South Shore Dog Squad

27/08/2024

happy national dog day!

22/08/2024

ain’t that the truth !! 👏🏻👏🏻

Supporting another’s success in the dog world won’t ever dampen your own.

📸 >> instagram.com/doghandlerssay

21/08/2024

you’re welcome.

19/08/2024

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10/08/2024

foster girly still doesn’t have an official name, it’s so hard to decide! she’s really coming out of her shell showing me her personality and is just so sassy and fun! she’s around 6 months old, doing really well in the crate, rides great in the car crate, has been playing in new environments, wanting to explore and is just so dang cute! 🥹 I will share when she is ready for adoption, just wanted to whip up a little something to get her cute face on the feed 😍

07/08/2024

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Best tip I can give you if you want a reliable recall with your dog?

Stop giving him reasons to NOT want to come back to you.

So often we call our dogs and do the following -

- bring them inside
- crate them
- put them back on leash
- physically pet them and hug them (a lot of dogs reaallllly don't like this even though WE do!)
- take something from them
- check them for ticks
- wipe their eye boogers
- remove them from the fun

If you've done one or any of these, you've taken a huge deduction out of your dogs "recall account" balance. YES, EVEN IF YOU USED FOOD WHEN THEY CAME BACK! Food - even though very rewarding - is rarely as reinforcing as freedom to dog!

There are many other factors to help you have a reliable recall with your dog, but this is the most important one of them all. STOP calling your dog and then doing something they don't find reinforcing, even if you treat them anyway. Often times, the food very quickly becomes not worth it to your dog, and you find yourself at 5am on your porch in your bathrobe screaming "COME!" rattling a bag of treats just to up the ante more and more, only to have your dog look at you like "Yeah, no, I've been there before human - see ya!"

Build your recall account by calling your dog, rewarding them, and then letting them GO BACK to whatever they were doing before, and do that many more times than times that you actually do have to stop their fun. Walk over while they are chewing on a stick, toss them a treat and tell them what a great find it is, and then walk away. Teach your dog that coming to you, having cool stuff around you (water logged stick, a soggy ball they just found etc) doesn’t always mean their fun is over and you’re going to remove them or the item.

While doing all this, if you’re not sure that your dog is safe to be off leash or reliable DONT let them off leash. Use a long dragline, even in the yard, so you can just bring them to you rather than chase them around or run the risk of them taking off.

Reliable recall doesn’t just happen. It takes time and patience and lots of repetitions. Keep treating, keep letting them have fun, keep your sense of humor!

-Helen St. Pierre

02/08/2024

tell to stop bein so cute!

27/07/2024

The sky got moodier and moodier 😝

26/07/2024

😍🐾

25/07/2024

Just the cutest crew 🥹

04/07/2024

Happy Fourth of July 🇺🇸🤩

01/07/2024

😍

01/07/2024

🤍

29/06/2024

Squad.

27/06/2024

pretty skies and pretty boys

27/05/2024

🇺🇸🫡

24/05/2024

Grocery stores are NOT pet friendly. Only task trained service animals are allowed into grocery stores for health and safety reasons. In the US, places that sell open food cannot be pet friendly.

Under the ADA, emotional support is not a task and ESAs are not service dogs.

23/05/2024

BOOKS ARE FULL FOR MAY, JUNE & JULY ! We have very limited boarding spots available for August & September for dogs that have boarded before but will be taking much needed family time which is blocked off in orange on the calendar. Feel free to request boarding dates through petpocketbook or send an email to [email protected]. 🖤🐾

20/05/2024

There will be no structured daycare or day school for June 25th - June 27th, July 4th- July 11th, July 29th - August 1st & August 12th - August 16th! Boarding that has been booked during these dates as well as regular pack walks will be business as usual 😎

19/05/2024

Here is our service pricing breakdown as well as pack walk pricing changes that will be effective starting June 10th! We appreciate you all so much and want to continue providing your dogs with the best care. Thank you all for supporting this lil awesome biz 🤩

16/05/2024

This legendary man is 11 today! 🥳🎉

12/05/2024

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05/05/2024

The grass is greener under my wiener

05/05/2024

26/04/2024

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Might get some hate for this one but here goes nothing…

We do not recommend EVER leaving power breeds home alone together.

I can’t even begin to count how many horror stories I’ve heard about people coming home to seriously injured or dead dogs.

I don’t care if your dogs are best friends, if their genetic make-up includes breeding for animal aggression, they should never be trusted alone together.

Don’t even come at me saying that “it’s all about how you raise them”. If that’s what you truly believe, you’ve just gotten lucky with dogs that were easy.

Most people have never witnessed a real dog fight and trust me when I say you don’t want to!

22/04/2024

Yes 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

I wish I knew who created this ❤️ If it’s a shirt I’d love to buy it!

Edit: we think we found the creator IG: .thecozylabel

Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/thecozylabel/?etsrc=sdt&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0BMQABpiTh9C-bIzA-F5FQu1VhZh6xkCr0L39lXpsrFUeEIupt2FGc4AWaHjAu6Q_aem_AXxEdcu6DU6Ts2kTkfbRDUvnlZvS4Km0wwote1BoywJ1kb7OBNWmgMjJV4VzPO6GzCA&load_webview=1&bid=ov_FVd5WLWPISRquGlSq7Sh3nnGl

22/04/2024

Limited spots available for boarding May 20th - June 17th!

We have scattered availability throughout the summer so if you’re in need of boarding and have boarded with us before, you can request through Petpocketbook or send an email to [email protected]. 😊

20/04/2024

THIS!!

11/04/2024

Just flexin on the gram with my besties.