Prairie Paws Dog Grooming & Training

08/30/2024

08/28/2024

Before and After of Gretchen’s first trip to the spa 🥰
Sweetheart!

08/26/2024

Zoey’s first haircut. She is very sweet but loves to wiggle!!! 🥰

08/23/2024

This Saturday!

$5 Nail Trims with Dremel

9am - 3pm

Walk - ins welcome

We are located in the Animal Care Centre

08/21/2024

Camping, canoeing and fishing with the dogs 🐕‍🦺❤️

08/13/2024

𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐬!
Let’s make sure our furry companions are safe while we explore the great outdoors! Whether you're hiking through the woods or lounging by the campfire, having a first aid plan for your pup is essential. Here’s a quick guide to help you be prepared:

𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐢𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐭 𝐄𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐨𝐠𝐬:
- 𝐏𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 including a recent photo of your pet and emergency contact information.
- 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬: Adhesive bandages, gauze pads, and medical tape
- 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐖𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐬: For cleaning minor wounds
- 𝐓𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐬 / 𝐓𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐓𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬: To remove splinters or ticks ️
- 𝐏𝐞𝐭-𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟: Check with your vet for recommendations
- 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: For flushing out wounds
- 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐫𝐲𝐥: for pesky insect bites
- 𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫

𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 & 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐦:
- 𝐂𝐮𝐭𝐬 & 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐬: Clean the area with antiseptic, apply gauze, and bandage if needed. Contact the local vet clinic.
- 𝐓𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐁𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬: Remove ticks with a Tick Twister as soon as possible and monitor location and then bring tick into vet clinic to send off for testing.
- 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬/𝐁𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬: Apply a cool compress to reduce swelling and check with your vet if your dog shows signs of a severe reaction.
- 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞: Ensure your dog has plenty of water and shade. Symptoms include excessive panting and drooling. If suspected, cool your dog down gradually and contact your vet. ️

𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐓𝐢𝐩𝐬:
- 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐇𝐲𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝: Always carry plenty of water for both you and your dog.
- 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐚𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬: Be on the lookout for harmful plants, sharp objects, or dangerous wildlife.
- 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐕𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨: Keep your vet’s number handy in case of emergencies.

With a little preparation, your camping trip can be a safe and enjoyable experience for both you and your furry friend.

08/08/2024

Sweet Lola is celebrating her 16th birthday today 🥰

07/28/2024

Truth

07/28/2024

Author unknown

07/24/2024

Like the spoiled, bratty child who has been allowed to behave like a tiny tantrum throwing tyrant for years on end, who is then expected to forget all they’ve learned (and become) and behave like a little prince when a special occasion that the parents determine demands decorum and the most polite of manners… this is precisely the same way so many canine brats, tyrants, and at the furthest end, monsters… are created, and is also precisely the same ludicrous thought process which expects them to behave otherwise.

The owner who allows daily chaos, rule-bending, disrespect, and “minor behavioral episodes” should expect their furry chickens to eventually come home to roost.

There’s a reason that smart and effective trainers harp on and on about the immense value of learning to see the seemingly small moments of daily life/behavior/rules as anything but.

These “small” moments (and the way we respond to them) either teach and mold our dogs to understand the exacting standards and expectations we have for their behavior—and pull them in that positive direction, creating healthy attitude/demeanor/patterns—or they pull them in the other direction.

Either way, the dog you get isn’t formed when the chips are down and everything is on the line. The dog you get is formed by the countless chips you’ve stacked—knowingly or unknowingly—over countless tiny moments that were anything but tiny to your dog.
——
The Good Dog Way: Love Them By Leading Them Volumes 1&2 are available in paperback, kindle, or audiobook via Amazon/Audible.

www.thegooddogway.com

07/15/2024

Prairie Paws will CLOSED Monday, July 15th & Tuesday, July 16Th 🐕🐾

07/13/2024

This little sweetheart came in for her first grooming 🥰

07/08/2024

Never offer your hand out to a dog.
Reaching your hand toward a dog is an invitation to be bitten. Dogs interpret this as a threat. It doesn't matter if it is palms up or down, it's the forward movement into their space that creates nervousness, fear or aggression.
Unless, you know the dog and have interacted with it before, it's best to leave it alone.

If you are struggling with your dog, we are here to help!

