you by Dogs.ie & Mutt Mitts Ireland is Irelands Number 1 dog related podcast. Each episode, Darragh and his trusty sidekick pups Bruno, Milly & Roxy bringing all the canine stories to you, with the biggest interviews with pet professionals. This week, we welcome back Dr. Ashleigh Bugler from Treaty Veterinary Clinic to our health hub - Dr. Bugler this week chats about itchy ears and ear infections and how to help your dog ditch that itch. We chat about...
Jul 15, 2024•41 min
The Big Bark dog podcast is Irelands Number 1 dog related podcast. Each episode, Darragh and his trusty sidekick pups Bruno, Milly & Roxy bringing all the canine stories to you, with the biggest interviews with pet professionals. This week, we welcome back Dr. Ashleigh Bugler from Treaty Veterinary Clinic to our health hub - Dr. Bugler this week chats about sick tummies in doggies, the symptoms, causes and how to deal with them. This week, we also chat with Andy from Fluffy tails in Kildare,...
Jun 03, 2024•43 min
The Big Bark dog podcast is Irelands Number 1 dog related podcast. Each episode, Darragh and his trusty sidekick pups Bruno, Milly & Roxy bringing all the canine stories to you, with the biggest interviews with pet professionals. This week, we welcome back Dr. Ashleigh Bugler from Treaty Veterinary Clinic to our health hub - Dr. Bugler this week chats about Heatstroke in dogs, the symptoms, and what to do if you believe your dog has heat stroke. We continue our in depth discussion into Puppi...
May 27, 2024•53 min
The Big Bark dog podcast is Irelands Number 1 dog related podcast. Each episode, Darragh and his trusty sidekick pups Bruno, Milly & Roxy bringing all the canine stories to you, with the biggest interviews with pet professionals. This week, we speak with Peter Smyth of Causey Farm about a great day out that is coming up on 25th and 26th of May - Dogitude Festival - This promises to be an entertaining day out for dogs and their owners and we hear about all the wonderful things happening over ...
May 13, 2024•1 hr
The Big Bark dog podcast sponsored by dogs.ie is Irelands Number 1 dog related podcast. Each episode, Darragh and his trusty sidekick pups Bruno, Milly & Roxy bringing all the canine stories to you, with the biggest interviews with pet professionals. This week, we launched our brand new campaign around Consent and the importance of asking an owner if its ok to pet their dog. The campaign was launched in response to a new ISPCA campaign which solely puts the blame of dog bites to children on ...
Apr 24, 2024•51 min
The Big Bark dog podcast sponsored by dogs.ie is Irelands Number 1 dog related podcast. Each episode, Darragh and his trusty sidekick pups Bruno, Milly & Roxy bringing all the canine stories to you, with the biggest interviews with pet professionals. This week, we're chatting about Springtime and Easter and all the ways you need to protect your dogs from both the spring hazards. To do that, we welcome Dr. Ashleigh Bugler back from Treaty Vets to chat to us all about the hazards of Spring and...
Mar 29, 2024•34 min
The Big Bark dog podcast sponsored by dogs.ie is Irelands Number 1 dog related podcast. Each episode, Darragh and his trusty sidekick pups Bruno, Milly & Roxy bringing all the canine stories to you, with the biggest interviews with pet professionals. This week, we celebrated Roxy's birthday so today, we're chatting about birthday celebrations and how to have a safe and fun birthday. We chat about Why dog parents celebrate their dog's birthday and we also chat about good presents to buy your ...
Feb 18, 2024•26 min
The Big Bark dog podcast sponsored by dogs.ie is Irelands Number 1 dog related podcast. Each episode, Darragh and his trusty sidekick pups Bruno, Milly & Roxy bringing all the canine stories to you, with the biggest interviews with pet professionals. The Big Bark podcast back for 2024. This week we chat with Samantha Rawson of The Canine College about off-leash recreation. We also check out the latest headlines and we take a look at an absolutely odd yet intriguing way that technology is bei...
Feb 07, 2024•56 min
The Big Bark dog podcast sponsored by dogs.ie is Irelands Number 1 dog related podcast. Each episode, Darragh and his trusty sidekick pups Bruno, Milly & Roxy bringing all the canine stories to you, with the biggest interviews with pet professionals. Today is another one of those shorter shows. This week we chat about canine communication - have you ever wondered what your dog is trying to say to you? Those cute sad puppy dog eyes, are they a guilt trip mechanism or is your dog trying to tel...
Dec 18, 2023•45 min
The Big Bark dog podcast is Irelands Number 1 dog related podcast. Each episode, Darragh and his trusty sidekick pups Bruno, Milly & Roxy bringing all the canine stories to you, with the biggest interviews with pet professionals. This week we bring you All I Woof for Christmas, our Live stream event which took place on 10th of December. This wonderful show was our Christmas doggy toy show with live music from Christine Firmo, our rafle and lots of toy and treat reviews. Joined by special gue...
