Tell me the dogs had a good time this week at the #dogeduderanch without telling me they had a good time! 🤣😂
Time to refill the toy box. There’s no stuffies left. All the squeakers have been found. lol
#dog #dogs #dogboarding #playtime #bestfriends #dogsofinstagram #dogbffs4life #destuffed #toydestroyer
After the hurricane! Puddles and friends! #Shiloh (White Shepherd mix) adoptable through @friendsoffaye and #Reggie (Brown mix) adoptable through @operationpetsalive are so Happy-E to be out playing!
#adoptable #fosteringsaveslives #fosterdogs #asoptdontshop #dontshopadopt
Hazel says it’s grooming day! Bring on the groom dogs! She supervises!
#fostercat #cat #dilutetortie #dilutetortiesofinstagram #dilutetortoiseshell #adoptdontshop #dontshopadopt #doggrooming #doggroomer
It was a beautiful day at the ranch! New puppy, Wesley, came for Day Play! He’s learning the ropes from our well behaved dogs! We don’t recommend taking puppies from their mom until 12 weeks because of all she teaches them from 6-12 weeks that make them better adjusted dogs. Unfortunately, that’s not always possible. That’s why we offer Day Play! This is different than Day Care! Day Care is a bunch of random dogs put together. Day Play is a time to, strategically, get your puppy around good dogs to learn proper manners that they missed from being with their mom. For many reasons not fully vaccinated puppies shouldn’t be out in the big world. Here we provide a safe place for socializing and desensitization to help puppies grow into confident and polite dogs. We are coupling this with in home training for mom and Wesley to be able to communicate clearer to each other for the human aspect of things. Socialization only happens up to 16 weeks. It’s imperative that puppies get this play in to learn bite inhibition and other skills to be an amazing adult dog.
Have a puppy needing Day Play? Let’s schedule a day for them to come learn! Bella (brown and white dog) would love to help your puppy learn! She loves playing surrogate mom to the hundreds of puppies she’s helped raise!
#puppy #lab #labrador #labpuppy #dayplay #puppyschool #learning
When you’re having a spa day and you get extra snuggles! Kenya can’t stand for her entire groom and Goldens are Ambrose’s favorite breed. Put the 2 together and you get the sweetest cuddle puddle while I trim her back feet and brush her tail.
#grooming #doggrooming #golden #goldenretriever #goldensofinstagram #goldenretrievers
Spring break means pool time and drinks! 🤣😂
#springbreak #poolparty #wetdog #waterdog #goldenretriever #goldensofinstagram #goldenretrieversofinstagram #ifitsisits
Winning! Zeva is here for a 2 week board and train. When dad dropped her off she nearly ripped my arm off trying to go ANYWHERE! She didn’t know where. She just needed to go.
Mom and Dad’s #1 complaint was walking/running on leash. Mom and dad are both athletes and run 4-6 miles a day. It was a danger to take her running because she had no leash skills and they would get tangled up.
For the first 3 days she was here, she walked the perimeter of the house every 5 minutes, like clockwork, going in and out of rooms. She didn’t have a relax or an off. She “worked”. That’s what this breed was meant to do. So, we started with mat work. I needed her to give me a relaxed hip and teach her that it’s ok not to “work” so I could just build a relationship with her and transition her focus to me. Then she started “working” for me and GETTING PAID with rewards (treats, praise, scratches, playing ball) for everything she did well! Once she knew what I wanted she started offering the behavior! From there we worked on not “losing her ever lovin’ mind” when she saw the leash. She “wanted that runner’s high”. We used the relax and as a reward we put the leash on. We did NOT go for a walk. Then we started desensitizing her to the Gentle Leader. As you can see, she’s still not keen on it but, she’s soooo much better! There are so many other little things we did but, that would be boring.
Mom just had major surgery so it’s important that she be able to walk her when she goes home.
Tomorrow is her last day with us and we’ll take her home and spend time with mom, dad, and the 8 year old. We’ll give them the skills they need to move forward. Mom and Dad know we’re not done here. To set her up for success, the need to complete their homework assignments so she can come back for the next level to walk and run with the leash and collar. Along, with some other manners that we’ve set the foundation for!
We’re very excited to be a p
We groomed Pico (de Gallo) for our friends over at @freedom_boarding today! He was such a good boi! With all of the rain he needed short do to keep him low maintenance in this Texas winter/spring weather mix we’re having. He was so Happy-E when he got home he ruff housed with his friends and then took a long nap!
#doggrooming #doggroomersofinstagram #groomer #newdo #newhaircut #newhair #freshhair #freshhaircut #goodboi #gooddog
Sun’s not up yet but the dogs are! Bringing in the New Year on a happy note! Playing with friends! Nanook (Husky) and Dutch (Dutch Shepherd) are #frequentfliyers and founding members of the #DDRDogs! They are having a blast with Ember (Foster Puppy) this morning!
#itstooearlyforthis #happynewyear #welcome2024 #firstsunriseoftheyear #goodmorning #morningplaytime #puppy #foster #medicalfoster #husky #shepherd #dutchshepherd
When your mom is up early getting kennels ready, for your friends that are coming to stay over the holiday, but you really didn’t want to get out of bed yet. #Shogun just wants to go back to bed. There’s lots to prep for all of the friends arriving today! We’re so excited for all of our guests to arrive!
#mightywarriors #mightywarrior #sleepydog #gobacktobed #itstooearly #prepping #holidayguests #holidayguestsarecoming #boarding #dogboarding #inhomedogboarding #training #grooming #dayplay #santaiscoming
After playing outside, and destroying enrichment, it’s nap time!😴 💤
Early mornings are for playing with our friends!
Now that Halloween is over, all of the pumpkins are $1-5!!! Go buy some for your dogs! They’ll love you for it! The dogs at the ranch will be Happ-E all day!
#enrichment #dogenrichment #funfordogs #chewtoys #dogchewtoys #pumpkin #pumkinseason #fall #funforhours
#maui #demidogofthewindandpee is not a #trickortreat partner. It interrupts his #netflixandchill time. Lol #walksniceonleash, #goodsnuggler, #comeswhencalled, #getsalongwitheveryone. If you have couch space, this guys for you!
#dontshopadopt #adoptdontshop #bestdogyoulleverhave #bestdogever #manners #naps #sleepingin
It’s going down! Rather, it’s being laid down! New floors going in the dog area! Falcon Flooring has done kennel floors for boarding facilities and are family owned and operated out of Willis, TX. We were so happy they could make this happen with the dogs in mind! Have pets? You should have them do your floors!
#newfloors #flooring #dogroom #smallbusiness #familyownedbusiness #shoplocal