Paws in Motion

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

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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!

08/06/2021

Please help 🙏🏼

How lucky are we to have such a supportive community ❤ your response has been overwhelming. We have been contacted by a number of people who can assist us to replace our broken dryers, along with offers of bedding, towels etc for our animals. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts 🙏🐾🐱🐶

𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐦?

Due to winter setting in we reply on our dryers to keep a clean supply of bedding and soft toys for our precious animals.

Unfortunately two of our three dryers have decided to shop working when we need them the most.

We are in desperate need of clean towels, blankets (without fillings), soft toys and cot blankets. If you have any that you are not using we would very much appreciate them.

If anyone has a dryer in good working order that they no longer need or have one to sell, could you please contact us. We need a dryer 6 plus kilos so it can handle the work load required.

Thank you everyone, please share. Blankets etc can be dropped off during opening hours and please contact us 43503184 or PM us if you have a spare dryer 🐱🐶

Socares Animal Care Facility- 2 Depot Rd, Charmhaven

16/05/2021

❤️Mother and son looking for retirement home - with a walk! ❤️

Mollie and Daisy are still looking for a retirement home.
A sweet bonded duo, mother and son who are 12 and 14 years young and looking for a home together.

They're a sweet bonded pair of Jack Russells that have adjusted well to foster care.
With a health check this week coming and a scheduled dental, we know they will be feeling very good soon!

They're looking for a calm and loving household who can provide inside access.
They love roaming the sunny back yard so would happily be able to sun bake throughout the day.

As theyre older we would say no young kids under the age of 10 years.
No cats, pocket pets/ poultry.

They may be able to share their home with another calm nature doggie as they have shown to accept other dogs.
They LOVE walk time so a little sunny stroll per day would be perfect for them.

Located in the lower hunter valley, we would love to hear from you soon to find them something loving for their last few years!

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