Walker's Pet Sitting and Dog Walking

06/24/2025

06/24/2025

06/23/2025

Please remember this 4th of July, fireworks are not fun for everyone. Please check city, county, and state regulations before using them. Please be safe, be kind and be considerate!

@ The Forever Dog

06/23/2025

Sadly, this healthy senior Labrador Mix named Lexie suffocated on June 17th in a chip bag leaving her family devastated. Deborah Lewis writes, "Last night, after arriving home from my trip, I tragically found my sweet, precious Lexie girl had passed away suddenly and unexpectedly. The way she passed was very traumatic to experience, but while I did know it was a risk that exists and something that happens more than we realize, I know there are still so many who have never known it to be a possibility, and due to this I want to use her passing to hopefully spread awareness and help others take whatever precautions they can for their fur babies. Though in having a dog like Lexie, who was so extremely motivated in getting into anything and everything she could, good and bad for her, and in always trying to take the most precautions I could, and being a Vet Professional, it just shows that it doesn’t matter and these freak accidents can happen to anyone at any time and very quickly. However, I still think it’s important to provide the details of her passing to at least spread the awareness to others.

Unfortunately, Lexie got herself into a bag of chips, which were on the counter at what we felt was a safe distance from her reach. She has always been a counter surfer and we have always been cautious in keeping things far enough back. I have forgotten chip bags out many times without incident, even found some ripped open I’d forgotten over the years, these things happen sometimes. Sadly, this time, Lexie, and we did not get so lucky.

Lexie somehow got this bag, that had been in the same place for over a day, and put her head into the bag to eat the chips. Unfortunately when dogs get into chip bags like this, with their heads completely in, whether they steal them from a table, the counter or an empty bag from the garbage, while they are eating and licking, the bag seals and forms a vacuum around their heads which they cannot break or get out of. This seal cuts off their oxygen supply, and sadly without being able to breathe or get out of the seal, they then pass away.

This is what happened to my Lexie girl as I found her deceased on the dining room floor with her head inside the chip bag. An accident like this leaves no one to blame, and can happen so quickly whether we are at home with them or out. I don’t like to think that she suffered, and that she simply lost consciousness while enjoying herself a delicious snack, which she sadly just then never woke up from, and that this happened quickly.

Please I urge you to be aware of the risk chip bags (or similar) can be. Ensure they are always put away in a high cupboard if you have pets, and cut open any empty ones to be thrown into the garbage. Though also, it’s important to know sometimes we just forget, or they still get them somehow, and these things can just happen.
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Pet suffocation happens daily and within minutes. Please share in honor of sweet Lexie to help spread awareness. It's our best defense against pet suffocation.
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06/23/2025

Yup. I don’t eat while I pick anymore!👨‍🌾
“This is why I soak my berries in lemon juice water. These are the Black Spotted Fruit Fly larvae that have invaded the U.S. since the 90's. Yes they are in every state. They are big enough to see in pies and cobblers. They are deep inside the berries and you don't see them when picking. The acidity of the lemon juice forces them out of the berries.”
Credit Goes To Keith Betsy Cain

06/23/2025

06/23/2025

He doesn’t need camouflage.
He is the hide and seek champion.

This tiny damselfly knows how to vanish in plain sight — by using the oldest trick in the wild playbook: stay still and let the world miss you.
Balanced perfectly on a twig, only his bulging, alert eyes betray the fact that he’s even there at all.

For a predator scanning the foliage, one blink… and he's gone.
No speed, no fight — just silence and stillness. And sometimes, that’s enough to survive.

🧠 Fun fact: Damselflies can rotate their heads and have nearly 360° vision. They often perch in narrow vertical spaces — like this — to break their outline from predators.

Sometimes the smallest creatures have the smartest strategies.

06/23/2025

Did You Know? 🐜
We’re not just ants—we’re your garden’s unsung heroes.
🌱 My colony works 24/7 aerating soil—no charge.
🍃 We recycle more organic matter than earthworms.
⛏ One colony can move 50 tons of soil a year.
🍄 We’ve been farming fungi for over 50 million years.
🧪 We communicate with 20+ chemical signals.
✨ And yes—we’re cleaner than most kitchen counters.
We’re not pests—we’re the planet’s tiniest cleanup crew.
Your crumbs? Fuel for our underground soil factory.
Respect the colony. Nature runs on the little things.

06/22/2025

06/21/2025