Lending A Paw

08/20/2023

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT 📢

We are officially located in Everett, Washington ⛰️

So excited for this new adventure, will keep you updated. Can’t wait to meet all the new doggos 🐶

05/11/2023

Life of a Labrador, a series… Coming soon…

The question is, do you have enough pictures of your dog? If not, we can help with that!
😅🙏🏼💖

04/11/2023

Dog photo dump part 1…

01/16/2023

Reiki practice🧘🏼‍♀️

On multiple dogs- this looks different per dog. BUT that’s ok! We’re achieving calm and working on their energy🦋🙏🏼

01/12/2023

Winter ❄️ 🐶

11/21/2022

Worried about your pet during the holidays? No worries there! Book with me now so we can get started.🎊🐶

The holiday is 10 to be a stressful time for everybody. Your dogs are no exception! There’s a lot of people involved, energy, new smells, and possibly other dogs. Want to know how to navigate this time of year with confidence?

give me a call, or message the phone number above! We can’t wait to get started with you. 😁✅

08/29/2022

Welcome Beesley 🐝
And sister Belle

Beesley is a rescue dog with a good amount of fear and nerves. Dad and her teenage (human) brother were having a difficult time “bonding” with her.

In these situations patience and time is key 🔑 ANY little success is a success. We’re constantly looking for progress not perfection!

Certain rescues take 2 months-2 years to completely decompress.
We’re working on Beesleys manners while she gains confidence in her new home. Meeting me at first she wanted nothing to do with me. Now that she has Brady she is much more comfortable.

These beautiful relationships take time and space. Once we give that to the dogs, worlds of possibilities open up! 🌎

07/18/2022

Amazing and successful week here for Duke Duke! Here’s a preview of what we’ve been working on… more to come! 🥰🐶✨

03/01/2022

Harper and Honey 🍯
•2 new additions to the Lending A Paw family•
So excited to work with these girls on basic leash manners 🐕

02/11/2022

Welcome Zoe ✨
To the Lending A Paw family 🐾
Zoe is a 7 month old rescue from Arkansas! She will be starting my puppy socialization program next week.
Here’s what dad has to say about her
“Her first night in her new forever home and Zoe is already on my side of the bed taking comfort on my pillows. It's now been about 2 weeks since adopting Zoe and I know we are going to be lifelong friends…with a little training help from Lailah and Lending a Paw.”
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Brady can’t wait to meet her 🐶

12/14/2021

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11/29/2021

First off…
A HUGE thank you to everyone that has been involved on this journey. ✨
•WOW this is beyond my wildest dreams. My name is getting out there thanks to my employer and fellow friends and family. I’m getting inquiries through my website and this is all just incredible. I’m truly blessed 🥲
I was not expecting my brand/company to grow and quickly as it has. •
🎄So this year for Christmas I am asking for business donations, these costs include…
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1. Equipment-training/office
2. Insurance Business/Pet
3. Business License
4. Legal
5. LLC costs
6. Website Management
7. Merchandise
8. Business Cards
9. Advertising
10. Training Courses/Education
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The list goes on-
I don’t NEED anything today. I personally have everything I’ve ever wanted. 😍
However in order for me to continue building this brand and my company i would truly benefit from these things^^

🤗 ANYTHING makes a difference in my situation. Work is extremely inconsistent due to the holidays and the current pandemic. However I want to continue on this journey and providing you all with the best experience I can possibly give ♥️☀️ we will see where this goes.

I’m beyond excited for this journey and am so baffled at how far we’ve come since August. Again thank you all you’re truly wonderful and I couldn’t ask for better clients/support systems at this time 😭♥️
First picture is my business Venmo information. Any questions please message me 🐕

https://venmo.com/code?user_id=3388922369409024362

11/19/2021

Before and after taking a nibble 🐾 🐶 his tail was wagging so hard when I got to the car 💕 thanks again girls!

11/10/2021

Cedar💯
this little guy has been working on basic obedience. We’ve covered recall, leash manners, and proper socialization over the course of six weeks. He’s doing so wonderful! Now to set these new habits into place. 🐕 he’s a very happy go lucky guy. Cedar is so excited to be alive. He’s always ready for a treat! He moved up here from Texas and has been acclimating very nicely.

