Engaged Dogs; Walking & Training

06/24/2025

06/23/2025

“Here are some signs of overheating:
· Excessive Panting:
Dogs regulate body temperature through panting.
However, excessive panting, especially if accompanied by a wide-open mouth, tongue lolling out of the side, and drooling, may indicate overheating*
· Lethargy and Weakness:
If your dog appears unusually tired or weak, it may be a sign of overheating.
· Elevated Body Temperature:
Feel your dog’s ears, paws, or underbelly. If they feel excessively hot, your dog may be overheating.
· Excessive Drooling:
Dogs may drool more than usual when they are overheated.
· Rapid Heartbeat:
An abnormally fast or irregular heartbeat is a sign that your dog’s body is struggling to cope with the heat.
· Disorientation and Dizziness:
Overheated dogs may show signs of confusion, disorientation, or even collapse.”-from our blog: “Keeping Our Dogs Safe in the Summer Heat: Essential Tips for City Living”

For Engaged Services this week:
💦We will be using cooling bandanas,
☀️Sticking to shade as often as possible
💦Offering lots of cold water often
☀️Ducking into air conditioning spaces like building lobbies and community spaces for relief from the heat

06/23/2025

Rolling into Monday like…

06/22/2025

06/19/2025

Congratulations to our furiend
🐟Anchovy 🐶
on winning ‘Pet of the Month’ at
The Tides 🌊

Anchovy is a fast growing sweet and silly Bernedoodle puppy who is learning good communication skills, loose leash walking, and is working to build his confidence + neutrality with his Engaged Pack Walk’ing friends in SWDC.

06/18/2025

06/16/2025

“Dogs mirror each other, learning social norms communication, and more from each other...Dogs and human children are similar in this way.
They each watch others of their species, observe, learn, replicate.
We can utilize this knowledge to our advantage when wanting to teach our pups’ a new skill or introduce them into a new environment.
Have you used another dog to help teach your pup something?
What about to make them feel brave?
What other techniques do you utilize to build confidence in your dog?” Read more in our blog: “Puppy see, puppy do”
Website (and blog) linked in bio

06/12/2025

Petey (grey+black Terrier mix) + Harry (Tibetan Terrier,) originally had a bit of a rough start to their relationship resulting in lots of tension, big feelings, and barking.

Today to set them up for success, I picked Harry up first and set him up with a scatter feed on the patio while I collected Petey.
Petey + I took our time on the way out, letting the boys look and sniff at each other, from a respectful difference.
Once most of the big feelings seemed to dissipate and both dogs were able to engage with me and calmly check in for rewards, I threw Harry a bit more kibble and let Petey out so he had time and space to approach for further sniffspection at his own pace.
Check out the videos to learn more about how I set these boys up for success + see them go from neutral and uncaring to fast friends. 🐶🥰💙