Hoof and Paw

All the pups begging Belle for some chips! Hoof and Paw offers boarding for your pups while you’re away. During their time with us, they are family! Having a house full of dogs is a handful, but it brings me immense joy to see all the puppers feeling so at home with us! My clients are an extension of my family and I love getting the extended chance to cuddle and kiss them (the dogs 😂)! Cooper has stayed with us many times and sometimes hangs out for “daycare”! His last stay was for four days and he was happy to have made some new friends! Moose and Timber stayed with us for the first time for 12 days! They are actually family 💕 ***Disclaimer: Pets must get along well with other pets! Boarders are kept separate from grooming clients. #hoofandpaw #hoofandpawpetservices #happetservices #petservicesnj #dogboardingnj #familyowned #familyownedandoperated #southjerseysmallbusiness #dogboarder #dogboardingbusinessnj #southjerseypets #southjerseypetservices #southjerseydogboarding #southjerseypetsitting #southjerseydogs #southjerseydogservice #clientsarefamily #southjerseypetsitter #southjerseybusiness

Facebook will only allow me to post one video at a time, keep your eyes peeled for other shots from Ahisma Acres! Belle and I had such a wonderful time caring for the lovable farm critters for Jena and Anthony! Featured: Harry the sheep giving lots of lick/chews as I pluck his shedding wool! Harry was such a trip throughout the sitting. He firmly believes he should be the center of attention at all times! 😂 If you are a farm owner in need of a vacation, but fear there is no one you can trust to care for your critters while you are away, then fear no more! Give Hoof and Paw a call, we’ll put your mind at ease so you can finally get some R&R!!

I got to SIT in the saddle yesterday. We’ve got a long road ahead of us, getting this girl back into work and ready for lessons with Belle! And I’m too excited to dive into it!! She’s L A Z Y after no work for a pretty long time and nervous about most things. Every visit consists of grooming, a little exercising, and hand walking the trails behind the barn. Well at least make a good trail horse out of her! #happetservices #hoofandpaw #petservices #horsesofinstagram #redroan #redroanmare #quarterpony #horsetraining #backinthesaddle

Missy update! We decided to treat her with Doxycycline - one of the antibiotics used to treat tick borne illnesses. She had tested positive in 2018 for Lyme and Erhlichiosis. At the time she was asymptomatic, but we treated her with a month long course of Doxy anyway. Last week, Missy had experienced some front limb lameness that went away within 24 hours. I’d chalked it up - at the time - to her playing too roughly with my mom’s dog the day it started. Front limb lameness is often a sign of tick borne illness, too. Due to the recent lameness so close to her episode, we ran a 4Dx snap test (checks for heartworm, Lyme, erlichiosis, and anaplasmosis). It is not uncommon for dogs that have been previously diagnosed and treated for tick borne illnesses to continue to pop positive for it for several years. Considering all other diagnostics were normal, we figured a course of doxycycline couldn’t hurt, and she’s IMPROVING! Last night she was lifting her head. This morning she wobbled her way outside to go potty and make herself comfortable on the couch. She’s still not eating very much, her movements are still very unsteady, and she’s spent most of her day sleeping. But any improvement is excellent in my book! I’m beyond thrilled to see her tail wagging and her lifting her own head at the sound of my voice again. Hopefully, she will be back to her normal self in a week or so!! Thank you to the doctors and staff at the @animalclinicofmillville Your exceptional care for all of your patients (and their humans!) is what makes your practice so great! Thank you to everyone who has reached out and kept Missy in their thoughts. Your support is very much appreciated! 💜💜

A little slo-mo blow drying turning my bathroom into a black lab hair globe 😂 Be on the lookout for my video explaining the deshed treatment process where I’ll go over the steps and products I use! #happetservices #hoofandpaw #petservices #doggrooming #doggroomer #doggroomersofinstagram #doggroominglife #doggroomers #doggroomerlife #doggroom #deshed #desheddingtreatment #deshedding #desheddingglove #desheddingseason #furminator @furminator_inc @depalmarealtyllc

Stall mucking tutorial ft. Annabelle 💜 Happy Monday y’all! Expect to see lots of farm content this week! Belle was super helpful while at @eqwineequities on Saturday and really wanted to assist in content creation for the page! She agrees that we need to get the word out better about our farm services! Extended Sittings are one of the many services I provide! While the owner of Eqwine Equities has been in Ocala competing since January, I’ve been assisting her daughter three days a week with the care of the six horses who didn’t travel down to Florida. Sophia will be returning soon and Belle and I will be wrapping this job up. I’ll miss seeing all the wonderful horses there and I’ll have to start exercising again once I’m no longer doing stalls three days a week! Be on the look out this week for more farm tutorials with Belle, some amateur videography, some great looking horses, and a little back story on why I started Hoof and Paw! - - - - - #happetservices #hoofandpaw #petservices #mompreneur #familyowned #familyownedbusiness #familyownedandoperated #smallbusinessowner #smallbusinesslove #womanownedbusiness #farmservices #farmsitting #farmsitter #farmhand #muckingout #muckingstalls #muckingstallslikeaboss #muckingstallsisafullbodyworkout #hardworkingkid #kidsatwork #takeyourdaughtertoworkday #horses #horsesofinstagram #horsefarm #horsefarms #farmlife #farmlifestyle #equestrian #equinecare #equinelife #equinelove

Prep work with Cooper!

In this video, I’m doing a sanitary trim and cleaning out the paw pads. Cooper and I have worked on these aspects of the service during his puppy trims. Notice how I’m constantly, gently reminding him to stand back up. Groomers need dogs to stand in order to get a balanced cut and be able to get to all areas of the dog. I put a ton of focus on training my grooming clients to be comfortable on the table and understand proper table behavior. With time, consistency, and a whole lot of patience I teach my groom dogs that the table means business and there is a certain way to act while on the table. This training with me during grooms is also beneficial to creating easy and calm veterinary appointments! I’ll post again, later, a video of me introducing the table to Ms. Cookie last week - it was TERRIFYING to her 🥺

Prep work with Cooper! In this video, I’m doing a sanitary trim and cleaning out the paw pads. Cooper and I have worked on these aspects of the service during his puppy trims. Notice how I’m constantly, gently reminding him to stand back up. Groomers need dogs to stand in order to get a balanced cut and to be able to get to all areas of the dog. I put a ton of focus on training my grooming clients to be comfortable on the table and understand proper table behavior. With time, a whole lot of patience, and consistency I teach my groom dogs to understand that the table means business and there is a certain way to act while on the table. This training with me during grooms is also beneficial to calm, successful veterinary appointments! I’ll post again, later, a video of me introducing Ms. Cookie to the table - it was TERRIFYING to her 🥺

What exciting things do you guys have on your schedules for this lovely Monday? I’ve got a busy day ahead me, but those are my favorite kind of days! I’m looking forward to seeing all the creatures I have scheduled today and spending most of the day outside! AND I get to end my day with some pulled pork - YUMMY! I hope everyone has a wonderful Monday! Give your four legged kids lots of kisses and squishes from Miss Jess today💜💜