Serenity Canine

08/04/2024

No need to panic, just make sure they have a safe place if they need it 🐾

I have seen a hundred different articles about how to keep your dog safe during the eclipse and how it can adversely affect animals and how they may act weird and how it may interrupt their circadian rhythm and how to protect their eyes and alllllllll the things... some too weird to even acknowledge. 😵‍💫

1. Dogs don't generally stare at the sun. ☀️
2. Circadian rhythm isn't disrupted by a few minutes of darkness and I know this because my personal dogs have a blackout curtain in their room because it gets full sun and it makes the room hot. And they do not care if they're crated in the dark anytime of day. 🌙
3. Humans like to make other humans worry about nothing. 🙄

The bottom line is while some animals may have a small change in behavior, it is more likely they think a storm is coming and may want to seek safety. So if you have a dog who is skittish or sensitive to environmental changes, you would (or should) have them on leash if they aren't safely contained anyway. 🤷🏼‍♀️

03/05/2023

Knox is here for a two week board and train. He’s just a pup but doing wonderful with learning! He loves chewing while learning good house manners.

01/05/2023

Meet Winston. Bassett Rescue has taken this boy into their rescue. His owner went into the service and had to say goodbye to this sweet boy. He is here working on some more manners until his forever home is found 🥰

30/04/2023

Château was a good boy to help 13 weeks old Sailor with his down stays this morning!

01/04/2023

If your local…. Just a good reminder for everyone to check their gates/fences each time before letting your dogs out. These winds are strong and have the potential to do some damage! 🐶🐶🐶

13/03/2023

A very good reminder 💗

Puppy socialisation is NOT just about playing with other dogs.

In fact, too much uncontrolled exposure to other dogs can cause so many unintended consequences.

If you have a puppy, make sure you try to work on ALL aspects of socialisation, as listed in the bottom graphic.

03/03/2023

We all have that one..🐶😜

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26/02/2023

PLEASE, it’s so important!!!

22/02/2023

I might be guilty of this! How about you??? 🥰

07/02/2023

31/12/2022

Read carefully 🐶

Due to unfortunate messaging over the years, coupled with a lack of knowledge, and compounded by the human tendency for denial/delusion, what should be obvious and commonly accepted is anything but.

A few of the messages:
-There are no bad dogs, only bad owners. Wrong.
-Any dog can be “fixed” if you’ll get your energy right. Wrong.
-Every dog should be saved. Wrong.

The knowledge gap:
-We have a chaotic house, with lots of kids running all over, and we adopted a highly nervous but “sweet” herding breed. Bad.
-My dog challenges everyone in our family, and has bitten us all, but is great with my trainer. Bad.
-We got a guarding/working breed so it can protect the family, even though we’ve never had a dog before. Bad.

A bit of denial:
-He only bites us when we kiss/dance/move too fast/leave the house/vacuum because he had a traumatic early life. Delusion.
-She’s guards her spot on the couch, her toys, and her food, and will bite us if we get too close, but it’s only because she never had things of her own before. Delusion.
-He always growls at or bites my husband, but I’m sure he was abused by a man before I adopted him. Delusion.

Can people improve? Absolutely. Can dogs improve? Almost always. Does that mean that all fits can be made healthy and happy, or are wise? Nope. People and dogs come in many flavors, and many of these flavors work wonderfully well together, some work with certain other flavors, and some (human and dog) don’t work well at all. It’s a sad reality, but a reality nonetheless. We should be choosing the dogs we share our lives with based on an honest and informed assessment of who we are, what our lives look like, and what dog—both breed and individual personality—fits that reality best.

Ignore the silly messages, do your homework, and lose the denial.

Fairytales in dog land often end up as nightmares.