The business began based on good and bad personal experiences around the care received by our furry babies.
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FurBabies & Friends is a pet service company in Glendale AZ who aims to make your life easier through dog training, pet sitting, dog walking, dog grooming, pet waste removal, pet photography and so much more. FurBabies & Friends is a small, all 5* rated, female owned pet care provider located in Glendale, Arizona offering pet services for the North, Central and West Valley of Phoenix, AZ. Since ou
r foundation in May 2018, the business evolved from a narrow service offerings of dog obedience training, puppy kindergarten, dog boarding, and dog walking to now a wide variety of animal pet services based on overwhelming customer requests. We expanded the scope of our animal care and proudly offer other pet care services like basic dog grooming, mobile dog nail trims or grinding, pet sitters for in home overnight or short-term drop-in visits, dog school classes, dog socialization, pet waste removal, pet taxi service, pet photography and many other specialty pet services like a Wedding Day Dog Attendant. To many, pets are considered part of the family or even lovingly referred to as furkids or furbabies. We personally understand that finding someone that is dependable, trustworthy, loving and passionate for animals is critical in feeling confident in their care and well-being. This is important not only while you’re away, but also for basic everyday animal care. Finding someone who provides the best pet care and develops an amazing relationship with both the pets and your family, is a huge relief. Our top-rated all 5* reviewed pet care company provides consistent and affordable pet care service providers ensuring the peace of mind and consistency for animals and humans alike. Our team of passionate animal lovers are licensed, bonded, and insured with background checks and references available upon request. Additionally, we always provide video or photos with updates after every visit. We strongly believe in our goal to help everyone live their IDEAL life with their best friend, furry or not and you will see this commitment in everything we do. As a way to build your trust and help you and your family feel comfortable leaving your pets in our care, we offer free meet and greets or training evaluations. This is the perfect time to ask questions of us, see how your pets interact with us, and show us around your house and your routine with your animals so we can provide the same level of care while away. We also have standardized forms to collect contact and house information, Pet Feeding & Care Instructions, Veterinary Release Forms, Policy & Procedures and A Liability Waiver. It doesn't matter whether your pet has fins, hoofs, legs, claws, paws or none at all, we can care for them all! Visit our photo gallery on our pet care services website to see some of our clients including dogs, cats, birds, reptiles, fish, guinea pigs, hamsters, ferrets, pigs and horses! Don’t wait any longer or take another trip and worry about your animals. Get in touch with us now to schedule a meeting with the team and I and start building a beautiful long-lasting relationship. Allow your pets to build a bond with us to ease their anxiety and stress from basic everyday care or even longer-term care while you’re away. Most importantly, starting a relationship now provides an emergency backup plan for the care of your animals, which is always a fear and doesn’t have to be when you join the FurBabies & Friends Family.
Super excited for the business to be nominated and awarded with such amazing recognition for Glendale! Thank you to everyone who voted for us and congratulations to the team on their hard work and diligence with our furrents and their pets!
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The March 2024 dog group obedience class graduated yesterday in spectacular fashion. Most of the dogs had no professional training and struggled with a variety of issues from reactivity, to fear, to over stimulation. I’m so proud of everyone who worked so hard and built a better relationship with their canine best friend. The next group obedience classes won’t start until fall once the weather cools off. But see our Facebook business page at FurBabiesandFriendsAZ for class options, dates and times to sign up before all of the spots are taken.
Had a blast at dog group obedience class today at a local strip mall practicing real world obedience, helping owners and their dogs get out into the world without fear and enjoy their relationship together.
Despite the weather warming up, todays group dog obedience class got to practice some real world leash manners at a strip mall and also learned some settling techniques for your dog when he is out with you in public!
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We are hiring! Reach out if you’ve always wanted to work with animals, need something part time, want to make a career change, or just retired and want something fun to fill your time! Based out of NW glendale, must pass a background check, have entrepreneurial spirit, be dependable, and have your own reliable transportation! Enjoy the benefits of being your own boss and create working availability that works for you and your lifestyle. Learn more about the business and services at www.furbabiesandfriendsaz.com
Don’t forget to vote for FurBabies & Friends which has been nominated for best of glendale for Dog Training, Grooming, Kennels, and Pet Sitting! This is a great and fast way to help support the team and business.
