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Gulliver's Groom and Board I've spent the last 24 years working with dogs. I am also fluent in rescue, rehabilitating, and rehoming. nutrition, Reiki, and E.O.'s 🐾
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I am a professional certified groomer and offer a personalized, comfortable stay for your pet during your time away. Reiki Healing, Nutritional Counseling, Essential Oils for Dogs, Dog Grooming, Pet Sitting, Dog Walking, Doggie Check-ins

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13/10/2024

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A Letter from the Rainbow Bridge
Hi, Mom, Dad,
Now that I’ve been across The Rainbow Bridge for a couple weeks, they said I should write a letter home. Sorry, Mom but I’m so busy ‘across the bridge’ that I haven’t thought of home much. They said it’s okay and that you would understand. I hope you do. (I think you will.)
Remember that night when I wasn’t feeling very well and we were all crying? I don’t remember much, but I do remember seeing and hearing all of you and feeling your touches and hugs…I remember hearing “we love you” and that one last command of “Go through”. I didn’t know what you meant, so I turned around and walked through the fog that was in front of me. I saw the biggest bridge I’ve ever seen! And so many friends on the other side of it! They were all playing with toys and balls! You were right to tell me to go there!
My feet kept moving forward, but my heart kept pulling me back. Your touches became lighter and lighter and I wanted to come back and nudge your hands for more love, but I was overcome by this feeling of curiosity for the happy place over the bridge! My feet started moving on their own, like a gentle breeze was moving them forward for me! I can’t explain it, but I had no doubt that it was the right thing to do!
So, I walked across that big, huge bridge by myself! I looked for you, because you’re always by my side, walking with me, but this was different. I didn’t have a collar around my neck or a leash connecting me to you ~ I was ‘free’! Even though you weren’t there with me, I never felt alone! I actually felt like I had a huge cape of love wrapped around my body and the more I walked, the easier it was to breathe! So, I kept walking! And I would feel more warmth in the big hug, so I kept on walking! I eventually made it over the big bridge – I did it by myself, mom. When I got here, all of my new friends greeted me and helped me walk off the bridge ~ it was so cool! They gave me a pair of wings and said that I was now a Guardian Angel!
What I’ve learned over these past few weeks has been amazing and nothing like I’ve seen before! We’re all the same up here ~ we all have wings and we all have Forever People to watch over ~ that’s YOU, mom !You’re my Forever Person and I’m your Forever Dog! We had such a great life together and I do miss you a LOT, but please know that I am so happy in my new home across The Bridge!
I’ll send you another Earth Angel so you won’t be alone. Give them your whole heart, like you gave it to me. I’ll check in every so often to make sure they treasure your love ~ I always did! When you miss me, think of a rainbow and know I’m on the other side of it, waiting to walk with you again. I’ll always be in your heart. I love you, mom!
Time for me to go play...
Credit: Charles Putney
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08/10/2024
25/09/2024

Every time rescue is asked to take an owner surrender- we have to somehow make room on our little raft for that dog. When an owner says stuff like “I don’t have time to give them the best life” or “I have to move” or “they have too much anxiety” it really falls flat because that means if we bring them on the raft, another dog out there in the freezing water gets to die.

Every day in rescue we adjudicate life and death by gate keeping who can get on the boat.

Rescues and shelters are the tiny rescue boats.

The ship is our community at large.

The iceberg is comprised of puppy mills, careless owners, backyard breeders, and a$$hats who won’t spay/neuter.

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This is absolutely disgusting, and I ALWAYS tell people to avoid buying puppies from the AMISH!!!!!!!
21/09/2024

This is absolutely disgusting, and I ALWAYS tell people to avoid buying puppies from the AMISH!!!!!!!

26/08/2024

Happy International Dog Day!!! 🐕 🐾❤️

Dog vs Skunk? DO NOT PUT WATER ON YOUR DOG! The skunk spray is an oil, combat oil with oil. Grab a bottle of conditioner...
06/08/2024

Dog vs Skunk? DO NOT PUT WATER ON YOUR DOG! The skunk spray is an oil, combat oil with oil. Grab a bottle of conditioner, saturate your dog with the conditioner, let it set 10 minutes and the rinse thoroughly. This is by far the best skunk odor remover ever! The odor goes down the drain with the conditioner. 😁 You're welcome. 🦨

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04/08/2024

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Everyone who is thinking of getting dogs should read this because you need to understand this reality:

***I am a 21st century dog.***
-I'm a Malinois.
Overskilled among dogs, I excel in all disciplines and I'm always ready to work: I NEED to work.
But nowadays I get asked to chill on the couch all day everyday.

-I am an Akita Inu.
My ancestors were selected for fighting bears.
Today I get asked to be tolerant and I get scolded for my reactivity when another approaches me.

-I am a Beagle.
When I chase my prey, I raise my voice so the hunters could follow.
Today they put an electric collar on me to shut up, and you make me come back to you - no running - with a snap of your fingers.

-I am a Yorkshire Terrier.
I was a terrifying rat hunter in English mines.
Today they think I can't use my legs and they always hold me in their arms.

-I'm a Labrador Retriever.
My vision of happiness is a dive into a pond to bring back the duck he shot to my master.
Today you forget I'm a walking, running, swimming dog; as a result I'm fat, made to stay indoors, and to babysit.

