Paws in Motion

28/09/2024

The happiest dogs are those that get walked! Availability these school holidays!

22/09/2024

Relaunching Dog Walking!
Hey followers, I am beginning to take on clients again for temporary or casual dog walking in the Lake Macquarie area.
Starting at $30 per hour. Available for other services too such as check-ins on your pooch - just ask and we'll see what we can help you with! DM, SMS or email available in page info.

11/08/2024

Great opportunity for Lake Mac residents!

Drop by to microchip your dog for free.

20/07/2024

Do the survey 🫵🏼 please 🙏🏼 😉

I’m determined to take the temperature of Australia’s pet population 🌡️ Not literally. That would be exhausting. And uncomfortable. After all you know where that thermometer goes 😳

But to understand what our most important little people need, I want to know whether you have enough rental options, pet friendly parks and even whether you can get a bus or an uber with your bestie. Not to mention their health…and hell-raising side 🐶 🐈 🐇 🦜

It only takes 5 minutes to complete my Drooly Important Pet Census. And you might just have fun doing it. I’ll be presenting the findings to government to try and get some overdue changes happening ✔️

So give your pets a voice. Just head to the link below in the comments 👇

27/06/2024

Hey guys
In 3 weeks I’ll be heading overseas to Fiji for a month volunteering with Animals Fiji. I will be supporting with a desexing intervention where we will survey the number of strays in certain areas and round them up to be microchipped and desexed in a mobile clinic.

I would love to go with some donations and am looking to raise funds or physical goods for some things they need over there including:
⭐️ parasite medication ( flea/tick/worm)
⭐️ slip leads
⭐️ collars
⭐️ microchips
⭐️ pain medication

I need to get a permit for the chemicals and microchips so need to know if anyone has anything they can donate.

Just comment or DM if you can help in anyway!

Vinaka vaka levu (big thanks!)

14/03/2024

😢 what a good boy! Can everyone share and get this boy a home!

03/07/2023

Hey followers!
I’m in need of a house sitter for my own animals for 3 weeks over the Xmas period this year. If anyone knows an experienced trustworthy dog sitter I’d love to connect with them! Lake Macquarie area!

07/05/2023

Only 24 more hours to grab a raffle ticket to support this little guy and his littermate with vet costs for his condition 🙏🏼 please if you can buy even 1 ticket 🙏🏼 30 tickets would be even better! 🫶🏻😉

20/01/2023

This is from the States but if you have anything to do with local rescues or pounds you’ll know the same issues here in Australia and it’s not getting better anytime soon. If ever I can urge people not to breed their dogs unnecessarily it’s now!

A good 5 min read ….

05/07/2022

🆘️Blankets Urgently Needed At Our Erina Shelter🆘️

Due to the weather we cannot keep up with supplying clean & dry blankets for our cats & dogs. If you have any that you can donate they would be very much appreciated by us & our animals 🐾

Our Charmhaven Shelter has enough blankets at the stage.

Please drop off at Erina Shelter, Pateman Road, Erina

Thank you everyone and stay safe ❤️

21/05/2022

Please spare a dollar for Jessie 🙏🏼😪

30/04/2022

Love this idea!!

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31/10/2021

🐾 SoCares Toy Drive 🐾

Our poundies are in very low supply of dog and cat toys.

Do you have any spare toys (new or used) at home that you could donate to keep the animals busy while waiting for their forever home? Our animals would be forever grateful.

Donations can be dropped off at either our Charmhaven or Erina Facility.

Thank you so much in advance.

Please Share

Rescuing Today. Changing Tomorrow. 🐾

25/10/2021

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Okay, so this is a word that gets an awful lot of play in the training world, and it’s definition has come to mean an awful lot of things. Many of which, are incredibly counter-productive, if not downright dangerous.

So let’s see if we can’t clarify a few things.

Socialization isn’t:
-About letting your dog freely interact with dogs at the dog park, day care, or with friends dogs.
-About allowing your dog to meet other dogs on-leash.
-About allowing all manner of people, in all manner of mental/emotional states interact/pet/pressure your dog.
-About exposing your dog to the sights and sounds of cars, buses, motorcycles, bikes, skateboards, joggers...and allowing them to freak out, panic, aggress, hide, bark etc.
-About exposing your dog to the sights and sounds of dogs, cats, and other animals, and allowing them to freak out, aggress, lunge, bark, growl etc.

Socialization is:
-About teaching your dog the proper responses to dogs. What is and isn’t appropriate behavior, and correcting the unwanted when it appears.
-About teaching your dog to walk by the barking, lunging dog(s) on walks and ignore them, completely. Correcting if necessary to achieve this result.
-About advocating for your dog and ensuring people aren’t allowed to pressure your dog, by touching, crouching down, attempting “kisses” etc. That means being a big boy or girl, and stopping others from engaging in unwanted, uninvited interactions.
-About exposing your dog to all manner of daily life “things” and ensuring a proper response. If aggression/arousal is present, it’s corrected, if fear/arousal is present (and causes an overreaction/fleeing etc.) it’s corrected. Ask your dog to learn to ignore and not care about these “life” distractions/concerns/temptations. Teach them to listen to the training, not the world around them.
-About teaching your dog to leave other creatures alone. The cat, the bird, the cow, the goat, the other dog, is simply none of their business. If they decide those things are their business, it’s your job to correct and clarify what is and isn’t their business for them.

Socialization has become a ridiculously simplified, dumbed down, all-encompassing idea. Free interaction and exposure have been presented as a panacea, the magic gateway to a balanced dog. That’s a whole lot of B.S. you’ve been sold, by a lot of people full of B.S. 🙂

Socialization is all about teaching your dog how to behave and exist in the world...properly. People have a belief that only interactions create a well socialized dog. They don’t understand that existence is almost always preferable, and more valuable than actual interaction. Yes exposure is critical, but exposure without 100% clear guidance, and corrections for poor choices, isn’t socialization, it’s chaos, and it’s not teaching your dog what’s right, what’s wrong, and that you’ll keep them safe, so they don’t have to.

A well socialized dog isn’t fazed by the world around them. And that doesn’t come from simple exposure and interactions without guidance. Ironically, that’s precisely how you create anti-social dogs.

Think on that for a minute.

25/08/2021

https://action.choice.com.au/page/88671/petition/1?ea.url.id=5465051

Sign the open letter for safer pet food

19/08/2021

‼️Some thing to be aware of! ‼️

Many of you would know Baxter’s dog food (sold at Woolworths) was linked to many dog illnesses and deaths but I did not know a premium brand like ivory coat is manufactured at the same plant and now also has a history of bad reaction!

08/08/2021

Well this seems unfair …please sign and share 🙏🏼

976 signatures are needed! STOP NSW’S UNFAIR FEE/TAX/FINE/LEVY ON DESEXED CATS

15/06/2021

This is great information to share with everyone!