Paws N' Stone is run and operated by Stephanie Stone.
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We are currently taking a break from training classes and only offering dog walking on the weekends (training included with walks). Stephanie is a certified dog trainer through Animal Behavior College and uses pain free/reward based training methods to create long lasting results without compromising the mental health and well being of the dog.
**Starting back up with offering professional dog walking on the weekends**
(Now also offering yard waste clean up along with some new "add-on" services)
Bookings are currently open so please don't hesitate to reach out with any questions!
Training is incorporated on walks at no additional charge
Chilling and working on generalizing our "settle" in new environments
I love when good, clean training (especially when taught through fear free, pain free methods) results in dogs making what we deem a "good choice", on their own :)
Here Hogarth/Hogie makes two good choices. Once, running to his place to eat without verbal prompting and then waiting patiently for Winnie to finish eating before checking her bowl.
I love it when good, clean (pain free and fear free) training shines through with dogs making good choices on their own without prompting :) (in this case 2x with Hogie running to his place to eat and then waiting until winnie is finished with her food before checking her bowl)
I love it when good, clean training (pain free and fear free) comes through by dogs making what we deem "good choices" without any verbal prompting.
Hogarth (Hogie) did so twice here by running to his place to eat and then waiting patiently for Winnie to finish her food before checking her bowl.
How to socialize a puppy to sights, sounds, smells, as well as social and environmental interactions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Great article on puppy soc...
Winnie and her new baby brother, Hogarth :) They enjoy taking naps together.
I have recently been getting a few young dogs coming in for AMRT sessions for arthritic changes and joint pain. So, I decided to do a newsletter ‘series’ for dogs that will include exercises and care
Tis the season for lots of visitors, lots of being pre-occupied, and sometimes short-changing our dogs. Enter work-to-eat toys, and everything becomes more manageable.
The vast majority of dogs in our society suffer from chronic under-enrichment. While we busy ourselves with our screens, our human families, and our never-ending to-do lists, our dogs live relatively small lives. One commitment you can easily make to your dog is to provide him all of his meals via work-to-eat toys. Here's one of our favorites!
Download a high-res PDF of this graphic here: https://www.adgtk-dayschool.com/holee-ball
he knew to sit and wait
Tinsel and sourdough ornaments too!
Great trainers over in the UK looking to collect some data :)
PLEASE SHARE:
DOES YOUR DOG HAVE CANINE COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; COMPULSIVE OR REPETITIVE BEHAVIOUR; OR GENERALISED ANXIETY DISORDER?
As most of you know we are a tad into collecting data and looking at potential hypotheses for things that may help dogs. Well, in our latest olfaction course we explain why we believe that olfaction training might just reduce, control, regulate and maybe even cease some of the symptoms involved in these cognitive disorders.
And we suddenly thought, with over 1000 trainers joining us, why not collect some data to see if that hypothesis is worth further exploring.
We have asked anyone doing the course with dogs who suffer, to complete data collection forms every week for the full six months.
We are now hoping to increase the sample of dogs with these disorders taking part. We are going to keep the 20% off discount open for one more week - ONLY for owners of dog who suffer with CCD, ‘OCD’ type behaviour or anxiety on the promise you will collect your data for us.
Let’s research. Let’s change the world for dogs. One sniff at a time.
https://www.caninescience.online/p/s46/?product_id=1439060&coupon_code=RESEARCH
Ps) massive shout out to Teresa Umbelino for all your help so far. Let’s do this!
How to introduce your new puppy or adult dog to grooming equipment. Often times dogs can be startled by the sight and sound of grooming equipment at first. S...
New pet daycare + boarding + grooming coming soon to Fenton.
Yours truly will be managing the business so you may see some familiar faces!
Dog treats play an important part in our dog's everyday life. So it's important we feed our dogs a healthy, well balanced dog treat. Many low-end dog treats will contain corn or wheat in the first few ingredients. Dog owner's need to be aware of the high carbohydrates these treats may contain.