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The last fall 2023 Group Obedience class graduated today at Rio Vista Park. We did a nice pack walk, had some fun and built confidence climbing and jumping on things and then finally, every class member got to perform infront of the class to show ofd everything they learned. Of course, it wouldnt be a graduation with family pictures! All of FurBabies & Friends classes for 2024 are posted on the Facebook business page www.facebook.com/furbabiesandfriendsAZ.
How cute of our insurance agency to feature its members on social media. When looking for an insurance company that would also extend out to my pet sitters, I was so impressed with this companies extensive coverage, optional additional coverage options, veterinary care, key lock replacement, bonding and so much more. It’s one more step we take as a business to give our clients peace of mind.
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FurBabies & Friends LLC
Glendale, AZ
Meet Kristie, owner of FurBabies & Friends. Following a 14-year tenure in corporate America, Kristie channeled her lifelong devotion to animal care and rescue. FurBabies & Friends is founded on ensuring a loving home for every animal, promoting their welfare through services such as exercise, training, grooming, and pet sitting. The core of the company is inspired by Kristie's own experiences in rescuing and rehabilitating many dogs. FurBabies & Friends is dedicated to nurturing respectful and harmonious relationships between pets and their families, celebrating the emotional and physical enrichment pets bring into our lives.
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A client of mine found this puppers. If this is your pup or you know who’s it is please let me know and I’ll connect you. Please share.
Super excited to see FurBabies & Friends was just recognized as one of the best dog walking companies by Best Things Arizona! With the cooler weather finally upon us, time to get your furbaby back In shape and drop that summer weight with our background checked, bonded and insured dog walkers and pet sitters! We will also be getting more pack walks on the calendar soon!
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FurBabies & Friends is excited to share we’ve been selected as the best of the best with an A+ rating by The Phoenix Review for Dog Training and coming soon for Dog Grooming and Pet Sitting!
When you get a puppy, dont avoid things, sounds or experiences fearing they will be traumatized. In the early learning stages your puppy is still curious and doesnt have a ton if innate fears, positively exposing your puppy early on even to stuff in your own house, like the carpet cleaner in this video, will make him more resilient in the future. Just like we become more fearful as we age, so do dogs. Capitalizing these moments in the first 6 months especially will set your puppy on a much more confident course.
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Glendale, AZ
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Happy August 1st or Dogust! The universal birthday for all shelter dogs!! Give your rescue dog a hug & kisses and celebrate them today! #dogust #rescuedog #rescuedogbirthday #dog #dogs #dogbirthday #rescueismyfavoritebreed #adoptadog #august1st #august1
Today we celebrate the mutts around the world still with us, and the ones who are no longer by our side. What they may lack in pedigree, they make up for by filling our hearts and our homes with love, loyalty, laughter and so much more. With all of the bad dog news happening surrounding dogs lately, lets take time to celebrate all of the amazing people who have rescued a mutt and provided them with a wonderful life and unforgettable memories to cherish long after they are gone. Leave a comment and a picture or video of your lovable mutt to spread some positivity today! #nationalmuttday #nationalmuttday2024 #ilovemymutt #muttdog #dog #dogs #rescuedog #rescueismyfavoritebreed #adoptadog #furbaby #rainbowbridge #gonebutnotforgotten
