Little Arf'n Annies Dog Grooming

04/06/2024

These cute twins came to pick up Shadow from the grooming salon and learned how to neigh like a horse. Made my day! Sound on.

03/24/2024

Finn was more the Pretty Boy flavour cologne. 🤵‍♂️

03/24/2024

Hazel smells like the new 🫐 blueberry cologne. 😋

03/18/2024

Where is Costner?😮🤔.

03/16/2024

The rescues are seeing more and more doodles. Many of them have been so poorly bred. Please be aware of really doing your research into the breeder when you are looking for a doodle. So many back yard breeders have just wanted to cash in on this doodle craze and they are not taking the care they should. They are crossing dogs that shouldn’t be crossed, and colours that genetically are not stable with how they are being bred. Then this happens😢:

03/15/2024

Bonnie’s first grooming🌸💕

03/13/2024

One of my clients is selling a few of these non-adhesive dog window clings at the shop. $4.00each.

03/13/2024

I cleaned Ruby’s ears and they stayed like this😝. Funny girl.

03/09/2024

People wonder why dog groomers don’t have memberships to the local gym. That’s because we bench press 130lb dogs into the tub😝💪 all day! Add an extra 30lb of I don’t want a bath resistance. Jasper is is such a good dog to groom. Thank goodness he came here as a puppy so I could train him to be good at his grooming, and that he comes every 10-12 weeks to maintain his coat from getting matted. Could you imagine if he didn’t come on an appropriate schedule!

03/06/2024

Baby Reggie is so cute. He was so good for his first grooming that he had time to play with Breeze and Nacho.

03/06/2024

Starting to get the pups ready for Easter.

02/27/2024

02/17/2024

Belly Rubs please😉.

02/14/2024

Lexa is pretty sure spring is here😜😮.

02/11/2024

Zoe and Sammie say “How are these poses?”😉

02/07/2024

Training Dogs with Science

02/07/2024

Wynne’s first bath and fluff today. She looks like a fluffy teddy bear♥️.

02/05/2024

Friend of mine makes these custom collars.

Foxy and Freya will look so good in their new collars.

01/31/2024

Fresno looking charming for valentines.

01/16/2024

Stash and Jackson. When you can’t just have one😆The cutest Havanese pups!

01/14/2024

-40 I can’t work horses m, so getting cute dog bows made for work.

01/13/2024

They get to stay in bed😴. Off to work I go. I have amazing clients that are braving the cold to get their pups groomed. They are amazing!

01/13/2024

My rescue pups have the same smile every single day that they enjoy soft beds🥰. Hope your animals are staying warm🥶on these frigid cold days.

01/12/2024

⚠️ NEVER underestimate the impact that YOUR stress levels have on your horses and dogs! ⚠️

This is Herx coming down after a week's worth of absorbing my study deadline stress. Today was the last day. You can see the effect my compounding study stress has had on my dog but you don't notice it until there is contrast and the stress is gone.

How does this happen?

Both horses and dogs have the ability to smell something you can't...
Glucocorticoids (cortisol) and adrenaline.

These are hormones and neurohormones that are produced when the mind experiences stress/trauma.

Cortisol in particular is a hormone that, when released in high levels, can be sustained at high levels, unlike adrenaline that is fast acting but also fast to deplete.

Cortisol is an essential hormone for consciousness and alertness, but when secreted in prolonged high amounts has some negative mental, emotional and physical effects.

When you experience compounding stress you won't necessarily notice it because it is slowly compounding (like building blocks of lego).

What you may eventually notice is:
🧨 you become a little less tolerant to things you would normally tolerate
🧨 you may become a little more over sensitive mentally and emotionally
🧨 you may experience memory loss
🧨 you may struggle with a lack impulse control
🧨you may have problems with reasoning and risk assessment
🧨 you might find you struggle with attention and focus
🧨 you may develop problems getting to sleep or staying asleep (insomnia)
🧨 you may find you might develop some anxiety and/or depression
🧨 you may have difficulties regulating your emotions
🧨 you may experience sensory overload problems
🧨 you may find you do things that help you feel distracted from your emotions and stay stimulated as much as possible

These things slowly creep in without you knowing it.

In the meantime, your dog is smelling the little fluctuations and surges in your cortisol levels as the baseline rises to new levels, your horse is smelling it to!

You can't smell cortisol so you aren't even aware that your dog or horse is responding to the information you are unknowingly and unconsciously giving them.

⚠️ This scent is a warning system to your dogs and horses ⚠️
This scent says "I feel under threat, be alert and vigilant of me and around me".

When you release this scent, you will display corresponding microexpressions in your body language to. So now your body smells like danger and your body looks like danger. This is a lot of information for your dog and horse. It speaks VOLUMES and 100% trumps ANYTHING you say verbally to your animal. They'll believe EVERYTHING your smell and body says over what your words say.

And we wonder why our dogs and horses don't want to partner up when we want them to!

🫵 So check in with yourself first.
🫵 Do some deep breathing.
🫵 Check your body for areas that are holding tension.
🫵 Acknowledge any emotions that you're holding on to without having an opinion or validation.
🫵 Data dump whatever thoughts are running around in your head.
🫵 Take a walk and MAKE time for yourself
🫵 SLOW YOUR MOVEMENT DOWN!!!

Happy brain training 🧠
Charlotte 😊

01/02/2024

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12/24/2023

A little more to the right😆. Coco loves her bath 🛁

12/24/2023

I heard Santa comes tomorrow🎄🎅