Woofin'It Pet Services

06/26/2024

Wednesday morning wilderness friends doing what friends do: Lots of smiles, playfulness, and breaks to explore on their own 🐶🐾🐶🐾. Big Angus, Tucker, Herb, Gracie, and Chibi

06/26/2024

Wednesday afternoon sunny, lakeside wilderness fun with Jakey and his girls (Hilde, Harley, and Dolce) 🌞😎🌊😎🌊

06/26/2024

Tuesday morning wilderness smell fest after the rainfall 💦💦. Did you know rain reveals a whole new world of sensory delights for our canine members. This crew went crazy 😍. Sally, Auggie, Murray, Skipper, Layla, Archie, and Khloe

06/26/2024

Tuesday midday drop-in with the party Goldens 🥳 🎉 😎. Zoom, Joule, and Lucie 🐾🐾

06/26/2024

Tuesday afternoon hiking friends loving their wilderness adventure together🌱🌱🌊🌊. Little Angus, Buddy, Bensen, Harley-Quinn, Russell, and Sasha 🐾🐾

06/24/2024

Monday morning wilderness friend time on this beautiful foggy day ☁️🌫☁️. Harley, Dolce, Little Angus, Jasper, Big Angus, Buddy, and Chibi 🐾🐾

06/24/2024

Monday midday drop-in visit with these special ones 💕. Henry & Tessa 🐾🐾

06/24/2024

What do we need?
We need to be more dog. 😆

06/21/2024

Friday morning wilderness beauties enjoying the cool and cloudy weather 😎. Happy summer puppies 🐶. Jasper, Big Angus, Chibi, Gracie, Herb, Archie, and Layla 💙

06/20/2024

What is your dog trying to tell you?

06/20/2024

💯%!! We can leave the house anytime we want. Our dogs rely on us to go out and explore their environment. The walk should always be about them 🐾🐾

Trainer Tip Tuesday:

06/20/2024

Blue-green algae time! Great post from Penhorn Animal Hospital. Updates on affected bodies of water can be found on www.novascotia.ca

Blue-green algae information and reports for Nova Scotia. Watch for blue-green algae from May to October. Blue-green algae (also called cyanobacteria) occurs naturally in surface waters like lakes, ponds, rivers and streams.

06/20/2024

06/20/2024

Thursday afternoon, Woofin'it will be closed to wilderness adventures! Too hot for the puppers. Stay cool everyone 😎 🐾😎🐾

06/20/2024

Thursday super early wilderness hike with this happy bunch!! We planned ahead and lucked out big time 🙏. We enjoyed all that the trail has to offer, with no threat of heat stroke 🐾🐾🌊🌊. Joule, Skipper, Sally, Auggie, Sasha, and Khloe

06/20/2024

Wednesday early morning wilderness hike to beat the heat 🥵🔥☀️ . We successfully enjoyed wonderful temps and lake time. Penny, Dolce, Harley, Gracie, Tucker, Chibi, and Big Angus were very thankful 🌊🩵

06/20/2024

Wednesday midday drop-in visit with these precious souls 💕 💕💕. Henry, Tessa and Bailey 🐾🐾🐾

06/20/2024

With the temperatures soaring again today, we wanted to remind you of some essential tips to keep your furry friends safe and comfortable in this heat:

Hydration is Key 💧: Make sure your pets have access to plenty of fresh, cool water throughout the day.

Avoid Midday Walks 🕒: The pavement can get extremely hot and burn your pet’s paws. Opt for early morning or late evening walks instead.

Never Leave Pets in Cars 🚗: Even with windows cracked, the temperature inside a car can rise dangerously high within minutes.

Provide Shade 🌳: Ensure your pets have a shaded area to relax in if they are outside.

Cool Down Techniques ❄️: Use damp towels, cooling mats, or even a kiddie pool for your pets to splash in.