#creatorsearchinsights this little girl stole my, and my moms heart. She is the sweetest girl, loves people and dogs, gives the nicest kisses, is super smart and athletic. Im so looking forward to a life long journey with her! #iminlove #imobsessed #americanbullyofficial #pitbull #puppy #puppylove #dog #fosterfail #fypシ゚viral
The small but mighty bonded, insured, background checked, and thoroughly vetted pet sitters at FurBabies & Friends had a busy weekend of overnight stays, drop in visits, and potty breaks for a wide variety of pets, plants & homes. From fur, to hair, to feathers or scales, we care for our clients pets in the same loving way we care for our own pets!! Our small team ensures your pets will never be left without care and after 6 years in business and almost all 5* reviews you can rest easy your most prized possessions will be well taken care of with plenty of communication, pictures and videos to prove it. Here is a smattering of my favorite pictures from my teams recaps!! #pet #petsitter #petsitting #dog #cat #turtle #beardeddragon #monitorlizard #orchid #mostprizedpossession #lovethem #petsitterlife #petsittersoftiktok
Mellas breed reveal had a huge surprise. So i need help deciding which comment should win the gift card? Comment your vote now!! #breedreveal #helpmedecide #bigsurprise #shocker #pitbull #americanbullyofficial #siberianhusky #whowon
Mella’s dna results are in, with an unexpected twist! Can’t wait to see what the future has in store for her #breedreveal #whoami #whatami #whosmydaddy #pitbull #americanbully #siberianhusky #embarkdna #embark
Don’t let your pet become a statistic tonight and end up lost or in a shelter. Attached are some useful tips and tricks to keep your pets safe and hopefully stress free as we celebrate our independence day with tons if Fireworks! Moreover, historically, July 4th sees the highest intake of lost/stray dogs who flee their yards/houses out of fear. For your pets saftey, ensure their microchip has your current contact info, you keep their collar with Tags on, and lock/secure all doors or gates to prevent espcape. Another great way to help your pets deal with the stress of today is by engaging them in their most exciting activity. My furkids, & especially my new 16 week old puppy, will get their giggle wiggle treat dispensing balls tonight with the higest value treats, my full attention to monitor & distract at the first sign of stress helping them have a very positive rewarding experience lessening future fear. #pet #4thofjuly #pettips #dogtraining #lostpetpreventionmonth #phoenix #dog #cat #petsafety #petsafetytips #fireworks
Hey phoenix pet lovers, i wanted to share this amazing event as every shelter and rescue in the area is at max capacity and struggling to find space to house pets that no longer have a home. Most concerning is that historically, 4th of july weekend sees the highest influx of stray/lost pets who get scared by fireworks and flee/run away. So, if you’ve been debating about adding a FURever pet to your home, now is a great time as @BISSELL Pet Foundation is paying for all adoptions @Arizona Humane Society from June 27 till July 7th, 2024. Please share, comment, like, and save to help this get some traction and out to the greater Phoenix, Arizona area. #adopt #adoption #pet #pets #dog #dogs #cat #cats #bunny #rat #adoptable #adoptabledogs #adoptablecats #rescue #rescuedog #rescuecat #adoptdontshop #freeadoption #phoenix #arizona #phoenixaz #scottsdale #glendaleaz #peoriaaz #mesaaz #buckeyeaz #goodyearaz #gilbertaz #tempeaz …………………………………..,………………. DO YOU PLAN ON ADOPTING A PET SOON?
