A Dog in Motion

01/25/2024

Wondering if she’ll ever see her dad again…

(He’s out of town and she misses him so very much.)

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01/17/2024

I might make fun of my friends for feeding her whenever Charm begs, but ngl, I give her a treat every time she turns and looks at me like that on a walk. 😂

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12/28/2023

How can you look at this face and not think: “What a doofus.”
💕

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12/25/2023

Merry Christmas from all of us!! 🎄✨

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12/24/2023

Happy Christmas Eve!! 🎄

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12/05/2023

Treats when?

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12/04/2023

Charm thinking about all the gifts she’ll get this year for Christmas, cause she’s the bestest girl ever. 💕✨🎄
We’ll have to go back to for pics on a cloudy day. Blue eyes and harsh sunshine don’t mix.

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11/29/2023

(look at her paws) 💕✨

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11/28/2023

Charm mid-way through her Tuesday morning hour long strenuous job of begging for food.

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11/27/2023

Fall is finally here in SoCal!! 🍁

(This is a pic of a Charm in a pile of leaves in our street. 😂)

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11/16/2023

Charm is 7!! What’s your favorite thing about Charm? She’s my sensitive girl who taught me to be aware of my mood and temper when training. Her favorite things in life are pets, treats and tugging. And all her human friends, of course. Happy birthday to my girl! ✨

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10/31/2023

Happy Halloween! May it be full of funny frights and yummy treats! - Charm

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10/26/2023

This poor, sad abused dog would like it to be known that she is looking for a new home. A home where she doesn’t have an abusive pawrent that makes her sit for pictures. Please and thank you. - Charm

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10/26/2023

🤔🤷‍♀️

10/16/2023

I’ve had the privilege these last few months to help a couple find a breed that works for them, and then find a responsible breeder. And yesterday, at 9 wks old, Lolly arrived at her new home. She’s a Staffie and ridiculously tiny and, of course, super adorable. She had her first training session, just starting to teach her the secondary reinforcer they will be using and potty training. I got my fill of puppy snuggles, without having to deal with the potty accidents and interrupted sleep myself. I call that a win win. 💕😁

#626

10/05/2023

Charm agrees with me that it is too hot today for classes. So she told me to cancel them. Any complaints may be directed at her. 😁

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10/04/2023

Today is ! Or as we say in Belgium; (sounds much better) Charm was not pleased being made to pose in WET grass. Such a poor baby. 😂

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09/30/2023

Just a girl and her A frame during golden hour.

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09/30/2023

Someone needs his nose booped.


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09/28/2023

The half crazed, happy face of a border collie after some agility practice.

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09/21/2023

As your dog retrieves the first...second...third...maybe fifth or sixth ball, his muscles start to tire and soon they reach overload, where they no longer can fully control and support your dog's movements. Now, when your dog does those amazing athletic maneuvers to snag the ball, soft tissues like the cranial cruciate ligament, iliopsoas muscle and tendon, and the muscles and ligaments that support the vertebrae are overstretching. Minor tears are occurring. Now the ball is thrown 10, 12 times or more and ultimately your dog lies down, exhausted.

That period between when your dog's muscles are in overload, and when your dog lies down exhausted, is the injury zone (Figure 1). But remember, with all that adrenaline, your dog doesn't feel the injuries happening, so you have no idea that the tissues are being used beyond their capacity.

When this game is repeated day after day, month after month, the small tissue tears become large ones, and suddenly it becomes evident that your dog is in pain and has an injury. Of course, it hasn't been sudden at all-what seemed sudden is just the final result of repeated stress and strain until the tissues gave way.

Chris Zink DVM
Discovering Your Dog

09/09/2023

Today’s ribbon photo… Oops, where are all the ribbons? 🤣 Hopefully next week the weather is cooler! Charm actually tried to get back to the car before even our first run. We are sensitive girls. 😁

#626

09/09/2023

In sharp contrast to Charm, Jinx always knows how to make my mood worse, by demand-barking for more agility.

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09/07/2023

Always there to improve my mood, even when I’m grouchy from the heat. 💕✨

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09/01/2023

If you’re looking for two ladies on the cusp of overheating, come find us at the agility field in Pasadena! (I look much happier than I feel. Call it the Charm-effect!)

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08/30/2023

For the millionth time: let your dogs sniff! It is how they experience and interact with the world around them.

Sensory ability may help canines track their prey

08/25/2023

Being back on a full dog walk schedule, has me feeling like…
Sometimes I consider adding more clients, and then I remember my permanently sore hip and foot. 🫠

#626

08/22/2023

We call this chair “the poopy chair” (don’t ask), but when Charm sits in it, it’s definitely a throne.

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08/21/2023

It was so nice and cool on my walk this morning with Charm and Goose. And then the sun came out when I was walking Jinx and it felt like I was in a hell simulator. 🥵🫠

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08/17/2023

Jinx was a little extra this morning. Charm did not approve.

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