06/19/2024

Tuesday morning wilderness hikers loving the cool temps and company ❤️🐾❤️. Sally, Khloe, Murray, Layla, Skipper, Auggie, and Archie 🌲🌲

06/19/2024

Tuesday noon drop-in with my favorite flying Goldens 🧡🧡🧡. Joule, Zoom, and Lucie 🐾🐾

06/19/2024

Tuesday afternoon wilderness hike and cool off at their favorite lake 😎 🌊🐾. Buddy, Harley-Quinn, Sasha, Bensen, Little Angus, and Russell 🩵

06/18/2024

Monday morning wilderness lake hike and meadow showdown 🤗🐶🐾. Gracie, Herb, Harley, Dolce, Big Angus, and Chibi 🌊🩵

06/15/2024

Friday morning wilderness hiking buddies loving their friend time at the lake 💙 🌊💙. Big Angus, Layla, Archie, Herb, Chibi, Gracie, and Tucker 🌲🐾🌲

06/15/2024

Friday midday drop-in with these sweet pups 🐶. Tessa and Henry 🩶🤍🩶

06/15/2024

Friday afternoon frenchie backyard fun 🐶. Shade, water, and breeze; perfect frenchie weather with these beauties 🐾❤️🐾. Jagger, Bo, and Lola

06/15/2024

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Dogs pulling on the lead is a common issue faced by many guardians, rooted in a variety of emotional responses such as stress, fear, anxiety, and excitement. It's also often simply because they haven't been taught otherwise.

Addressing this behaviour effectively requires a deep understanding of your dog's underlying motivations and emotional state. Successful and ethical training methods prioritise this understanding, offering solutions that respect the dog's feelings and needs.

By focusing on why dogs act the way they do, we can develop strategies that are not only effective but also strengthen the bond between us and our dogs. Ready to learn more? Get your free loose lead walking webinar today - comment for the link.

06/13/2024

Thursday morning wilderness hike with lots of shade, play, and lake time 🐾🩵🐾. Jasper, Khloe, Auggie, Skipper, and Sally 🩵

06/13/2024

Thursday afternoon wilderness happiness from these sweet souls 🫶🐾🫶. Bensen, Sasha, Darby, Harley-Quinn, Russell, Little Angus, and Buddy 🌞

06/13/2024

In the interest of socialising our puppies we can attempt to saturate their lives with other dogs because that's socialisation right? Meeting 100 different dogs before their 6 month birthday?

(This also applies to attempts to socialise our rescue dogs too).

There is a HUGE fallout in socialising your dog with other dogs TOO MUCH. Generally there's a risk of one of two things:

1. The typical fallout - puppy grows up obsessed with other dogs and develops rude social skills/becomes frustrated if they can't play/becomes over stimulated and reactive on sight of them.

Or 2. The more unconsidered fallout - puppy grows up completely over saturated to the point he wants absolutely nothing to do with dogs and can become reactive/aggressive to their presence/attempted interactions. Generally they've dealt with so much rudeness etc from others they become extremely intolerant to others.

"When he started puppy club he was fine, but after a few months he became snappy with the other puppies" is a story from today.

I so often hear variants of this from dogs who have a history of going to daycare but get "kicked out" eventually for aggressive behaviour. This is more common than we realise. Far more common than we realise because we think there's something wrong with OUR DOG that he's become aggressive so we don't shout about it. Everybody else's dogs cope at daycare don't they?

No, they don't. That's the problem.

OVER SOCIALISATION IS A BIG BIG PROBLEM in our society. Just as much as under socialisation. The problem is there's no figure we can put on it to guide you. We can't just say to you "ok, so make sure they meet 50 dogs by 6 months instead of 100!" because it depends on the interactions. A 2 second meet on the street is not the same as a 2 hour play at daycare with 10 other dogs.

In general it's about BALANCE. Don't look to throw your puppy around other dogs day in day out. Puppies need decompression walks just as adult dogs do, if not MORE THAN! These are walks AWAY FROM others entirely. Not just learning to ignore them at a distance, actually AWAY from them altogether.

It's worth keeping this in mind when we are undertaking the all important socialisation process. Time off from the hard stuff is so important 🐾💜