Everydog

06/19/2024

Good night from these Very Good Dogs, who all had an excellent day, and are more than happy to snuggle into their beds. Everyone got a pat and scritch, and a cookie in bed. 🍪

06/17/2024

Ashley doesn’t just care for dogs as a job: most of her time off is spent competing with and training her own dogs, and attending seminars on dog training and behaviour. This weekend she was in Warman at a nosework trial with her youngster Gord, where competing dogs searched locations for a specific odour that had been strategically concealed, much like a police drug dog would.
Learning to work with your dog as a team is incredibly rewarding, and helps create a very strong bond and understanding. If you are looking for a very fun and accessible activity for dogs of all sizes and abilities, there are nosework classes offered in Regina, to learn to do this.

06/11/2024

Borkday boy Gord got a special borkday cake from Colette’s Cakes. She makes the most thoughtful, delightful pet cakes, and is an all-around terrific human.
Contact her to have a special cake created for your pup’s special day. 🐝

Happy Birthday to Gord! All the pumpkin for Gord who is such a big sweetheart. 🐝 🎃 His momma shared his pictures with me and his eyes were soooo happy to take a big bite of his cake. Gord is also a very kind puppers for sharing his cake with his brother.

Ashley was the lucky winner of the dog cake donation from an event that a dear customer was holding for nosework. It has been amazing meeting all the new people and having the opportunity to bake for all the doggos 🐶💙💕

06/10/2024

It’s resident dog Gord’s first birthday today.

Food is his favourite, even if it’s pretend food. Join us in celebrating, with a video of your dog also enjoying some pretend food. Remember to let your pup clean up those crumbs!!

06/06/2024

An overwhelming majority of dogs who stay with us, range from overweight to morbidly obese. We can see their bodies struggling to carry them, and can see joint issues starting to develop.

Dogs are supposed to be athletic, sinewy hunters, capable of speed and endurance. Their bodies are meant to be lean, with muscles and ribs visible when they bend. Unfortunately, this body type has become so uncommon, that it is often seen as underweight and worrisome.

Let’s talk about the #1 killer of dogs: Obesity ⁣
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This photo represents what a fit/healthy dog should look like— ⁣
a healthy dog should have a waistline with a clear abdominal tuck just below their ribcage. ⁣
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If seeing a corgi like this makes you feel uneasy or uncomfortable, you’re not alone. ⁣
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We, as a society, have normalized fat dogs. By using phrases like thicc, chonker, and big b***d, we’ve altered our perception of reality. Fat is the new normal and healthy is the new unhealthy. ⁣
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We, as a society, have told ourselves that fat dogs are cute. ⁣
But, let me ask you a question. Is that “thicc” dog still cute when they develop life altering heart problems, joint problems, or cancer? ⁣
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Yeah I went there. ⁣
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Is it a strange coincidence that 56% of dogs are overweight, and 50% of dogs get cancer? OR, is this proof that we are literally killing our dogs with their own food bowls?⁣
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We owe it to our dogs to do better. We must do better.⁣
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Here’s how you can start changing perceptions:⁣
- Every time you feed your dog, assess their body condition⁣
- Measure your dog’s food for every meal (don’t eyeball it)⁣
- Exercise your dog EVERY day⁣
- Don’t defend your dog’s overweight-ness⁣
- Don’t glorify other people’s overweight dogs⁣
- Don’t use words like chonker, thicc, or big-b***d to describe a dog⁣
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Most importantly, DO NOT chastise your vet for mentioning your dog’s weight. ⁣
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Matter of fact, you should be discussing your dog’s body condition during every vet visit. If they don’t bring it up, ask them about it. ⁣
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It’s important to have an open mind during these conversations. ⁣
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Recognize that society has skewed your perception of “healthy” and actively work on being better for your dog. ⁣
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Your dog’s health is quite literally in your hands.

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06/04/2024

Many vets now recommend leaving dogs intact past puberty, to allow their bodies to fully develop.
We are happy to support families in this decision, and do not require our guests to be spayed or neutered; however, we do strongly recommend families track heat cycles and plan their dog’s time with us accordingly. Females who show signs of going into heat while in our care, will have to be picked up by the emergency or alternate contact.

06/01/2024

Happy housemates part 2. These snorty little bowling balls like each other and play appropriately, but do best eating and sleeping separately, to prevent misunderstandings.
We always enjoy having them for a visit, and cheering on their goofy play.

05/31/2024

This best girl has some reactivity issues, but she has really thrived here. She is at a point now where she trusts us and our routine enough, that she no longer needs special management, like visual barriers, to exist in our kennel around other dogs.
She has become one of our easiest regular guests, and we look forward to her time here.

05/29/2024

The Everydog Summer Olympic events: Sun Worship, GET BALL!!, Dog Paddle (1m), Cuddle.

