Passion4Paws

11/03/2025

Titles came in! 🥹💚🐈‍⬛

You are looking at DMWYD's, FIRST, CAT, with their Champion Masters title! 😻🐈‍⬛💚 And the 3rd with their Champion title! 🥰 🥇🏅

Do More With Your Dog titles animals, all over the WORLD! 🤩 So in my books, it's a little 🤏🏻 bit of a big deal 👀🔥✨

From Feral, to Adventure Friend, to Champion Trick Cat. 🐈‍⬛💚🥇🥹 Goes to show, that you can do anything if you put your mind to it. (I never would have ever thought we'd get here, that's for sure 😅)

TDCH-M TDCH Juju-Bean TDROM DO-24 O-H O-B O-F O-P5 EQ25 O-BB O-TR T3-25

Bippity Boppity Beanie Bopper 💚🐈‍⬛

10/31/2025

🎃 Halloween Safety Tips for Your Pets! 👻

While spooky season is full of fun for humans, it can be a little tricky for our furry friends. 🐾 Here are a few simple ways to keep them safe and comfortable tonight:

🍬 No candy for pets! Many ingredients in candy (like chocolate, xylitol, and raisins) are toxic to dogs and cats — keep the treats well out of reach.

🚪 Strangers in costumes + constant doorbells = stress! The excitement and noise can be overwhelming. Create a quiet space where your pet can chill with their favorite toy, bed, or blanket — maybe even a little music or a TV show for comfort.

🐶 Watch those doors! Keep pets in another room or on a leash when greeting trick-or-treaters to prevent any sneaky escapes.

🧙‍♀️ Costume check! If your pup is dressing up, make sure the costume fits comfortably — not too tight, doesn’t rub, and allows full movement. Safety and comfort first!

Let’s make this Halloween safe, happy, and tail-wagging good fun for everyone! 🧡🐕🐾

10/31/2025

Wishing everyone a fun and safe Halloween today. 🎃👻💀

Don’t forget a few important details on your checklist!

✅ ID tags
✅ Early, pre-trick-or-treater walks
✅ Store candy in a safe place
✅ Create a quiet zone in your home, away from from the door
✅ Leave the tv or calm music on

If your pet ingests anything of concern tonight, call Pet Poison Helpline or ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center.

A few easy steps will create a fun night for everyone. Enjoy! 🍬

10/31/2025

🧙‍♀️ EARL'S HALLOWEEN SAFETY TIP #4: Decoration Dangers! 🧙‍♀️

Alright hoomans, it's your favorite witch-hat-wearing pug here with one last safety reminder...

Those spooky decorations? Yeah, they look GREAT... but some of them are basically pet hazard zones waiting to happen.

Watch out for:
⚠️ Candles and jack-o'-lanterns (wagging tails + fire = BAD)
⚠️ Electrical cords from lights (chewing = shocking experience)
⚠️ Small decorations that look like toys (choking hazards)
⚠️ Glow sticks (toxic if chewed open... and trust me, we WILL chew)

Keep decorations up high, use battery-operated candles, and maybe just accept that your pet will knock over at least ONE decoration. It's tradition at this point.

FINAL REMINDER: If you're worried about ANYTHING your pet ate or got into this Halloween, don't hesitate to reach out!

📞 780-836-3770
📱 Text: 1-866-709-3601
🚨 After-hours: 780-624-1606

Now... ONE MORE TIME... we wanna see those pet costume photos! Share them in the comments and tag us in your posts. Let's make this the CUTEST Halloween ever! 🎃👻🐾

Stay safe, stay spooky, and give your pets extra treatos from me!
- Earl the Pug (Chief Safety Officer)

10/31/2025

Turns out I have a couple Triple Agents 🧐 Undercover cops! 🤯 They busted the littles for Meow-der.. But then they helped me break 'em out of the Fort Barks Maximeowm Security Prison, for Snacks of course. 😂

Happy Howl-O-Ween 🎃🍭

Remember to keep your pets safe with all the shenanigans going on this evening, and put them away in another room, leash them, put up a baby gate, etc. we don't need anyone running away by accident, getting spooked, or other common Halloween incidents. ..and make sure they stay away from all your candy 😉 - I personally just put a sign on my step saying not to knock or ring the doorbell so the animals (and me 😂) don't get stressed, block off my door, and set a couple candy bowls out on my step. ☺️ The participants still get their snacks/games, and I still get to enjoy the costumes, joy (and get a training opportunity 😉) from the window. 🥰

Stay safe & have fun!

10/27/2025

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10/22/2025

I've shared this for a few years, so it's an oldie but still very much relevant today.

How to create separation anxiety:

•Pet your dog, all the time.
•Talk to your dog, all the time.
•Allow your dog to follow you, all the time.
•Allow your dog to be on your lap or lying on your feet, all the time.
•Pet, soothe, comfort your dog when it whines or barks for attention...or is simply anxious.
•Allow your dog to demand affection/interactions.
•Be emotionally dependent on your dog.
•Allow your dog to do whatever it wants, whenever it wants.
•Provide no structure or rules.
•Refuse to crate train your dog.
•Refuse to correct your dog when inappropriate behavior occurs.
•Refuse to train your dog to be calm, relaxed, and independent by using a “Place” command, and/or “away” time in the crate.
•Allow you and your home to be a "free-for-all", where your dog has zero leadership and guidance.
•Let your dog out of the crate when it whines or barks.
•Avoid training or anything that makes your dog uncomfortable or unhappy.
•And many, many more...

Basically, baby, soothe, coddle, allow, enable, lean on, and create a toxic dependency... so when you leave, your dog is a mess, because you haven’t prepared them to be strong, resilient, robust, independent, and alone.