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01/10/2024

In honor of candy 🍭 season 👻🎃 how about a of my favorite kind of The kind that does make you fat 🤣🐶💕🙌
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28/08/2024

Happy National Dog Day today and every day!!! 🐾
May you be so lucky to have the unconditional love 💕 of a dog 🐶🐾

16/08/2024

Friday Photo Dump….. Enjoy your weekend 🙌📸🐶

24/07/2024

Have a zest for life and keep it easy peasy lemon squeezy 🍋💫💃💕🥰

04/07/2024

🇺🇸🙌 Land of the Free 🇺🇸🙌
🇺🇸Because of the brave 🙌💪🇺🇸
🇺🇸 HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY 🇺🇸

24/06/2024

Summer bestie 🙌🧸☀️

16/06/2024

✨Happy Father’s Day’s ✨to all the Dads out there and a special Thank You to my husband for taking care of our pupsters, so I could go to Spain 🇪🇸 with Grant! I couldn’t have done it without you!! 💕

07/06/2024

This is such a good read about dog behavior and ownership! It’s worth the read!

I was having this conversation today with a client and I thought it was worth outlining here for anyone else who needs to hear this:

IT IS NORMAL (AND RESPONSIBLE) TO HAVE TO MANAGE YOUR DOG IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS.

What do we mean by 'manage'? We mean by changing their environment or limiting their interaction within an environment in order to keep them from "behaving inappropriately" (in our eyes).

Very typical examples:

🐾 Using a long line on walks
🐾 Shutting dogs away when deliveries come
🐾 Leaving your dog at home when you go somewhere
🐾 Keeping them on lead in some situations
🐾 Keeping them away from the table at meal times
🐾 Keeping them from approaching certain dogs
🐾 Not giving them their ball with other dogs around
🐾 Not putting their food bowl near anothers
🐾 Keeping them on lead around kids

The list could go on and on and on.

I don't know a single person who doesn't have to manage their dog in certain situations because dogs are DOGS. They aren't mini humans who can be reasoned with: "just share your toys with your friend, they're not going to take them away". Dogs are a straight thinking species: I want this, I don't want that, I need this, I am scared of losing that and so on.

It's a real error to assume that our dogs showing any degree of discomfort in a situation is a dog that needs to be "fixed". They're not broken! They're just being their real selves in a world that has REALLY HIGH expectations of them.

It's an even bigger error to assume that adding food to a situation will change anything. In some situations it can make it worse. Counter conditioning is NOT always the answer. Many of my clients have found that out the hard way from previous well meaning advice.

Don't feel ashamed if your dog can't do something that Joe Blogg's dog down the street can do. I bet you Joe Blogg's dog down the street can't do something your dog CAN!

Dogs are so painfully real and honest. They aren't perfect and they never ever pretend to be.

👇🏻 Name a situation where you need to manage your dogs! I'll start:

Lucy: has to be managed around young children with leads and gates
Raggy: has to be managed around stranger dogs as has low tolerance of bounciness
River: has to be managed in the outside world altogether using a long line
Alby: has to be managed around the house as will toilet inappropriately if given the chance.

MANAGEMENT IS AS NORMAL AS SOCKS AND HOT DINNERS.

Spread the word 🐾💜

03/06/2024

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives
✨Be kind anyway
If you are successful you will win false friends and true enemies
✨Succeed anyway
If you are honest and frank people will try to cheat you
✨Be honest anyway
What you spend years building, someone could destroy it overnight
✨Build it anyway
If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous of you
✨Be happy anyway
The good you do today, will often be forgotten by tomorrow
✨Do good anyway
Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough
✨Give your best anyway
And if your puppy 🐶 chews up your plants 🪴 get new ones
🐶 the puppy stage doesn’t last long, enjoy it!

15/05/2024

Some great tips on puppy teeth and toys!

Teething is a trying time for puppies and owners. Fortunately. there is a wide choice puppy teething toys in different sizes and textures.

30/04/2024

If this was your 🐶💕 what would you name her 🤔💡🤓

28/03/2024

Eyelashes for the eyes are like yoga 🧘‍♀️ pants 👖 for the b***y 🍑🤣🐶🎉💀
Am I wrong 💀🤣?!?!

23/03/2024

Happy National Puppy Day 🐶🎉 to all my lovin 🤎🤍🐶

18/03/2024

Are these Fur-real?!