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11/21/2024

We are so spoiled!

Thank you so much to the Nelli & the Wendler family for the delicious cookies & dog treats! 🦴

Thank you so much to Kate and the Jimmerson family for the awesome snacks and adorable photo of Miss Kate! (She definitely made the fridge)

11/21/2024

Happy 3rd Birthday to the beautiful Marg, Margaux, Margarita. We love you!

Thank you for the delicious breakfast! 🍩

11/21/2024

Miss Margaux has mastered the “stop, drop, drool & roll”! 🦴

11/14/2024

Did you know?
The idea that wolf packs are led by a merciless dictator, or alpha wolf, comes from old studies of captive wolves.
In the wild, wolf packs are simply families!

If you’ve ever heard the term “alpha wolf”, you might imagine snapping fangs and fights to the death for dominance.
You might also assume that wolves have a ‘pecking order’ or fight for resources.
When I’m reality, that couldn’t be farther from the truth with wolves in the wild.

When keeping wolves in captivity, humans typically throw together adult wolves with no shared kinship. In these cases, a dominance hierarchy arises, but it’s the animal equivalent of what might happen in a human prison, not the way wolves behave when they are left to their own devices.

In contrast, wild wolf packs are usually made up of a breeding male, a breeding female and their offspring from the past two or three years that have not yet set out on their own.

In the late 1980s and 1990s world renowned researcher, Mech, observed a pack every year at Ellesmere Island in Canada. His study, published in 1999, was among the first multiyear research on a single pack over time. It revealed that all members of the pack defer to the breeding male and regardless of s*x or age, all pack members besides that male defer to the breeding female. (Wolves typically mate for life & exhibit deep emotional connections within their packs!) The youngest pups also submit to their older siblings, though when food is scarce, parents feed the young first, much as human parents might tend to a young infant.

Wolf packs are structured much like a human family.

Fighting for dominance is basically unheard of in a typical pack. When offspring are two to three years old, they leave the pack in search of mates, aiming to start their own pack. The alpha wolf notion of challenging dad for dominance of the existing pack just isn’t in the wolf playbook.

Today, a lot of trainers and dog owners practice dominance theory.
Dominance based training methods assume dogs are committed to a battle of supremacy and constant challenge with their human family members.
(These theories have been refuted by wolf biologists and if this theory is no longer considered true for wolves, then how can it be considered true for our domestic dogs?)
This idea is incorrect and not supported by scientific study. Trainers advising families to take charge of the pack by eating first, walking through doors first, occupying a higher position and worst of all, pinning the dogs into submission are ignoring the current scientific research and subjecting dogs to unnecessary and cruel training methods.
This can also have devastating effects on the dog’s bond with their humans and risk escalating aggressive or fearful behaviors.

At The Oaks Dog Ranch our trainers would never suggest or practice dominance theory. We value your dogs health, well being, safety and learning- as well as educating you, as a dog owner on subjects such as these.

11/11/2024

Happy Veterans Day from The Oaks Dog Ranch to you. Today, we remember and honor all who have served or are actively serving. Thank you, veterans! 🇺🇸

11/11/2024

Want to help your dog become the most confident, happy and healthy version of themselves?
Agency is the ability to have some level of control in our environment and be able to make choices that will result in a desirable outcome. One of the important factors here is that agency requires at least two desirable choices, not a choice between one desirable choice and a non desirable choice.
Agency can improve quality of life, behavioral health, create resilience, increase confidence, decrease frustration, combat learned helplessness and much more.

How can I provide more agency in my pet's life?
-Multiple sleeping areas to choose from
-Being able to choose where they go and what they sniff on a walk
-Food preference tests
-Toy, game and puzzle preference tests
-Cooperative care
But... what if they make poor choices?
Agency doesn't mean that your pet has full authority to do whatever they want. If you have a pet who bites people coming into the house they still need to be managed to ensure they don't continue this behavior. We should not risk safety to increase choice.
Agency means providing choices that don't compromise safety, physical health, mental or behavioral health, or enable them to practice unwanted behaviors. That sometimes means that our pets may not have multiple choices in a situation. When that happens we can acknowledge that and work on training a skill that allows our pet to have choices in future similar situations.

Now what?
Assess the choices your pet currently has. Don't be hard on yourself, you’re simply assessing to see where you have room for improvement. In those areas where you find your pet doesn't have agency, ask yourself why that is. Is it to mitigate safety concerns? Is it to mitigate unwanted behaviors? If you're newer to agency and thinking about your pet's choices, choose one of those easier situations to increase your pet's desirable choices or contact one of our professional trainers to help you navigate this new journey.

