Happy Paws Dog Walking Pet Sitting

08/30/2024

My friend Meredith Marsh is having an open house next Friday at her new Reiki and energy center. Come check it out!!

08/18/2024

Yesterday we took our August photo for next year’s calendar. It was so much fun taking a couple of the ponies to the town landing in Cotuit. I can’t wait to share the pictures Betty Anne Buckley-Bevis has been taking all year with you all. This little rescue Mills River Rescue and Sanctuaryis so near and dear to my heart and I really appreciate all your support. Here’s a little sneak peak… it was fun surprising the folks launching their boats.

08/18/2024

When one of the ponies naps there is always a at least one that stands guard. 🤎🖤🤍 ♥️

08/16/2024

Time for our annual calendar raffle to benefit my very favorite non profit “Mills River Rescue and Sanctuary
Every day in October we will draw a name live… and there are great prizes! 31 chances to win with just one ticket!
Tickets at $5 each or 3 for $10. There are some really, really great prizes here. Private message me or use the Venmo link and then text me a screenshot of it 508-428-5663. I will fill out your tickets for you. There is a prize for the most tickets sold so… Make sure you put my name in the notes on Venmo.
Help me help this wonderful animal rescue 😊

08/08/2024

Marilyn was super hungry last night

07/24/2024

I saw the Charlotte Dujardin video, she should not be allowed around ANY animal EVER! ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING

07/22/2024

Lollipop waiting in the morning sun for the rest of the ponies to be let out. She was the first one out! Love this little pony

07/21/2024

Please consider bringing your car to the BIS parking lot Friday July 26th from 10-2 for a car wash fundraiser!! All proceeds go towards supporting our second annual 7th grade trip to Washington DC. 🫧🧽 Spread the word!

07/20/2024

Great fun with some of the best people on earth at Osterville Village Day

07/19/2024

Romeo enjoying a little back scratch ♥️ love this boy

07/19/2024

Kira and Talli are thrilled with this morning’s weather

07/12/2024

Beautiful Marilyn 😍

07/08/2024

Bella says stay hydrated today!!

07/07/2024

Let’s hope everyone got their fireworks done!! Need to get to sleep earlier tonight

07/03/2024

If you can take a minute and fill this out I would appreciate it. Please name Mills River Rescue and Sanctuary https://www.facebook.com/100064241812398/posts/925935552891163/?mibextid=cr9u03

Social Contest at Tractor Supply Co.

06/29/2024

OK, let’s do it. This is the response from State Representative Steve Xiarhos to the post about the balloons and getting them banded in Massachusetts or at least Cape Cod. Please write your letters! And reach out to your state reps. Let’s do it.

06/21/2024

I’m seeing a lot of dead mice and rats in the conservation off of crooked Cartway. What’s going on? Is the Town putting out poison? Do they realize there is a lot of wildlife in there that will eat these critters? Or is somebody else doing it? I don’t understand stop nature will take care of itself if we just let it. Town of Barnstable

06/21/2024

This is Grace. One of the rescues at Mills River Rescue and Sanctuary. Isn’t she beautiful?

06/07/2024

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05/24/2024

The end of Long Pond Road sits in both Barnstable Town of Barnstable and Sandwich Town of Sandwich, MA But neither town wants to fix this road. I feel bad for my neighbors that they have to live with this mess. It’s a gross smelly mosquito infested road so sad that these people pay taxes into both towns but they either town will not fix it.

05/24/2024

Handsome Beau Mills River Rescue and Sanctuary

05/23/2024

My friend Lollipop ❤️ Mills River Rescue and Sanctuary

05/14/2024

Hello. Please get out of the car.

05/03/2024

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Hey if you would be so kind to Dontae to my friend Debbie. She is riding the MS Ride on Marthas Vineyard tomorrow. If you have ever been touched by this disease you know we need to do more! Thank you so much!

The National MS Society's vision is a world free of MS. The Society mobilizes people and resources so that everyone affected by MS can live their best lives as we stop MS in its tracks, restore what has been lost and end MS forever.

05/03/2024

04/30/2024

This is the only way to pick out your furniture….