I mostly agree with this. Doing research on your dogs food is really important to their health.
Your dog may be the apple of your eye, but let's be honest: she is an animal, with her own instincts and idiosyncrasies, and there are going to be times when she makes you want to tear your hair out.
Does your dog lunge and bark at other dogs or people on walks? Get step-by-step training help for your leash reactive dog and enjoy more relaxing walks together.
BAT leash skills make life more free and interesting for your dog, safer for you. This was a live demo with my new Labrador friend Ranger at the Association ...
Nat geo needs to stop promoting this crap.
Stop Dog: Impossible on Nat Geo Wild
HERE’S WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO ADD FRESH “HUMAN FOOD” TO YOUR PET’S KIBBLE
Today, ninety-six percent of pet owners around the globe are feeding dry commercial pet foods. Of those 96%, there is a large majority that believes dried commercial pet food is really all their pet needs and would never stop to consider the benefits of adding fresh “human food”.
(“Human food” definition in this article: clean sources of meat-based proteins and some organic plant matter, not beer and nachos 😉)
There are many reasons why some of these pet parents feel this way, however the most popular reason today seems to be the 50-year-old rumor that is in existence and still spreading.
You know the one: “Giving your animal table scraps is bad!”
How or when did this terrible rumor start?
Well, if we go back in time, research shows that shortly after the invention of processed pet foods, manufacturers were having a hard time convincing pet parents to make the switch from foods in their refrigerators to their commercial pet foods.
So in 1964, the pet food industry, along with the PFI, joined together with a whole bunch of marketing dollars and launched one of the most influential campaigns the pet world had ever seen: the “Ban All Table Scraps from your Pets’ Bowls” campaign!
Through thousands of newspapers, magazines, and news stations, the public was warned about the dangers of table food scraps or “human food” and the importance of feeding “processed” commercial pet food. From there, the giant smear campaign took off!
Not only did this clever campaign work, but it was so impactful that now, 50 years later, folks are still in fear of offering anything that is not labeled pet food.
SO IS IT A GOOD THING TO ONLY OFFER YOUR PET DRIED KIBBLE?
Not according to ongoing research it isn’t, especially with today’s cancer rates being 1 in 2 dogs!
In a 2005 study conducted at Purdue University on Scottish Terriers, the results showed that adding fresh vegetables to dry commercial kibble actually prevented and/or slowed down the development of transitional cell carcinoma (aka bladder cancer)!
In the study, dogs ate a diet of dry commercial pet food, while some got an assortment of vegetables added to the mix at least 3 times per week.
When the study was concluded, according to the researchers, they weren’t really shocked by the results.
Here’s what they found:
Dogs that ate any green leafy vegetables, like broccoli, had reduced the risk of developing bladder cancer by 90% and the dogs that consumed any yellow – orange vegetables like carrots reduced the risk by 70%!
Seriously! A lousy carrot helped smash the potential of cancer.
( http://ilarjournal.oxfordjournals.org/content/55/1/100.full ) (Raghavan, Knapp, Bonney, 2005) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/16013542/
Yes, of course cats are obligate carnivores (must have meat to survive) and our dogs are facultative carnivores (carnivores with omnivorous potential if circumstances demand) so offering clean meat-based protein sources should always be top priority and essential.
However, because today’s world is ever-so changing due to factory farmed livestock being fed genetically modified grains and our planet being contaminated with every type of pesticide, fungicide and larvicide, the importance of fresh, organic plant matter to help detox the body couldn’t be more crucial.
So if the “cancer reducing benefit” doesn’t tickle your fancy enough to convince you to add any “human fresh foods” to your pet’s bowl, then maybe think of it this way:
How bad would it suck if someone forced you to eat dry processed foods your whole lIfe?!
By: Rodney Habib
"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!"
Dogs may be attracted to the smell of algal scum and can be quickly poisoned by drinking the water.
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