11/11/2024

Our training team had a wonderful time chatting with fellow CPDT-KA trainer, Matt Beisner (THE ZEN DOG, Dog: Impossible on Disney+ & Inside the Mind of a Dog on Netflix) and showing him around The Oaks!

It's always wonderful to speak with like minded individuals who care about the health, comfort and well being of dogs. Thanks so much for coming out Matt!

11/08/2024

Playing all day in this Texas sun! ☀️

11/06/2024

The treat jar HATES to see Nash the Boxer coming…

What would you caption this? 👀

11/05/2024

Boarding at The Oaks Dog Ranch is the BEST!

Young, large, small, active, or couch potato - all dogs love spending time at The Oaks Dog Ranch!

Leaving your dogs at The Oaks Dog Ranch while you're away provides them so much more than traditional boarding. Imagine your dogs spending the days enjoying a play day customized just for them. We like to think of our boarding as "doggie sleep overs." Dogs play all day in small or large groups or individually while practicing new skills with a Ranch Hand. We provide ALL the dogs in our care with days full of appropriate physical activity, learning, and love.

11/04/2024

A BIG shoutout to Mr. Remy and his sweet family for treating our staff to some delicious cake! 🍰

You guys are the best!

11/01/2024

Thank you so much to our wonderful Oaks family for making this Halloween so awesome! 🎃

Thank you Harper and her sweet family for the candy bars and spooky decor!
Thank you to Slinky Paco and his awesome family for the delicious donuts!
Thank you Angel and her family for the giant baskets of candy, trick or treat!!! 🍬
Thank you Canela and her sweet family for the festive pretzels!

10/31/2024

So spooky…

10/31/2024

Happy Howl-o-ween from The Oaks Dog Ranch!

10/30/2024

A BIG shoutout to Lobo & his sweet mom for treating our staff to some delicious cookies!

We 💚 you guys!

10/28/2024

Thank you so much for the spooky donuts, Toby & Khaleesi!

You are awesome!

10/22/2024

What’s better than hugs from a cute couch hippo?

Hugs from TWO cute couch hippos! 🦛

10/21/2024

Puppy Problems?
We start our Puppy Development Program with a five-day foundation-setting module.
During these five days, your puppy will...
•Meet new friends! - both canine and human, and learn how to play and interact appropriately with them.
•Face "small challenges" to desensitize him/her to scary new things and experiences.
•Understand that biting hurts!
•Generalize the instinct to use the bathroom in an appropriate place.
•Discover the basis for good manners - "pay attention" and "four on the floor".
•Be Introduced to the fundamental obedience skills for a companion dog (sit, touch, down, come, take it/leave it/drop it).

Click the link below to learn more!
https://www.theoaksdogranch.com/puppies

Address

16613 Mueschke Road
Cypress, TX
77433

Opening Hours

Monday	6am - 7pm
Tuesday	6am - 7pm
Wednesday	6am - 7pm
Thursday	6am - 7pm
Friday	6am - 7pm
Saturday	7am - 6pm
Sunday	7am - 6pm

Telephone

+13469986950

Website

https://www.theoaksdogranch.com/

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The only thing these pups are guilty of is being too cute! 🐶

Body language test: Why do you think Reginald began sniffing the wall & lamp? What’s going on here? Make your best guess! ANSWER WILL BE POSTED AT 8:30 PM

Happy Veterans Day from The Oaks Dog Ranch to you. Today, we remember and honor all who have served or are actively serving. Thank you, veterans! 🇺🇸

Playing all day in this Texas sun! ☀️

The best enrichment for your dog... 🐾 Its easy- you can do this too! Let loose, relax, clip on that long line and let your dog's nose lead the way! Here’s a list of some dog friendly nature preserves, parks and trailheads with walking trails in the Houston Area- New Kentucky Park Little Cypress Creek Preserve 100 Acre Wood Preserve Spring Creek Nature Trail Gourley Nature Trail George Mitchell Nature Preserve Burroughs Park Lake at Springwoods Village Nature Preserve Montgomery County Preserve Sam Houston National Forest (Multiple Trailheads) Our personal favorite place to walk is Sam Houston National Forest (Lone Star Hiking Trail), as shown in the video below! #Enrichment #CPDTKA