For the Love of Paws Grooming

23/06/2024

Great article!

If you can earn a dog’s trust, even the most wildly behaving pups become infinitely easier to handle on the grooming table. Fear and anxiety are the root...

21/12/2023

21/12/2023

11/12/2023

Your weekly reminder not to add these to your Christmas shopping lists this year - (or EVER)! 🎄
Although rawhide chews come in lots of fun shapes and sizes, your dog can easily chew off and swallow large pieces, leading to a potential choking hazard or intestinal obstruction. What’s even worse is how rawhide is created: rawhides are a by-product of the leather industry and are often washed and sterilized with a variety of (often harmful) chemicals, such as sodium sulfide, lime, chromium salts, bleach, and hydrogen peroxide. It is then molded and dyed to form what you see in pet stores today.
Please avoid them at all cost, no matter how pretty they market them! ☠️

29/11/2023

I miss you more than life 🥹💔

25/09/2023

I am please to say I have completed the fear free certification course and am now a Fear Free Certified Professional ☺️ Your pet's comfort and happiness is first and foremost for me and I strive and have always strived to make their grooming experience calm and one free of fear. I now have a few more tools in my knowledge tool box to help in that goal. 🐶🐱❤️

15/08/2023

Signs of burned paws:
limping, refusing to walk, licking and chewing feet, blisters or redness on paw pads, darkened pads, and part of pads missing.

Helpful Tips:
Take walks on natural grass. Walk in the shade. Walk during the coolest hours of the day (usually early morning and late evening).

Being mindful of your pet's paws will help keep them happy and safer!

30/07/2023

Always 🧡

17/07/2023

Even when you think the temperature is OK or feels fine to you, your fur kid may feel very differently. Animals don't sweat like humans, so they heat up a lot quicker than we do. Their primary source of cooling down is through panting which is wildly inefficient when exposed to too much heat!

The #1 cause of heatstroke in dogs is leaving them in a vehicle! Never-ever leave a dog in a car even on a mild day. While you're in the air-conditioned store grabbing a few things, your car is quickly turning into an oven. Dogs can suffer brain damage and die from heatstroke.

Helpful Tips: Walk in the early morning and late evening when it is cooler. Carry water with you. Limit exercise on hot days. Avoid surfaces that absorb heat, like asphalt, pavement, metal, sand, and car seats. These materials absorb heat from the sun and can stay hot for hours (even after the sun has gone down). Temperatures on these surfaces can exceed 145° F‼️

Keep your fur kids cool! Fans, ice cubes, frozen treats, kiddie pools, and sprinklers can all help keep the kids cool on hot days.

Make sure fresh water and a cool place to rest is available at all times. xo

12/07/2023

Come see you this Saturday at the Salem Saturday Market we'll be there from 9 am-2 pm

03/07/2023

29/05/2023

Remembering all those who died while serving.
Andy's Paw Prints

11/05/2023

Pets Island 🐾

01/01/2023

Happy New Year! 🎉🐶

26/12/2022

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! I appreciate each and every one of you! 🫶🏼

25/12/2022

Merry Christmas everyone ☺️🎄❣️🐶

08/11/2022

"18 years old they came and left her at the shelter saying they can't take care of her anymore. It's hard with their jobs. That day, I had gone there to do a photo shoot of animals so they could be adopted more easily. I will never forget her sadness . I immediately hugged her and promised her that everything will be fine. Since then we live together. I asked to take a picture of us to show that animals have feelings. They feel sadness, joy, pain, love, disappointment. I wish we become a society with more empathy"
❤️❤️❤️❤️

08/11/2022

😳😂😂

"FOUND: Cat was on my porch this morning. Ate 3 big cans of tuna. Was muddy from the rain, so I gave him a bath.

07/11/2022

Wow!!!!

07/11/2022

😭💔💔

♦️Seeing the sea one last time...

The seriously ill dog Moon was always happiest by the sea. On her 22nd birthday, her people took her to her beloved beach again. They said goodbye there and she died with one last look at the sea, the good salty air on her nose, the sound of the waves and in the arms of her always loving family. ❤

16/07/2022

Fawna 💗 she is 15 yrs old….but she is really spry, likes walks and napping. She needs a loving retirement home to be loved and cuddled. She is sweet little lady only little grumpy when you touch her feet. She takes a bit to warm up. She will do a a walk circle dance, when it’s time for a walk. Her owner passed away and Fawna needs a new momma love her and spend her days with. Apply at www.hopeshavenfriends.org

16/07/2022

Join our group Pets Island 🐾

11/06/2022

Most definitely! ☺️

07/06/2022

These are great tips to help protect your doxies back from IVDD. I would just add not allowing them to be overweight to the list. Your doxie should have an hourglass shape. Should not look like a tootsie roll. Extra weight puts significant pressure on their backs.