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06/27/2024

Can you relate? 😅
That look….
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06/25/2024

Wish wish wisha 💫

06/25/2024

Body language, the more you know!
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06/24/2024

We had a great response to our cookies that we passed out at the local farmers market! 🍪🐶🐾
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06/24/2024

And there you have it! 🐾🐶😅

06/22/2024

UPDATE
Emily is home as of yesterday. She will need extra care to heal but is passing both urine and bowels! 🙌

Please say a prayer for this sweet girl, she’s fighting a severe urinary infection and is in the hospital. Keep fighting Emily, we love you! 💫🐾💕 ❤️‍🩹

06/21/2024

06/21/2024

Fresh Baked treats for all our furry friends! 🐶 🐾🥰
🎉 🐾

06/15/2024

Best to be prepared!

06/10/2024

Taking the stigma out of muzzle training and calming caps. 👏

MUZZLE MONDAY

Yes, small dogs can be muzzle trained (and calming cap trained, too!). For some reason, I get a lot of resistance from small dog owners about muzzle training. Maybe it’s because they tend to let “little dogs do whatever they want because they’re little” or maybe it’s because they view their small dog as different from big dogs, but small dogs can do damage with their teeth as well. They may not have the capacity to injure you to the severity level that a large dog could, but, they can still do damage nonetheless.

Cami’s owners on the other hand have been fabulous clients that still keep in touch years later. They fully understood the importance of putting in the work when counter conditioning to the muzzle and the calming cap. She still rocks both whenever she goes to the vet and she’s even been educating veterinary staff about proper muzzle and calming cap use, turning skeptics into believers!

Shes a true testament to the fact that small dogs need to and can wear muzzles, too.

06/06/2024

I can’t believe it’s been 4 years. Miss this boy.

I am feeling completely devastated today. Yesterday I accompanied a client/friend to lay her boy to rest. I knew when the time came that I had to be there for her, for him. He was a very special boy. I connected with him many times. I felt his love for me and I adored him. He was very sensitive and equally funny. Today I am at a loss. I have never experienced that before and it was quite surreal. A humbling experience I shall never forget. I love you Ozzy!

Miss me but let me go

When I come to the end of the road
And the sun has set for me,
I want no rights in a gloom filled room;
Why cry for a soul set free?
Miss me a little - but not too long
And not with your head bowed low.
Remember the love that we once shared,
Miss me - but let me go.
For this is a journey that we all must take And each must go alone.
It’s a part of the Master’s plan,
A step on the road to home.
When you’re lonely and sick of heart,
Go to the friends we know
And burry your sorrows indoing good deeds.
Miss me - but let me go.

Author Unknown

“Some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild. So you let them go, or when you open the cage to feed them they somehow fly out past you. And the part of you that knows it was wrong to imprison them in the first place rejoices, but still, the place where you live is that much more drab and empty for their departure.”

Stephen King

06/04/2024

The more you know.
When we know better, we do better.

06/02/2024

Wiggly butts 🥰 🐾 💃
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05/31/2024

Are you really ready for a puppy? Do you have the time, patience and commitment it takes to raise a well agjusted dog with good manners?

This expectation 👇🏻is why so many pups and dogs end up in shelters.

DON’T GET A PUPPY AND THEN EXPECT THE BEHAVIOR OF AN ADULT DOG.

I often hear from puppy owners:
“He’s not obedient.”
“He doesn’t listen.”
“He can’t sit still.”
“He won’t xyz…”

Well, no s**t! You got a puppy! That’s what babies, toddlers, little kids, and teenagers do. It’s what puppies do, as well. They literally do not have the maturity and brain development for adult behaviors - because… they are puppies! People expect their 3 month old puppy to calmly hold a down stay for an hour while everyone else is running around the house as if we also expect a 3 year old toddler to sit through a college class with ease, “because they should.” Um, no.

If you decide to get a puppy, then you are also deciding to accept “puppyhood” as well. If you want adult dog behavior, get an adult dog.

05/29/2024

Many everyday household products are toxic to you and your pets.
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https://www.aspca.org/news/official-top-10-pet-toxins-2022

05/26/2024

Please turn the laser back on…

05/26/2024

When you steal your cat’s laser toy to entertain pet sitting clients. Elsa 🐶 Ember 🐱

05/17/2024

What's on the agenda for this weekend? Adventure, excitement, or just a good ol' fashioned nap?
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05/16/2024

Your pets experience emotional traumas just as you do. Especially if you have a pet with a past, adopted/rescued, death of a guardian/care giver, divorce, physical wounds so on and so forth. Ask me how I can help your pet recover and release emotional and physical wounds. "A holistic approach to emotional healing and freedom." 🐾
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05/14/2024

Life with cats 🐱 😉
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05/12/2024

Happy Mother’s Day! 🐾💕
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05/12/2024

Life with cats 🐱 😂
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05/10/2024

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05/09/2024

Life with cats 🐱 😂