07/15/2020

Support Responsible Breeders

”One of the First questions I ask clients who come to me for advice on behavior or training for obedience is, “Why did you Choose this breed?”
So many times the answer is, “Because they are really cool dogs!”
This, of course, is not a valid reason for choosing one breed over another.
When you see a dog doing what he was bred to do, harkening back to his ancestors whispering into their ears, telling them exactly how they should perform the task....well, it can make you weep.
EVERY dog needs a job, a purpose to validate them. A job that makes them stand proud and causes his tail to wag and his heart to smile.
Dogs were bred to work alongside humans, and they consider that a high calling.....along with educating us.....
And if one does not have sheep for a Collie or rabbits for a Beagle, or rats for a Terrier, there are still other functions for them to perform within their households. Our job is to find that activity, introduce it to the dog, and enjoy the companionship.

There's a woman that jogs with her GSD every day by the Indiana K9 Learning Center. She puts a prong collar on her huge working dog and off they go. We had a nice visit over the fence the other day. I complimented her on her dog's manners. I stood about six feet from her when we initially met and he was relaxed and unconcerned. (And no, I didn't ask if I could pet him). That's when I find out what a mean owner she is.

Her large GSD carries a doggy style backpack with water in it and she's been told that's mean.

She stopped at a yard sale, bought some books, put them in the backpack and she was told that's mean.

She's been chastised for running her dog with her because running a dog is mean.

I'm not sure why someone would feel that a 100 pound working breed isn't capable of carrying 10 pounds of books but someone did. I'd say that person has never looked up what a GSD was bred for. It's bred for work!

I know a Canadian that has huge herds of sheep free ranging on hundreds of acres. He has two border collies that he sends out as a team to round them up and bring them in to be counted. They'd go out before the sun was up and by mid afternoon they'd have them gathered in a large pen for him. He'd do a head count, open the gate and off they'd go. Imagine the intelligence and duration those dogs have to do that seven days a week! Now take those dogs and put them in an apartment. Yowza!

How about the frustrated woman who brought her German Short Haired Pointer in for classes...AKC's website said the breed is "easy to train" so she got one. She's a white collar wife with a young son who lives in a suburban neighborhood. That breed may be easy to train for a hunter or someone that is experienced with independent, strong willed breeds but she was really struggling with him. His energy level, strong personality and tenacity is a requirement for the job he was bred to do but a typical owner will really struggle with this breed.

Can we all agree on something right here, right now? Every dog that is in a home, in a shelter, in the show ring, or anywhere else comes from someone that was breeding dogs for a purpose. It may be way back in the dog's pedigree but it's there. Hunting, fighting, chasing, pulling, retrieving, protecting, patrolling, killing...your dog laying at your feet right now has ancestors that did at least one of those tasks very, very well. Those instincts don't disappear when they walk through your front door and become your family pet.

There's a reason terriers are tough! Because you have to be a tenacious little s**t to go down a hole after a rodent bigger than you knowing you're likely to get bitten.

There's a reason you can't get your beagle's nose off the ground during agility classes. Watch a youtube video of beagles in the field!

There's a reason your whippet wants to chase every squirrel in the yard. Watch a youtube video of sighthounds lure coursing!

There's a reason that cattle dogs go in low and nip anything moving. Watch a youtube video of them working cattle!

Here's the kicker...a cattle dog that goes in low and nips is probably the result of someone's responsible breeding. Same with the beagle, the whippet and the border collie. Those are desirable behaviors in each breed.

Understanding the propensity of certain behaviors in breeds and mixes will help owners understand where the behavior is coming from. It doesn't mean the dog gets a free pass for the behavior, but someone looking for an agility dog may not want to go with a bloodhound "because I just love their ears" or a herding breed "because I want a dog to lay around all weekend with."

All of us in the dog industry, including shelters and rescues, have a responsibility to the dogs we're in charge of and the people that want to add them to their family. We're responsible to educate the uneducated.”

- Michelle Steigmeyer, Indiana K9 Learning Center

07/09/2020

Warning: Several Cape Ponds Are Testing Positive For A Toxic Bacteria | 106 WCOD | Joe Rossetti

Be careful out there folks make sure you’re not taking your dog to a pond that could make them sick or kill them

Cape Cod ponds with blue-green algae advisories

07/04/2020

Happy Paws Dog Walking Pet Sitting

05/09/2020

MJObedience

MJObedience and Falmouth Animal Hospital are happy to announce Puppy Training Classes at their Falmouth location at 1184 Sandwich Rd. Falmouth, MA. We are currently awaiting the go ahead from
Governor Baker before we can start classes. Announcement of class dates coming will be coming soon. Don't forget to follow us on Facebook registration for group classes once available will be on www.mjobedience.com Stay Tuned and stay safe as MJO will have more announcements to come.