Take a moment to check out these Easter safety tips for your furry friends! 🐣🌷🐰
Ever wonder why dogs twitch in their sleep? While they sleep, a dog’s brain processes information and experiences from the day through dreams. Twitching is often related to active dream cycles in the brain.
Dogs experience the same dream stages as humans, - including rapid eye movement (REM). During the REM state, a dog’s eyes move around behind their closed eyelids, and the large body muscles are turned off so the dream is not physically acted out.
The part of the brain that contains these off switches is called the pons. In younger dogs, the pons may still be developing, while in older dogs it may be weakening from age. This is why twitching while sleeping occurs most commonly in younger and older dogs and less often in adult dogs.
It is often advised to not awaken a dog that is twitching in their sleep unless they are clearly in distress. A nightmare or night terror could be the cause of these involuntary movements, and they may wake up frightened. Try to avoid touching them so they don’t bite or scratch you as a result of being startled.
Zoomies (a.k.a. your dog chaotically running around in circles, dashing from room to room, or going absolutely wild) is actually a more casual synonym for the real word that describes this behavior - FRAPs - frenetic random activity periods.
Dogs do this usually when they are feeling happy or excited. No need for concern unless a kid or vase gets knocked over…
Play with me, play with me, PLAY WITH ME!!!
Who can relate??
Training tip of the week for #nationaltrainyourdogmonth!
Having a reliable recall is important if you want to allow your dog off leash outside of a fenced yard or dog park. Reliable recall is also important in the event of an emergency.
If you have any questions about recall training, call to talk to one of our trainers today!
Training tip of the week!
Paw can be a great behavior to use when you have a dog that’s timid about greeting new people. It allows them to offer a behavior instead of having someone invade their space.
Check out Woody practicing paw, and check our stories for a great outtake!
When Monday is just too hard…
When you are just too excited your mom brought home a cat for the weekend! Watch the cat’s reaction at the end…
Who wants a sneak peek of the new building at Oberlin?! Here’s a sample exam room!!
Roscoe is here to tell you it’s National Donut Day! Toy donuts are just as good as the real ones 🍩🍩.
We know there’s growing pains with our new construction at our OBERLIN location. We promise the end is near!
In the short term, we are offering a few different parking areas for our clients. There are spots approved by the City of Raleigh in front of our new building for parallel parking only (see video).
There is also parking at 1312 Oberlin (where our employees park) if you would like to use those spots.
We appreciate your patience as we finalize our new building!!
Getting swimsuit weather ready!
Peeping into Thursday like…
It’s National Popcorn Day!
Who else has a dog as good as Pablo when catching popcorn?!
One of our Oberlin clients made her cat a special carrying bag! Who needs one of these in their cat’s life?!
Happy Train Your Dog Month! Care First offers multiple options to meet your goals. Drop your dog off for the day at doggie day school, attend basic obedience classes alongside your dog, or schedule one-on-one sessions with a trainer. All options use positive reinforcement and clicker training to make training a fun experience for you and your furry friend.
Check out @spacesibe making sure she knows how to tell you that you smell! Pee-yew!!
Red rover, red rover, send one Golden over!
Kiwi, Louie, Ruby and Gus love day camp! Want to get some playtime for your pup? Call any of our locations today!
Janie chatters when she’s excited, so of course she’s chattering today!
Happy Friday!
Want a little behind the treatment rooms tour today?
Here’s the back hallway at our OBERLIN location. It will be fun to compare this to our new building in a few months!
