Canine to 5

18/11/2024

Bath and nails week! Please let me know if you’d like them on the schedule between today and the 27th so they can be fresh before Thanksgiving 💦🐕

18/11/2024

Last weeks pictures for the two days we managed to cram in! We were FULL and full 🥰

14/11/2024

TRIGGER STACKING – WHEN BEHAVIOUR HAPPENS “OUT OF THE BLUE”

We’ve all had those days when nothing seems to go right and one frustrating thing after another happens to us, leaving us feeling wound up, stressed and ready to explode at the next unsuspecting person who dares to ask us something.

This “unsuspecting” person may think we have a serious behaviour problem or need anger management therapy, when the truth is that we’ve just had a really bad day or even a few bad days and don’t usually behave like this at all.

Dogs are no different and a behaviour that seems completely out of character or happens “out of the blue” is often caused by “trigger stacking”.

A trigger may be anything that increases a dog’s stress levels and has a negative impact on their emotional, mental or physical state.

These may be small things that we may not even notice or seem insignificant to us, but they are all adding to an increasing “stack” of events that may culminate in out of character behaviour.

When stress levels reach a certain point, the next stressful event, however small, may cause an explosive reaction that is completely unexpected.

Instead of just focusing on a particular behaviour and seeing it as a problem that needs to be prevented, take a step backwards, look at the bigger picture, look at events, circumstances or environmental factors that may have played a role leading up to that behaviour.

Being aware of potential stressors and allowing your dog time to decompress, relax and unwind for a few days will often mean the difference between “normal behaviour” and a behaviour that seems completely out of character.

11/11/2024

The money from baths and nails booked from now until December 6th will be donated to help support these families. It is $50 to sponsor each child, if you’d like to donate in general you can bring it to daycare with you or use the QR code on this flyer to make your donation.
You’re welcome to schedule a bath and nail time whenever it is needed, this month I have bath and nail week set from Nov 17-27th so we can have them fresh for Thanksgiving.
If you wish to shop for the family based on their wish list, please message me and I can get you into contact with someone that can help you go that route. 🥰🐕💜

09/11/2024

Thank you Canine to 5 family for support for this event. We will for sure be helping again next year 💜
There is an event coming up for Christmas, I will share those details sometime in the next week. I know it’s not normal dog content, but helping provide assistance to local families (who also have pets) is something we are passionate about. 💜

06/11/2024

Reminder that I am closed next Wednesday through Sunday. If you would like to switch days to Monday or Tuesday, please let me know. Tuesday will be extra limited as I am usually full/ almost full those days. I have space for about 6-7 dogs as of right now for Monday, though.

02/11/2024

We got to go trick or treating this week! We started Wednesday, so our Monday and Tuesday attendees still get to choose 🙃

29/10/2024

Stress and Reward-seeking Behaviors By: Eileen Koval, CDBC, CBCC-KA, CPDT-KA, MSc A major frustration for some owners is their dog’s endless energy. They repeatedly walk/run them, play fetch for hours, give constant enrichment activities. Yet, the constant high energy persists. They never seem to ...

28/10/2024

Daycare and training will be closed November 13-17. I will work on getting a newsletter with future dates off done and out this week.

26/10/2024

All of our newest friends are settling in well! Another full week of nothing but play!

21/10/2024

Don’t forget!

We are doing a drive to help with this event! For every $35 of item(s) donated you will receive half off of a day at daycare. You can bring the items to daycare with you and your pup at drop off between October 14th and November 1st. Major items they need are:
Warm blankets(not sheets), Warm winter gloves, winter hats (must be new), winter jackets and winter boots are always a hot item too!
If you have questions you can text the work number, message me here, or email me at [email protected]

AND JUST LIKE THAT IT IS THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN!!! The 9th Annual Breakfast & Blankets event for our homeless friends brought to you by the Fatherhood Encouragement Project! We are in need of some very important sponsors! We need a food sponsor! We were lucky enough to have our friend, Tisha, over at Ambiance donate and serve food last year! (Such a blessing). We also need a $1,000 hoodie sponsor for our volunteers and serve team!
Other donations we are in need of are Warm blankets(not sheets), Warm winter gloves, winter hats (must be new), winter jackets and winter boots are always a hot item too!
We serve anywhere between 80-110 homeless! Help help help! We can’t do it without you!

21/10/2024

Last week’s shenanigans! That last pic looks super stiff, but they play bowed and took off right after 🙃 Molly is making friends!

17/10/2024

Next week is bath week! If anyone would like to schedule a bath and or nail trim for the last day of daycare that your pup is here next week please let me know and I’ll put it on the board! Bath: $20 Nails: $10

14/10/2024

Couple of things!
The business phone is FINALLY transferred over and the 815-633-7777 number can now be texted. The last few weeks we had so much trouble moving it from a landline to the cell, but it should be good to go now.
I apologize if I missed any calls or couldn't get back to you that way in the last few weeks. 1) it was a whole thing 2) I am genuinely go go go and make time like once a week for phone calls so I will work on getting better about that since the phone is back in working order!
We FINALLY have a new card reader on the way - it might be another week or two, but I am hoping by November I can start accepting cards again :)
I think that is all. Happy Monday everyone

10/10/2024

We are doing a drive to help with this event! For every $35 of item(s) donated you will receive half off of a day at daycare. You can bring the items to daycare with you and your pup at drop off between October 14th and November 1st. Major items they need are:
Warm blankets(not sheets), Warm winter gloves, winter hats (must be new), winter jackets and winter boots are always a hot item too!
If you have questions you can text the work number, message me here, or email me at [email protected]

AND JUST LIKE THAT IT IS THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN!!! The 9th Annual Breakfast & Blankets event for our homeless friends brought to you by the Fatherhood Encouragement Project! We are in need of some very important sponsors! We need a food sponsor! We were lucky enough to have our friend, Tisha, over at Ambiance donate and serve food last year! (Such a blessing). We also need a $1,000 hoodie sponsor for our volunteers and serve team!
Other donations we are in need of are Warm blankets(not sheets), Warm winter gloves, winter hats (must be new), winter jackets and winter boots are always a hot item too!
We serve anywhere between 80-110 homeless! Help help help! We can’t do it without you!

10/10/2024

We love this weather! Picture updates! We’ve had a few new trials in the last couple of weeks. I have room for a few more pups Monday, Thursday and Friday for 30lbs and under for trials. I like to get them in and settled before winter 🤞🏻 my emails look caught up, so if you’ve inquired and I missed reaching back out, please email me again at [email protected]. Dogs must be current on f***l check and vaccines and be already socialized with dogs and people 💜🐕

01/10/2024

More pictures from manic Monday (everyone was actually really well behaved 😅)