PHONE NUMBERS EVERY PET PARENT SHOULD HAVE. Pet related emergencies are often panic inducing clouding your ability to think straight. Heres a quick list of some important phone numbers to save in your contacts so if a moment arises the number is just a quick seach or lookup vs spending time trying to google. For certain emergencies every second counts. #pet #petsafety #pets #petemergency #petemergencypreparedness #dogsafety #catsafety #animalsafety #importantphonenumbers #dogemergency #animals #animallover #petlover #doglover #catlovers #doglove #catlove #savealife
A great client thankfully let me know that FurBabies & Friends is nominated for the Best of Glendale 2024 awards for Best Pet Services Company. There are quite a few questions through survey monkey but you do NOT need to answer every question. Best pet services is question #65! Voting ends 6/20/24 with the winners announced 8/1/24. Plus you can vote everyday!! The team and I would love for you to take a quick moment and vote and share with all of your friends and family. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BestofGlendale2024 #bestpetservices #glendaleaz #glendalearizona #bestofglendale #bestofglendale2024 #petservices #petservice #petserviceglendale
The summer is here and it’s hot already in Phoenix. Like really hot! Ive put together some tips and education provided by the @Arizona Humane Society and MCACC to help educate and warn pet parents about the dangers of this weather. I know dogs especially can get a little stir crazy prompting you to get them out, just be sure you’re both safe and research other ways to drain their energy indoors. I’ll work on posting some indoor activities to get through these summer months. Please be safe everyone. Nothing is ever worth putting your pets life in danger. #petsafety #summerheat #petsummersafety #heatsaftey #pavementtesting #heatstroke #pheonix #phoenixaz #arizonapets #glendale #glendaleaz #peoria #peoriaaz #suncity
Next time you’re out with your dog, and far enough in your training journey, begin to utilize your environment and practice commands like UP, OFF, OVER, UNDER, AROUND, & THROUGH as these too are basic commands that can help not only with in door behaviors, but also with helping your dog in othet aspects of their life like at the groomer or at the vet. #dogtraining #dogtrainer #doggrooming #doggroomer #dogobedience #dogobediencetraining #dogobediencetrainer #dogparkour #dogcommands #dogconfidence #phoenix #phoenixaz #glendaleaz #peoriaaz #gelndale #peoria
Well, i tried really hard to resist this one, but it was meant to be from day one when this super sweet, kissy face girl popped into my life and attached herself to me. Despite trying to let her go, after a week on the adoption floor, her siblings being adopted, memorial day weekend ending, and 5 families passing her up on Sunday, I got there right in time and she curled up into me and kisses me for a solid 5 minutes. She missed me as much as i missed her. So happy gotcha day Mela! Welcome to the family! #gotcha #gotchaday #fosterfail #fosterfailuresarethebest #puppylove #puppy #puppyadoption #wrinklypuppy #esmeralda #carmella #pitbulllove #putbullpuppy #happyadoptionday #freedomride
The @Arizona Humane Society is at capacity!!! If you’ve been waiting for a great time to add a furbaby to your household, this weekend 5/17-19/24 is the time with $0 adoptions for all dogs 6months and older. There is a wide variety of breeds, sizes and ages to choose from depending on your needs/wants from a canine best friend. Help the rescue community and a homeless dog out this weekend while also bringing home a new FURever beat friend! #bestfriend #caninebestfriend #rescue #rescuedog #rescuedogs #foreverhome #rescuedismyfavoritebreed #adopt #adoptdontshop #adoption #dog #dogs #availableforadoption #phoenix #phoenixaz #phoenixarizona #glendaleaz #peoriaaz #scottsdale #tempeaz #buckeyeaz #gilbertaz #anthemaz #chandleraz #suncityaz
Last week, I finally got to bathe and deshed my former leash training clients Maya and Shadow, brother and sister husky/malamute mixes. They both did so amazing and I think Maya might have broke the record for most fur deshedded along with biggest transformation! She absolutely shined and looked like a different dog when I got done with her. The furrents, who had been using another groomer, were in shock and I’m confident i blew their minds with these transformations. Maya and shadow im sure are getting a lot more love and cuddle time now that they smell fantastic and the family doesnt have to worry about basketball sized furballs coming off during petting. #deshedding #desheddingtreatment #desheddingseason #doggrooming #doggroomer #doggroomerlife #dogfur #husky #malamute #phoenixdoggroomer #doggroominglife #doghairdontcare #transformation #happydog #happydogs
Attention all Phoenix AZ pet lovers. The @Arizona Humane Society with the help of @bissellsocial is offering $0 adoption fees on all critters and dogs over 6 months of age from May 1st through May 5th at all three AHS locations. So if you have been wanting to add a FURever family pet to your family…Now is a great time! #adopt #adoption #adoptable #adoptabledogs #adoptablepets #cleartheshelters #familypet #familypets #freeadoption #freeadoptmepets #newbestfriends #caninebestfriend #needsahome #needsafamily
The March 2024 dog group obedience class graduated yesterday in spectacular fashion. Most of the dogs had no professional training and struggled with a variety of issues from reactivity, to fear, to over stimulation. I’m so proud of everyone who worked so hard and built a better relationship with their canine best friend. The next group obedience classes won’t start until fall once the weather cools off. But see our Facebook business page at FurBabiesandFriendsAZ for class options, dates and times to sign up before all of the spots are taken. #dogobedience #dogobediencetraining #dogobediencetrainer #dogschool #dogmanners #phoenixdogtraining #phoenixdogtrainer #dogtrainingphoenix #dogtrainerphoenix #glendaledogtraining #glendaledogtrainer #peoriadogtraining #peoriadogtrainer
My new 5 week old pitbull foster puppies are quiet the unique foursome. Their personalities keep coming out every hour they have been here getting more comfortable, confident, and affectionate. They should be ready for adoption around april 28 2024. If youve been looking for a puppy, i just might have the perfect one for you! #fosterpuppies #fosterpuppy #puppy #puppylove #puppydog #pitbull #pitbulllove #pitbullpuppy #pitbullpuppies #glendale #glendaleaz #pheonix #phoenixaz #arizona #adoptablepuppies #adoptable #adoptablepuppies #adoptdontshop #savealife #savealifeadoptapet
Despite the weather warming up, todays group dog obedience class got to practice some real world leash manners at a strip mall and also learned some settling techniques for your dog when he is out with you in public!