-I am a Jack Russell.
I can take on a fox, a mean badger, and a rat bigger than me in his den.
Today I get scolded for my character and high energy, and forced to turn into a quiet living room dog.

-I am a Siberian Husky.
Experienced the great, wide open spaces of Northern Europe, where I could drag sleds for long distances at impressive speeds.
Today I only have the walls of the house or small garden as a horizon, and the holes I dig in the ground just to release energy and frustration, trying to stay sane.

-I am a border collie
I was made to work hours a day in partnershipwith my master, and I am an unmistakable artist of working with the herd.
Today they are mad at me because, for lack of sheep, I try to check bikes, cars, children in the house and everything in motion.

I am ...
I am a 21st century dog.
I'm pretty, I'm alert, I'm obedient, I stay in a bag...but I'm also an individual who, from centuries of training, needs to express my instincts, and I am *not* suited for the sedentary life you'd want me to lead.
Spending eight hours a day alone in the house or in the garden - with no work and no one to play or run with, seeing you for a short time in the evening when you get home, and only getting a small toilet walk will make me deeply unhappy.
I'll express it by barking all day, turning your yard into a minefield, doing my needs indoors, being unmanageable the rare times I'll find myself outside, and sometimes spending my days sunk, sad, lonely, and depressed, on my pillow.
You may think that I should be happy to be able to enjoy all this comfort while you go to work, but actually I’ll be exhausted and frustrated, because this is absolutely NOT what I'm meant to do, or what I need to be doing.
If you love me, if you've always dreamed of me, if my beautiful blue eyes or my athletic look make you want me, but you can't give me a real dog's life, a life that's really worth living according to my breed, and if you can't offer me the job that my genes are asking, DO NOT buy or adopt me!
If you like the way I look but aren't willing to accept my temperament, gifts, and traits derived from long genetic selection, and you think you can change them with only your good will, then DO NOT BUY OR ADOPT ME.
I’m a dog from the 21st century, yes, but deep inside me, the one who fought, the one who hunted, the one who pulled sleds, the one who guided and protected a herd still lives within.
So think **very** carefully before you choose your dog. And think about getting two, rather than one, so I won't be so very lonely waiting for you all day. Eight or ten hours is just a workday to you, but it's an eternity for me to be alone.

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Because dogs are better than humans.
02/08/2024

Because dogs are better than humans.

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Hi, my name is Jennifer and I am the owner of The Happy Dog Paw! All of my adult life I have been a multiple dog owner and upon moving to northern Michigan in 2000 I was in need of a new dog groomer as traveling from Northern Michigan back to the suburbs of Detroit to have my dogs groomed was an inconvenience, to say the least. After trying a couple of groomers in the area I felt defeated and I decided that I was going to go to school, learn how to groom and groom them myself. So I went back down to the suburbs of Detroit and I attended the Academy of Dog grooming in Mt. Clemens. Upon obtaining my certification I was able to save myself some money and groom my dogs, then my families dog, and some friends dogs and then the neighbors dogs and before I knew it, just through word of mouth I had enough clients that I was busy 4 days a week and decided to open a small grooming business in order to provide my services to the small community in which I resided. I lived on 5 acres of land which allowed me to board. Which was not going to be the typical cold cement in and out run surrounded by chain link fence, not on my turf! Dogs were going to be treated like family with me! I offered a temperature controlled, safe, loving, cozy environment with a nature trail, play times, personal interaction and exercise fit for each individual dog from puppies to seniors…The dogs are my family when they stay with me and I love them the same as you do, with a T.V. Comfortable bedding and a wind/turn down quiet time service as to prepare for a good night’s sleep. In 2008 I became a northern Michigan Representative for Dachshund Rescue of North America which was driven by my passion for helping our four-legged friends out of situations of neglect, abuse, relinquishment; puppy milled etc… dogs… It was my job to rescue, Rehabilitate and re-home each and every dog that came to me through, shelters, surrenders etc…. It was then that I felt I needed to obtain a training certification in order to better help these dogs behave so that they would be more adoptable and find them forever homes. I obtained my Training certification in 2009 and it was then with my education I could curb bad behavior, train older dogs new tricks and stop bad behaviors. This also led to the additional training services that I could offer through the grooming business. In 2010 I opened my brick and Mortar store in downtown Grayling where I sold 5 and 6-star dog food, eco-friendly toys, collars, leashes, life preservers, strollers, clothing, offered all natural treats etc…. It was at that time I gained a lengthy in-depth education on canine nutrition. It was nice to be able to solve problems with a dogs diet so the clients did not have to run to the vet, which can be very costly, for simple food allergies, overweight dogs, behavior issues and etc… In 2013, unfortunately, due to a divorce and financial issues, I had to close my brick and mortar store front and go back to grooming and boarding only. I also had to stop the rescue as it takes a large chunk of income to do. However, This has happily led me to where I am today. Summer of 2018 with the experience of 18 years of grooming , 9 years of behavior modification and training, 8 years of nutritional education, 3 years of doggy day care, 3 years of essential oils for your pet, and 3 years of Reiki healing Energy for your pet; I am launching my new and improved business in Traverse City Michigan. Happy to be here! Looking forward to many successful years to come! Thank you all for your unwavering support! Jennifer