White Dove Release Services by Lovey Dovey UK

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We use the White Rock Dove which is the same genus as the intelligent racing pigeon. These are strong flyers and can find their way home from distances of 500 miles! How exactly they do it is a mystery, but we do know it is simply the love of home that inspires them to fly back. (Ladies, we train our Doves like you need to train your man; give them lots of good food, plenty to drink, lots of love,  a clean home, the occasional promise of an early night, and let them spread their wings whenever they feel like it and they will always come home!)

Based in South Wales, our White Rock Doves are fed the best corn, fly freely around the lofts (as you can see below) and are taken on regular training flights. They are fit, healthy, happy and in pristine condition – like all excellent athletes! We breed our own Doves to ensure they are born of good stock and treated with the ustmost respect and care from day 1.
 
Every year our Doves are vaccinated against desease which is certified, and preventative treatments given regularly for common irritations these birds are prone to encounter. Vitamins, minerals are given on a daily basis along with a few natural trade secrets such as garlic and cinnamon to enhance the performance of flight and ensure the best possible chance of a return home.
 
 
 
 

Jan 5th 2010 - liking the snow!

 

 Feeding Time! The boys from Team Queen

Roger Brian, who we cannot use for events because he has black tail feathers - but we love him all the same!
  

You can easily distinguish a Rock Dove which has a neat slender tail, from a Fantail - which has "shuttlecock" type tail feathers, or a Garden Dove which has a longer bushy tail.

 

 

Our Doves are transported to your venue in a blacked out vehicle (so they will rest) in baskets approved by the RSPCA to hold 20 birds - but we keep a maximum of 6 birds in each basket, which has an attached drinking trough; this was especially designed for us as you cannot buy them. They are transfered to their display cages at the last possible moment ready for your event.
 
We are members of the Welsh Homing Union and as such abide by their regulations regarding the welfare of our Doves. This includes loft hygeine and how we transport our Doves to events. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

If looking around to compare Dove Release suppliers it is not just the cost that you need to consider. How well are the Doves looked after? How will the Doves look on your photographs?

You will want pure white Doves in full feather. An easy check to ensure you are getting well looked after Doves is to enlarge the images on websites. If the Doves have any flights or tail feathers missing they are being used during the moult, which is not comfortable for them. Any ruffled or darker tail feathers or brown staining suggests the Doves are kept in cramped unhygeinic lofts.  This will show up on your photographs and ruin the memories of something so special.

The image you see on the top header of every page, is in the Dove world absolute perfection, thats what you want to see. (the full image can be seen on our image gallery  page)

 

 

 

 

DIY Dove Release

Please be aware that to purchase Doves from pet stores or garden centres to release on your occasion will not be the same as using a trained Rock Dove, and is totally cruel. Most of these Doves have little or no homing instinct and unless the birds are trained by a professional,  once released they will perish in the wild! Another thing to avoid is to use a company that will offer to send or deliver your Doves for self release. This shows that the birds have not been trained and may not find their way home, and they usually arrive after travelling overnight in a small cardboard box with no food, water or after care. These Doves will look awful on your photographs.....that is assuming they have not flown away whilst you are transfering them from the box into your baskets ready for your event!
As well as this, the release will not be as effective if not done by someone who is used to handling Doves, crowds of excited people and busy photographers!
 

 

NB: Anyone using fantail/garden doves (or any untrained birds) could find themselves prosecuted by the RSPCA for cruelty.
Wedding venues & funeral directors are now becomng aware of this practice and the "dove release" may be reported as the Doves just hang around the grounds until they either starve or become cruely killed by hawks.
The RSPCA will be informed of anyone releasing such birds into the wild.

 

 

 

 

Opposite - Bath time!

 
 
 
Environmentally Friendly too!
We use recycled wood to build many of our lofts and to insulate the interior of all our lofts. The manure is collected and used on allotments to help grow flowers and vegetables.