Liquid Sunshine Dog Walking & Home Care

12/13/2024

So lucky to have had one of my lovely clients leave such a great review ❤️🙏🏻

09/30/2024

Early mornings never hurt anyone especially when you are greeted by this little sweetie pie 🩷

09/28/2024

When she’s being calm and quiet. First time she’s ever snuggled on the couch with me longer than 23.9 nano seconds.

09/21/2024

09/17/2024

First day of hoof mapping in person and doing a trim.

What a workout that is and it isn't on a live horse yet.

Tomorrow we start for "real".
It is very fascinating learning about how to balance hooves and it is a bit intimidating.

Everyone has a lot of really great questions and our instructor is so knowledgeable.

We will get a lot of practice on live horses and I hope by the time I leave that I am way more confident that I won't get kicked, tossed around or bit by a 1500 lo animal.

08/10/2024

Such gorgeous girls.

We had to get up early today to beat the heat. Can’t believe summer is almost over, and incredibly thankful that it hasn’t been in the 40’s.

I haven’t even been paddling but these dogs both have been swimming a lot.

It’s time to start taking advantage of this cooler weather.

07/30/2024

Yesterday was Skyes 2nd birthday.

We got a pup cake for her, Gretel also thought it was her birthday as she always gets one too for hers 🥰

She’s slowly improving still a lot to work on would love to widen her social circle and have her stop barking at people when they talk to me when out for a walk.

She somewhat resource guards me. So we need help with that.

Other than that she’s pretty good, her internal clock is always on time and she really likes to make sure we get up on her time.

Never get to sleep in. I am so very thankful for our little fur family.

07/22/2024

https://www.cdc.gov/importation/dogs/rabies-free-low-risk-countries.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3t_1yXlCfF-JX21h7V3q_-_F9iRvEv-8GgRxiOSFftG-KXongeEsQnazk_aem_CnrxYQySEGmU5iFoMSt-Ow

There are four requirements for dogs that have ONLY been in countries that are dog-rabies free or lo

07/22/2024

I am now certified in Equine First Aid.

Basic and Advnaced training, looking forward to also begin my journey to be mentored at Valley Theraputics starting in the fall.

Working towards my CanTRA & CHA instructor certifications as a theraputic riding instructor.

4 year old self would be very proud of this journey. And then I will work towards horse training.

07/08/2024

Our little crocodiles have been swimming a lot since summer officially started.

Trying to find quiet watering holes with dogs that don’t cause trouble has been a challenge for us even when we go really early in the morning.

Skye, even snoozes after which is totally out of character for her. She’s been getting more exposure to things that normally she wouldn’t have because of how leash reactive she WAS!

Not perfect yet but she is coming along. This is a big win for us as she wouldn’t not be able to hold her cool very long while out and about.

Gretel has been super with keeping this dog in check, even though it isn’t her job when Skye does come back to me Gretel corrects her as in “F&CK’n listen you little punk!”

She orbits me better stays near by more but still has to be on a long line incase she won’t come back.

Slow and steady.

06/18/2024

Skye started pack walks again. Met some nice new doggies and she did ok.

We walked over 5km tonight but over all I did 15km for today.

Training is still a work in progress. I gave her a toy to carry around so she wouldn’t flip.

I hope one day she will be so neutral and nothing will phase her like Gretel. All we wanted was another Gretel and well we got a dragon.

06/10/2024

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/zZsZNHZYCx2iCgWK/?mibextid=WC7FNe

If you have a dog that bolts, a scared dog or a dog you don’t know that you are transporting, this tip is super helpful. Close the handle of the leash in your door. That way you can grab it before ever opening the door. (It also helps keep the dog from moving around a bunch in the car.)

A couple points to clarify:

-ideally an impact resistant crate would be used for transport
-seat belts and tethers are also good when used with harnesses

Unfortunately there are lots of instances where people can’t afford or don’t have these items so a leash on the door is better than nothing.

Clarifying point 2:

This post isn’t necessarily for owners. If you own dogs, yes you should have proper safety equipment. But a lot of people transport dogs for various reasons and cannot always have dog safety equipment on board. People find loose dogs.

People transport for rescues and don’t control what the animal comes with. People foster and are given “supplies” which rarely include seatbelts/tethers and harnesses. And sometimes people have too many dogs to have space for enough crates.

This is just a quick tip for people who don’t have other safety measures. If you have those, great. If this post can save one dog from getting hit by a car then I’m ok with it.

06/07/2024

Still hasn’t figured out drop it yet.

Jaws of life can’t get her to drop them. Even offering breakfast doesn’t sway her, I had to leave her in the garage for 10 mins before she decided I was going to leave her alone.

04/19/2024

https://www.facebook.com/share/atCxXAnjzuSyjrZF/?mibextid=WC7FNe

With wild fire season coming up please think about your emergency response plan which needs to include your pets.

03/01/2024

The last few months have been really busy with training and working through finding ways to get our dog to be more engaged and to listen.

I am really looking forward to training walks for clients companion animals.