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A little about me, the trainer, walker, sitter extraordinaire .....
No bull about it, I love my dogs, well really I love all dogs and all dogs are lovable with the right RESPPPECT (my training methodology)
I spent 14 years in corporate retail until I finally decided to follow my passion for animal training and rescue; however, my deepest desire is to help others obtain the same loving and respectful relationship as I have with my own dogs. Please note, they didn’t all start out like the angels they are today!!
I rescued my first red nose American Staffordshire Terrier, Nala, when I was 24. Quite a leap since I never had a pet growing up but there was something about her that drew me to her in addition to heavy input from my roommate, I’m sure you know the feeling. She was about a year old, had been mistreated in some way, didn’t know how to walk on a leash and was afraid of her own shadow. She was also my first experience with dog training and I was hooked. I ended up taking her all the way through advanced agility, which was a feat given her lack of confidence when I first got her. She’s an old lady now but bosses all of my fosters around.
About a year later, by way of a family member, I ended up with my #2 gal, a Lhasa Apso/Mini Poodle mix named Stella. Quite a divesture from Nala but these two were inseparable and I got used to the idea of having a lap dog; however, in my house, just because you’re small doesn’t mean you don’t have to work and behave. I did all of her training myself, even taught her to dance!
Fast forward 8 years of harmonious companionship with the “Pittie & the Poo” as I so lovingly call them, I decided I wanted to start giving back to the animal community and began fostering with Canine Cupids, a charity organization that pulled dogs out of animal control. As of 2018, I have fostered and rehomed 12 dogs in Wisconsin and medically rehabilitated 11 through the Arizona Humane Society.
So now the million dollar question everyone always asks, how do you foster and give them back??? Well to me, getting these dogs out of a shelter, healthy, socialized, and into the arms of a loving family is the most rewarding feeling, and then there were the two I couldn’t let go and stayed with me. They are officially my foster failures (with the failure being they stayed with me) Baloo is my big head blue nose American Pit Bull Terrier took my breath away the first time I saw. He has been an interesting training journey as he was an angel until I signed his adoption papers. I used to call him the Tasmanian devil due to his leash aggression, but after a lot of work and training, I’m proud to say he passed round one of the Canine Good Citizen.
The second foster failure came to me after surviving parvo but also had a fractured lower vertebrae and was unable to walk on all fours. After some time and TLC, he was able to regain normal ambulation but due to an uncertain future, he was to be put down, and naturally I couldn't allow that so that is how I ended up with number 4, Simba, a fawn and blue American Staffie/Pit Bull.
As I said, I love dogs and I have seen my fair share of issues from severe emaciation to tick fever, from resource guarding to potty training. While many trainers will tell you about certifications or belonging to dog related membership, I believe none of that compares to hands on experience, which I have a lot of. I sincerely hope you find my history interesting and see the value I can bring to not only you and your family, but also to your furbabies.
