All Paws - Dog and Animal Services

12/30/2023

04/24/2023

Had a blast caring for this pack of 7 this past weekend! Keeping everyone safe was the top priority! Can't wait to see them again.

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Drop ins for Houdini, Roxy, Felicia, Alpha, Atom, Max, and Henry! 🐕🐶🤍🐾
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06/04/2022

THE INVISIBLE SLIMY MONSTER IN THE WATER BOWL

Ever rub your fingers on the inside of your pet's water bowl and you feel a slippery slime of sorts? Well that invisible goo is called Biofilm.

Biofilm is a collection of organic and inorganic, living and dead materials collected on a surface. It is made up of many different types of bacteria bound together in a thick substance that acts as a glue to both hold the bacteria together and adhere it to a surface.

Biofilm can often be good bacteria but there is also the bad!

Biofilms provide a safe haven for organisms like Listeria, E. coli and legionella where they can reproduce to levels where contamination of products passing through that water becomes inevitable.

Bad Biofilms have been found to be involved in a wide variety of microbial infections in the body such as urinary tract infections, middle-ear infections and bladder infections.

Many pet parents are guilty of simply refilling the water bowl over and over without a wash and this becomes a wonderful environment for biofilm to soak around in.

How to reduce Biofilm:

Remember to clean your pet’s water bowl at least once a week if you can and change water daily.

For pet daycares where a host of different bacteria float around in water bowls, wash daily!

For best results, run your water bowls through a hot cycle in the dishwasher with an eco friendly, non-toxic soap to really clean out the biofilm!

Rodney Habib Pet Health Site

"An educated, informed and well-researched community of pet owners can only put more pressure on the pet food industry to be better! When pet owners know better, they will only do better!"

(P.S. - I am going to get lambasted over the "wash once a week at least" concept. However, after a wonderful discussion with a well known pro-active veterinarian/scientist, when she studied the bacteria looming in pets' water bowls she found if you have a healthy beast, biofilm can actually be full of wonderful, healthy bacteria. It's like playing in the mud as kids and having good bacteria all over you! So sometimes cleaning regularly can wash all the good stuff away. ;) )

05/07/2022

Friday check in with Jax! ✅️

04/27/2022

Alakai and Wallace had a blast with their Rover.com dog sitter!

04/27/2022

Oakley, Zoey, Cammi, and Sadie had a blast with their Rover.com dog sitter!

04/27/2022

Zeus had a blast with their Rover.com dog sitter!

04/27/2022

Jax had a blast with their Rover.com dog sitter!

12/26/2021

Happy Pawlidays! 🐾🐾🐾

07/12/2021

Please be safe out there! Just got word from a fellow classmate (ER veterinarian in Seattle area) during her shift yesterday they had 8 dogs DOA due to heat stroke, most short nosed breeds! Please provide shade, plenty of water, allow access to house if possible and DO NOT take any walks unless early in the morning. ~ Dr. S

01/31/2021

What a great weekend in Denver!

02/06/2020

In snow or shine!

08/27/2019

Happy international dog day 🥰

08/16/2019

The answer is NO. Retractable leashes are popular primarily because they aren't as confining as regular leashes, allowing dogs more freedom to sniff and poke around on walks. But unfortunately, there are many downsides to this type of leash.

10 Reasons Not to Use a Retractable Leash

1. The length of retractable leashes allows a dog to get far enough away from it's human and potentially run into the middle of the street or make uninvited contact with other dogs or people.

2. In the above scenario, or one in which your pet is being approached by an aggressive dog, it is nearly impossible to gain control of the situation if the need arises.

3. The thin cord of a retractable leash can break – especially when a powerful dog is on the other end of it.

4. If a dog walker gets tangled up in the cord of a retractable leash, or grabs it in an attempt to reel in their dog, it can result in injuries.

5. Dogs have also received terrible injuries as a result of the sudden jerk on their neck that occurs when they run out the leash, including neck wounds, lacerated tracheas, and injuries to the spine.

6. Retractable leashes allow dogs more freedom to pull at the end of them, which can look like aggression to another dog who may decide to "fight back."

7. The handles of retractable leashes are bulky and can be easily pulled out of human hands.

8. Along those same lines, many dogs – especially fearful ones – are terrorized by the sound of a dropped retractable leash handle and may take off running. To make matters worse, the object of the dog's fear is then "chasing" her, and if the leash is retracting as she runs, the handle is gaining ground on her – she can't escape it.

9. Retractable leashes, like most retractable devices, have a tendency to malfunction over time.

10. By their very nature, retractables train dogs to pull while on leash, because they learn that pulling extends the lead.

If your dog is well trained, gentle mannered and smart enough to master a regular leash and a retractable leash, you could be one of the few people that can walk your pooch on any kind of leash properly.

For more information, visit bit.ly/HPFeb17RectractableLeash

08/16/2019

An image is worth a thousand words... 🙏❤🐾 This kind Soul realized his furry neighbour had been left all alone in the balcony without any food or water.

08/15/2019

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