Cottesloe Vet

16/11/2025

Just gorgeous!

15/11/2025

It's an important quality to look for!

15/11/2025

😂🤣😂

Mummy's Home

15/11/2025

Very special friends 🧡

𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗼𝗴𝘀: 𝗔 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 🐾

Are you or a loved one living with a disability or illness?

Guide Dogs WA is proud to offer a unique opportunity that pairs specially selected Companion Dogs with individuals who can benefit from a furry friend’s love and companionship within the home. Trained in basic obedience and leash skills, Companion Dogs have the capability of improving wellbeing and quality of life.

These remarkable dogs are more than pets; they’re skilled companions capable of:

• Offering unwavering friendship and company
• Providing a comforting presence in times of need

Please Note: Companion Dogs, while highly trained, do not have public access rights like Guide Dogs or Assistance Dogs.

𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗶𝘀 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲?
Our Companion Dog program criteria includes:
• Adults and children with a disability or illness.
• Those people who can demonstrate the ability to care for a dog, including covering financial costs for food, medical care, bedding, and toys.
• Individuals willing to provide a safe, loving home and agree to have the dog live indoors.
• Meets home assessment and handling requirements as assessed by Guide Dogs WA

Please note: A fee will be incurred for the purchase and placement of a Companion Dog.

Ready to take the first step towards a life-changing partnership? 🐾

👉 Complete the online application form here: www.guidedogswa.com.au/getsupport/companion-dogs

13/11/2025

Seems legit...? 🤣

12/11/2025

Wriggle wriggle wriggle! Happy hump-day! Interested in adopting your own greyhound? Check out Greyhounds As Pets WA 's Spring Adoption Day event! https://www.greyhoundsaspets.com.au/gapwa-spring-adoption-day

12/11/2025

Gorgeous Gypsy was very pleased with her purple Kong Dodo present, given to her for being so brave at her annual vaccination! 💜

12/11/2025

It's about much more than meeting other dogs.

"Wow! Is that what it means?"😮
Oh that word!

Socialisation is a word that conjures up visions of cute puppies playing with other dogs and pups. Socialisation "means" interacting with others doesn't it?
Yes and no.

It's not a great word to describe what should be a priority.
Acclimation is a far better term we should all start to use.
Acclimation to wet surfaces, stairs, wind, even standing in the rain.
Yes, it absolutely includes other animals too.

The trap is when people make other dogs or pups the main focus during that very important developmental time in a young puppies life.
We may forget that they haven't seen or heard a bus before.
Crowds of people aren't thought of.
A wheelchair or a scooter can be very unsettling for a young dog if they haven't come across one earlier in life.

Of course we do want our young puppies to interact and play with others.
There's a fine balance here too.
They shouldn't play with all others they come across, they shouldn't meet all others either.
Those experiences with others need well thought out and supervised.
Why?
Acclimation is still the goal. We want them to feel part of the world, but not develop such a strong emotional pull that they must greet and insist on playing with every dog.
Or they can start to physically pull you towards them.
Every dog they see.
Every walk.

If we allow puppies to meet and play with all others, that can be a very short path to a young dog that "insists" they must interact with all others.
That is what they learned when they were younger.

Choose your play partners wisely.

Think of everything this world has to offer and what you encounter everyday.

How can we expose them positively and carefully?
That's the goal.

Not "socialisation".

12/11/2025

So brave! 🥰

Boldly Go

12/11/2025

A reminder that as asphalting work continues in the rear laneway, access to the clinic is only possible via the car park entrance on Stirling Hwy. Thank you!

11/11/2025

Puppy yoga!!! Enough said ♡♡♡

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