Cara
Prairie Paws Dog Grooming and Training
403 901-1047

07/04/2024

Setting your puppy up for success

One of the most wonderful things in life is adding a puppy to your family.
Puppies grow into adult dogs in a short time so it’s important to guide them as a puppy into becoming confident and well-mannered dogs. This starts the day you bring them home.

Here are a few things to help with the transition from puppy to dog.

Structure, leadership, boundaries and consistency are necessary as well as play and affection.
Crate train your puppy. This is not a punishment but a place to rest.
They may cry or howl in the beginning but they will soon understand it’s their place of comfort and rest.

Structured feeding. Leaving a bowl of food out creates a few issues. A picky eater is one of them.
Instead of treats, use their kibble for training.
We tend to over-treat our puppies.

Using a light leash on their collar when they are not in the crate helps with leash skills. Use this in the house and the backyard. This is an extension of you and a communication tool between you and your puppy. They will look to you for directions and commands. A puppy needs to know what’s expected of them.
A puppy with too much freedom tends to make bad choices.

Take the time to brush your puppy, clean the ears, and hold each nail as though you were clipping a nail. Get him/her used to being handled and touched all over and checking in the ears and mouth. This makes the visit much more tolerable for the vet and groomer.

Socialize your puppy. Take them to the vets to be weighed, take them on short car rides, a short walk in a park. Let them explore.

Practice the recall in the house. A hallway is the best place for this. Use a toy or their kibble for motivation. When they have a solid recall in the house, take it outside in the backyard.

Coddling your puppy often creates fear and anxiety. This is something I’ve seen all too often. Rocking the puppy in your arms and telling them “It’s okay, it’s okay” or petting them and saying “You’re okay” is not what they hear. They hear….. Oh no!! There’s something I have to fear!!!! Then they become shy and fearful. We want to create confidence in our puppy. Lead them with confidence.

Adding a puppy to your life should not be a burden. With anything in life, if we want to see results, we have to put in the work. This goes for training your puppy too!

If you have any questions or concerns with your puppy or dog, don’t hesitate to contact us!

Be the change you wish to see in your dog ~ Cara

Prairie Paws
403 901-1047

07/03/2024

This little sweetheart had her first spa day today 🥰

07/02/2024

A few before and afters.

07/01/2024

A few before and afters from today 🥰

07/01/2024

Happy Canada Day!🇨🇦
We are open today 9am~3pm🐾🐕

06/30/2024

Thank you, Denise Geremia for helping us find a stroller so quickly! Now Russel can come on our long walks too! 🥰
We put in 40km this week

06/26/2024

06/22/2024

TODAY! 10 AM - 2 PM

STOP BY AND SAY HI!
WE WILL BE THERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING GROOMING OR TRAINING
$5 NAIL TRIMS WITH DREMEL 🐾🐕

06/21/2024

TRUTH

Tough time to be a dog owner. Seems like the entire world is determined to convince you that that thing you *know* is a problem, is anything but.

With society moving further and further away from a more primal, reality-based connection with life in favor of a hyper-intellectual, utopian-based feel-good-emotions-only connection—all that doesn’t fit comfortably in the latter box must go.

And with “respect” having lots of inconvenient baggage, associations, and actual propaganda (meant to further dissuade those who might actually trust their instincts) working against it, it’s an easy one to dismiss.

But time after time after time, we see dogs who come to us for all manner of behavior issues—from the minor and annoying, to the serious and dangerous—that all stem from the same foundational place… a clear lack of respect for their owner(s). And time after time after time we see these issues “magically” disappear once the relationship dynamics between human and dog are made both clear and healthy.

Do we demand the dogs who come through our program are polite and respectful? You bet. Do we see them often quickly relax and seem to shrug off the weight of living in a toxic dynamic with their owner, and thus their world? Yep. They also become infinitely safer, and all the obedience work becomes not only much easier, but also more fun and reliable.

Folks don’t have to like reality, and folks can resist it as fiercely as they wish, but it doesn’t change the rules of how it operates, it only ensures that you’re out of alignment with and in denial of that which is real. And that means all manner of continued struggle and misery due to a “mysterious” problem that appears to have no answer… but which absolutely does.

It’s an answer that’s was simple, obvious, and powerful. An answer you all knew up until 5 minutes ago.

06/21/2024

STOP BY AND SAY HI!
WE WILL BE THERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING GROOMING OR TRAINING
$5 NAIL TRIMS WITH DREMEL 🐾🐕

06/21/2024

I new look for Theo!