05/29/2024

Happy housemates doing happy dog things. 💛

**If it’s a good choice for them, housemates get lots and lots of together time throughout the day. During feeding and at nap and bed times, they get their own space, as standard practice.

05/15/2024

We are full or nearly full, especially for big dogs, most summer weekends. If you have plans but haven’t booked your pup in with us yet, give us a call or send an email to confirm we have space for the dates you need!

05/11/2024

Happy dogs doing happy dog stuff.

05/10/2024

Just trying to enjoy some coffee. Except dog.

04/28/2024

This is the best time of the year, where it’s not too hot or too cold, and we can spend almost the entire day outside. This makes for some happy (and sleepy) campers.

04/27/2024

!!Reminder!!
If you sent us an email, and don’t see a reply in a reasonable time, check your spam folder. We send out a lot of email correspondence, pupdates, and invoices, and sometimes The System will flag our emails as spam.
There is nothing we can do about this on our end, but you can mark us as “safe” or “not spam” and that might ensure future emails from us end up in your regular inbox.

04/25/2024

If you’ve ever said hi to me when you see me out in the world, you know this is true.

Sorry. 😬

I only recognise people on my walk because of their dogs ... SC

04/24/2024

We don’t offer group play, but that doesn’t mean our guests don’t have social interactions with each other! We thoughtfully pair neighbours for outside time, and often, we see soft, friendly parallel play like this. Sometimes these dogs would have a quick, polite sniff through the fence, and then they would go back to their own activity. When they didn’t care to interact, there was no pressure to do so, and the potential for hurt feelings or a misunderstanding was greatly reduced.
Thanks for the visits, Maple and V***n! We hope you two end up here at the same time again! 💙🧡

04/24/2024

These three housemates all have reduced hearing and/or vision. It’s been super neat seeing them adapt to our environment and routine, and watching them thrive. If you didn’t know they were differently abled, you probably wouldn’t notice anything unusual about how they get along here!

04/23/2024

For guests who like to play ball, we do a lot of this. It’s fun for them, and fun for us. We are mindful of dogs who don’t have good sense or care with their bodies though, and find different activities for them. For this dog, on this day, this was the perfect type of exercise, and this met all her afternoon play and emotional needs.
Thanks for the visit, Maple. You were an excellent guest! 💜

04/15/2024

Heads up!!
We are nearly booked for some weekends over the summer. If you are still working out some plans, you might want to gets things finalized soon!

** Remember to check your vaccinations as you finalize your plans, to ensure they are current!

04/07/2024

All of our guests’ needs were met for the day, and this special old lady wanted some time without other dogs around. She tolerates neighbours okay, but really enjoys having the outside all to herself, to sniff around and take a favourite toy for a walk… actually, this sounds a lot like me, too. 🧡

04/05/2024

“Do you want to say hi to your mum [in this video I will send her]?”

OMG MUMS HERE TOO

04/03/2024

Some pups from the last couple of days. It’s been so nice and sunny out!!

03/26/2024

Sometimes, our guests are so, so excited and joyful. We love that. Sometimes, they express this by jumping up. Obviously, we don’t encourage this, but understand it is a thing that happens, and usually, we are able to protect our bodies from their impact. Dogs do dog stuff. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Today, a dog jumped up and hit Lonnie’s crotch SO HARD, that his Apple Watch asked if he had fallen, and if it should call 911.

True story, but we will never name the dog.

03/15/2024

Bedtime cookies.
Watch your fingers!

03/08/2024

If the world ran in reverse, dogs would be amazing (but probably sad and confused) treat dispensers. You’d just have to put your hand near their mouths and one would magically appear.

03/06/2024

This is a great management hack for dogs who bark at stuff outside. Management strategies like this, are often immediately 100% effective and require zero training skill or time.

03/05/2024

When families come here for a visit and tour, they usually ask us a lot of questions about what their dog will do during the day, when meals are, how much outside and nap time their dog will get, and other good questions about the structure of our days.

In more than ten years of offering professional pet care, we have only ever been asked once or twice about how often dogs are injured while in our care. This is too bad, because it’s information that is as, or more, important than how much play a dog gets.

For us, it’s incredibly rare that dogs are injured or become sick while in our care. We get the odd upset tummy from stress or over/under eating, and the odd bump or scrape from boisterous play, but we have never had to take a guest to the vet with serious injuries from something we did, or that happened here.

While nothing is ever guaranteed, our set up, routine, level of care, and skill, help ensure your dog leaves us as healthy and happy, as they arrived.

03/03/2024

Fun play in the snow with first-time guests. It makes me so happy when our guests are comfortable enough here, to move, explore, sniff around, and laugh-play with me like this.