Dec 12, 2023•1 hr 23 min
The Big Bark dog podcast sponsored by dogs.ie is Irelands Number 1 dog related podcast. Each episode, Darragh and his trusty sidekick pups Bruno, Milly & Roxy bringing all the canine stories to you, with the biggest interviews with pet professionals. Today is a pretty short show, we chat with you about all thats to come on our Christmas extravaganza - All I Woof for Christmas and we're joined by Samantha Rawson who chats with us about the different things to watch out for with your dog over ...
Dec 08, 2023•25 min
The Big Bark dog podcast sponsored by dogs.ie is Irelands Number 1 dog related podcast. Each episode, Darragh and his trusty sidekick pups Bruno, Milly & Roxy bringing all the canine stories to you, with the biggest interviews with pet professionals. Today, we're chatting about Roxy recently going into her first season and how it affected her. She got clingy and needy and she was certainly in discomfort. She hated being away from us and would cry if we left her for a few minutes. With that i...
Dec 01, 2023•1 hr 1 min
The Big Bark dog podcast sponsored by Mutt Mitts Ireland is Irelands Number 1 dog related podcast. Each episode, Darragh and his trusty sidekick pups Bruno, Milly & Roxy bringing all the canine stories to you, with the biggest interviews with pet professionals. The Big Bark is back again this week and its our spooky halloween special Ghouls and Gowls. We have Dr. Ashleigh Bugler in to chat all things halloween and Ashleigh dives into huge detail of the everything you need to do to look after...
Oct 29, 2023•37 min
The Big Bark dog podcast sponsored by Mutt Mitts Ireland is Irelands Number 1 dog related podcast. Each episode, Darragh and his trusty sidekick pups Bruno, Milly & Roxy bringing all the canine stories to you, with the biggest interviews with pet professionals. The Big Bark is back again this week - and today, we have share more stories about Roxy, give an update on our I believe in Santa Paws campaign and we welcome back Dr. Ashleigh Bugler from Treaty Vets who disccusses the importance of ...
Oct 23, 2023•33 min
The Big Bark dog podcast sponsored by Mutt Mitts Ireland is Irelands Number 1 dog related podcast. Each episode, Darragh and his trusty sidekick pups Bruno, Milly & Roxy bringing all the canine stories to you, with the biggest interviews with pet professionals. The Big Bark is back again this week - and today we have the 1st halloween segment in the run up to to our big special at the end of October. We chat with Samantha Rawson about helping your dog prep for spooky season, some tips & ...
Oct 12, 2023•50 min
The Big Bark dog podcast sponsored by Mutt Mitts Ireland is Irelands Number 1 dog related podcast. Each episode, Darragh and his trusty sidekick pups Bruno, Milly & Roxy bring you the latest news from the canine world with the biggest interviews with pet professionals. The Big Bark is back again this week - and today we're chatting all about the recent XL Bully attacks in the UK, a man who spent 12.5k on turning himself into a rough collie and how he now gets shunned by "Real dogs" - imagine...
Oct 02, 2023•1 hr 8 min
The Big Bark dog podcast sponsored by Mutt Mitts Ireland is Irelands Number 1 dog related podcast. Each episode, Darragh and his trusty sidekick pups Bruno, Milly & Roxy bring you the latest news from the canine world with the biggest interviews with pet professionals. The Big Bark is back again this week - and today we're chatting all about back to school time, good places to take your dogs in Ireland for scenic walks and dogs singing to Mozart. We welcome Samantha Rawson back to the show t...
Aug 31, 2023•41 min
The Big Bark dog podcast sponsored by Mutt Mitts Ireland is Irelands Number 1 dog related podcast. Each episode, Darragh and his trusty sidekick pups Bruno, Milly & Roxy bring you the latest news from the canine world with the biggest interviews with pet professionals. The Big Bark is back again this week - and today we're chatting all about bold little Roxy and what she has done including the chewing of seatbelts and the stealing of Naan bread. We welcome Samantha Rawson back to the show th...
Aug 24, 2023•46 min
The Big Bark dog podcast sponsored by Mutt Mitts Ireland is Irelands Number 1 dog related podcast. Each episode, Darragh and his trusty sidekick pups Bruno, Milly & Roxy bring you the latest news from the canine world with the biggest interviews with pet professionals. The Big Bark is back again this week - and today we're chatting all about the Dog days of Summer, the preparations needed when going on your holidays as well as the hazards of Summer. We welcome Samantha Rawson back to the sho...
Aug 07, 2023•50 min
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Jul 18, 2023•6 min
The Big Bark dog podcast is Irelands Number 1 dog related podcast. Each episode, Darragh and his trusty sidekick pups Bruno, Milly & Roxy bring you the latest news from the canine world with the biggest interviews with pet professionals. The Big Bark is back again this week - a bit later today than usual due to some editing that was needed in post production. This week we chat about the progress of Roxy's hole digging to Australia and we share a story of how Milly pawsomely helped my dad aft...
Jul 18, 2023•1 hr 29 min
