The Long Leash

01/27/2025

Hey everyone! Just wanted to share Ann’s new page!! We couldn’t get this one switched over (thanks Facebook) so Ann created her own! Go give her a like & follow ♥️♥️♥️

We offer dog and cat care services, including dog park walks, at-home p*e breaks, private walks, home visits for play/feeding, and cat visits for feeding, play, and litter cleaning. We provide loving, reliable care to keep your pets happy and comfortable!

01/04/2025

I’m sure everyone’s noticed a couple changes, there’s also a name change (pending facebooks approval). Ann has officially taken over as Lucky Pups YMM 🥳🤩 you can expect the same great care and the same familiar faces your pets have grown to love! We can’t wait to see where this goes with Ann holding the reigns ♥️

06/09/2024

I actually remembered to take pictures today! And some of these were too good not to share ♥️

05/31/2024

Happy summer everyone ☀️
It may not feel like it on this gloomy day, but that time of year we all love is here! With that being said, I know a lot of people have different schedules over the summer or will be gone. I’m going to be doing up the schedule for the next couple months sometime this weekend so if you have any vacation time where you need extra visits or if you’re on a schedule and you do not need care, can you let me know ASAP! There is a little bit of time over the summer where availability will be a little bit limited, we are hoping to keep things running smoothly as normal, but we may not be able to accommodate last minute requests.
Thanks again everyone for all your understanding and continued support! We love you all ♥️🐾

05/11/2024

Good evening everyone! This is going to be a long one and I apologize, but please bear with us and read everything through thoroughly.

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLANS
First and foremost, I am not trying to cause panic or make anyone worried. I just want to be prepared in the event of an emergency/evacuation. Especially where I’m out at site and unable to access a phone for 12+ hours.
Ann and I have discussed what would happen in the case of an emergency evacuation. If it is limited to neighborhood evacuations, we will house the animals as best we can until people are able to leave work and arrange care. I am also trying to compile a list of trusted friends/clients that are able to assist with temporary housing or transportation, if need be.
In the event of a larger scale evacuation (all or most of Fort McMurray) , we are able to relocate animals to Ann’s lake lot in Wandering River. Again This is why having their profiles filled out as detailed as possible will help in the long run.
If you could please login to your PetPocketBook profile and fill out your pets profile as detailed as you can. This includes their basic info, behavioral & medical information. Please be sure to include feeding instructions, any medical issues/medication/allergies,etc, & as much about their behaviour as possible. In the event we do have to assist with evacuating client animals this will be a huge help. You can also add an emergency contact to their profile.

We also ask that you have a pack done up & readily available with the following items;
Leash & Collar with an up to date tag with dog/cat name & owner info
Medications &/or Supplements (and detailed instructions)
Comfort items for your pet (blanket, toys, etc.)
Food and bowls (if your animal is fed raw or a fresh food diet, please leave instructions where we would be able to locate their food, or consider dehydrated/freeze dried as an temporary alternative)
Copies of vaccine records (not mandatory but I would recommend)
Kennel(s) for cats/small dogs

If you have cats or small dogs that are prone to hiding, consider shutting bedroom doors/limiting hiding spaces during times where the risk for evacuation is higher (just so we can be quick in and out and not searching for hiding pets). Remember, in the event of a larger scale evacuation, we need to be as quick as possible to help out as many pets as we can. Please have these things close to your door, or someplace we can easily grab and go (instructions on location would be helpful).

If you want to leave any specific details or instructions for us, please feel free to send a message, or you can add it as a note to your profile that we will be able to see. (Or you can send us a message and we can add it to your profile).

THANK YOU everyone for bearing with us during difficult & potentially stressful times. We appreciate all of you!

03/21/2024

Hello again, everyone! Just a heads up, the 780–215–2154 number is no longer active. So if you’ve texted that phone in the last week or so, and you did not get a response that would be why. But feel free to send us a message through here, you can also reach us via email, or if you are a current client, you can shoot us a message through PetPocketbook. Thanks 🐾

02/01/2024

Hey everyone! Wanted to post a quick update here before I send a message through Pet Pocket Book! I am going to be cancelling the work cell phone in a couple weeks, so going forward the only ways you can contact us are through this page, or through the pet pocket book messaging system. If you are not set up through pet pocket book shoot me a message and we can get you set up.

Doing this will alleviate any confusion/missed texts as both of us can see any messages on the 2 platforms.

Thanks for understanding 🐾

12/25/2023

Merry Christmas from my zoo to you 🎄♥️ thankful for everyone’s support this year and we can’t wait to see all the fur babies in the new year 🥰

08/04/2023

We’ve been nominated in both the Pet Sitter & Doggy Daycare categories 🐾 thank you to everyone who nominated us, we appreciate it so much 🥺♥️

Official 2023 Community Voting Awards Platform for Fort McMurray, AB. Where the community votes for their favourites every year.

07/07/2023

Hey everyone! Kayla here again. So everyone should be getting an email shortly to get set up in the new website/app through PetPocketbook!! 🤩

✨There will be some new policies regarding cancellation, last minute bookings & holiday fees ✨

Everyone can add family members to their account, update any pet info, add extra pets to their account, ADD THEIR BIRTHDAY, input vaccine records (and even get a notification if vaccines are due soon)

There will be a new client contract to be signed to proceed with everything. Invoicing will be done through Pet Pocket Book, scheduling will now be done through that, you can even pay through Pet Pocket book if you wish to do so (credit/debit).

I really hope this makes life a little easier for all of us, I know this is new and there’s going to be some kinks to work out but we’ll get through it!!

Thanks again for all the continued support while we navigate through some major changes ♥️ we really do appreciate all of you! 🥰

06/25/2023

DO NOT TAKE DOGS SWIMMING AT GREGOIRE LAKE. BLUE/GREEN ALGAE IS TOXIC TO DOGS

https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/news/Page17440.aspx

06/22/2023

Hey everyone!! Sorry it’s been so quiet around here. I’ve been busy in school & Ann’s been busy looking after all the babies ♥️🐾

I am working on some things behind the scenes, but I need everyone’s email addresses!!
So if you could shoot me a message on here, or on the phone (780-215-2154) that would be incredible! I will be reaching out in the next couple days if I haven’t received anything!

Once I get that from everyone and some more things finalized I will post more info 🤐🤐

Thanks everyone! ♥️🐾

06/07/2023

Another quick update! We will be CLOSED Aug 4 (afternoon) until the evening of August 7. It’s a super slow weekend so both Ann & I will be gone camping. Thanks everyone 🥰

06/05/2023

Just wanted to post a quick (& long overdue) update. Starting June 12, I’m going to be attending training to switch over to a new career. I will be mostly unavailable June 12-July 7 Mon-Fri and then starting July 16 I will be on a 6/6 schedule.

What does that mean for you guys? For the most part, things are going to be running as close to the same as we can achieve. Ann will be doing the good majority of walks/p*e breaks/dog park runs and I’m going to do as much as I can on my days off. With that being said, I will not have access to my phone for most of the day. So if you need any services, PLEASE try to book as far in advance as you can, and please understand for the time being we will be down to 1 person taking on the workload of 2 people. So we may have to turn dogs away if Ann is already booked as she can only do so much in a day.

✨IF you need to reach us for anything and can’t get ahold of me, please feel free to message the business page as we both have access to it✨

Thank you all so much for everything the last 7 years. I’m not going anywhere just yet, I’ll just be taking a bit of a step back. Love you all & thank you for your understanding during this transition.

- Kayla ♥️🐾

06/05/2023

Not much for pics in the last while but the pups have been having the best days ❤️