11/04/2021

Badger ⚡️
Roger is currently learning leash manners. A Labrador retriever and it’s finest. He is such a love and only wants to please. Very excitable we’re also working on shopping. He is a very quick learner. I taught him how to go around me to get into the field decision within five minutes. He is a silly puppy and less with anything and everything in his mouth. Such a great boy to be around! A big lug, if you ask me 🐕 overall a very well rounded pup! I’ll admit I get excited when I see him, he’s soo cute 🥰

10/26/2021

Farris✨👑

Brady made a new friend today!
6 month old mix at .maine

This little lady is very shy and scared. She was brought to the rescue about a month ago. All of her brothers got adopted. Farris did not due to her fear behavior 🥲
Brady and I met with Farris today to teach her not everyone is scary. A home and other puppy can be fun! We’re going to visit her and work on socializing/decompression. 🐕

Brady-“These are mommy’s favorite things to train.”

This dog is exactly like Brady except a female. All of her behaviors are exactly the same. I’m happy Brady and I have the opportunity to help her 💕

After 45 mins of walking beside her with Brady…she decided to come up to me and climb onto my lap. We stayed there for a bit while she smelled my face and stayed on me🥰 I was honored. Can’t wait to visit her again!

This is why I do what I do. Dogs and cases like this.

10/24/2021

🐶 Pupdate…•Brady James•

As a dog Walker through I get a good amount of questions/comments about Brady.
Of course, I love it. He’s my world 🌎 working with him and training him has been a huge part of my life. Granted, I’ve only had him for 2 years. However…the dogs I had before him paved the way. For me to be able to do the training and intuitive work I do now, he helps. I definitely think he trains other dogs. In a sense-
•he knows how to set boundaries with dogs. This is HUGE!
•He lets other dogs know what he is ok with, during a greeting/play etc.
•he adjusts his play style to the dog he is with. Again huge! He is more gentle with the smaller dogs/puppies.
•he is confident enough to show me when he’s had enough

Knowing your dog, as he or she is, is a big deal. Your dog relies on you to advocate for them when they can’t do it themselves. They are always asking 3 things-
Can you control him?
Can you control yourself?
Can you control the environment?
taught me this^

English is a second language to them. Learning their body language and how they communicate, is apart of building that relationship foundation with your dog 🐕

Of course I’m proud of him, he’s come a really long way. Clients tell me
“my dog loves your dog”
“I was just telling my family how much we love Brady”
“He is very well behaved”

I’m with him everyday. I see the other side of it too 😅 he’s in a teenager phase, where he questions my authority. It’s funny, BUT gets in the way during certain situations. He trusts me not to put him in a dangerous/stressful situation. I never want to set him up to fail. There’s no point, it won’t teach him anything. That’s why sometimes in my training I take things slower. “Slow and steady wins the race”
“Speed is the ENEMY of balance”
All very true. He wouldn’t be who he is today with out the patience and time I allowed myself to give him.
It was hard! I was so excited to have a puppy for the first time 😬My emotions were constantly heightened with him. Learning to control my emotions has helped me live my life better.
He’s wonderful and I’m grateful. Now that we know better, we do better.

10/15/2021

This is Janie ✨

I met this pup through ♥️ mom had wanted us to work on her puppy socialization. Claiming that she was a very nervous dog yet very spunky once she got to know you.
When I met with mom this dog was no where to be found.
• I’m prepared to take it slow. Again working in Rescue before I know some dogs just take time. Mom left us together on the back porch to figure things out. I’ve decided to position myself on the further end of the porch, in a chair.

_30 mins later_ I had eased myself onto the ground and she eventually thought it was ok to lay next to me. This all happened SLOWLY over the course of that half hour.

Now, 30 minutes later we have some form of progress. I know now that was her comfort level. I’ve known this from working with plenty of dogs and everyone is different 🐶 AGAIN my dog took over a week to come up to me by himself.

at this point I knew what I was working with and came prepared the following time. After discussing with mom, I decided the best decision would be to bring my dog for the following walk/appointment. These pictures I was only able to get due to my dog being in the general vicinity.

Janie did a complete 180 meeting my dog, Brady. 🥰Next time we met-She was up and ready to meet me at the door🐾Crying, shaking with excitement at seeing I had a friend for her. She has now socialized twice with my dog and in that short amount of time…
-She has came up to me and licked me
-Walked for me on a leash
-Played with me by herself
And taken plenty of tasty treats 👅 from my hands 🙌🏼 ✨

To me this work is progress never perfection. Some people ask “what’s the point? Why wait so long?” People have anxiety, DOGS have anxiety, PTSD and need patience love and understanding just as much as people do. This is why I love what I do. To see results like this and to know that these dogs have a chance in this world and a chance at calming down and just BEING A DOG 🐕 ♥️🙌🏼 that’s my PSA. thanks for allowing me to do what I love 💕

10/14/2021

Here's the beginning of something great! my instagram is much more active. Thank you to everyone whose been a part of this journey! :) super excited for the year to come!

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