Arctic Texan Labradors

19/12/2024

The absolute BEST! 🦴🥇🐾

18/12/2024

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13/12/2024

ADOPTION DAY!

10/12/2024

UPDATE: HOME SAFE!! 🙌 😍🫶

Two chocolate Labs lost in Farm Loop area! This wind is doing a number! And older gal, and a young one. Please BOLO and contact the owners, Dan & Barbara Stanley, whose number is in the screenshots.

These are screenshots from a FB group; comments on this post will not be seen by the owners.

02/12/2024

Every. time. 😑

01/12/2024

A little late for Thanksgiving, but the Christmas feast is just around the corner! 🥘 🍗 🍖

Thanksgiving is upon us and its important to know what you should and shouldn't feed your carnivore companion. Things can get hectic as you cook and socialize but only feed the following RAW!

-Turkey Meat
-Turkey Thighs
-Turkey Wings
-Liver
-Gizzards
-Neck
-Heart
-Giblets

Your companion doesn’t need any fruits, veggies, grains or sweets and absolutely do NOT feed any cooked bones or grease/fat from the turkey!

Avoid a ER visit this holiday season, your companion and pocket book will thank you!

30/11/2024

“That moment” is now… thanks for pointing it out. 🤦‍♀️

All jokes aside, we're grateful for vets' expertise & compassion. This meme is meant to commiserate, not criticize.

27/11/2024

Let’s take a few minutes to talk about pet safety when riding in a vehicle...

I hear a lot of comments when I discuss this with folks, that car safety restraints for dogs are “overkill” or a result of the current trend of the anthropomorphizing of pets - treating them and considering them as human or near-human, especially in regards to their ability to think and feel and understand at a human level, but also in the level of care and concern we express over their comfort, safety, and well-being. And I agree that overly-humanizing our pets in our minds and our actions can be a detrimental thing...

Here’s the problem, though- the laws of physics DON’T CARE how we feel about our pets, what we think about their ability to feel & understand, nor do they care whether we believe safety in a moving vehicle is important. If we are in an accident with an unrestrained pet in the car, whether we believe it or not beforehand, that pet becomes a deadly projectile, and is likely to not only be injured, but to injure others as well, as it is tossed about the vehicle.

30 years ago our society went through the same discourse over child safety seats. “I rode in my parents’ arms, and I didn’t die” is a common argument from the time. A decade before that, it was seat belts. In every instance where safety is improved, but freedom restricted, there is resistance and the “but I didn’t die” argument. But statistically, infants and young children DID die more often, or suffer catastrophic injury, which the car seats, seat belts, laws, etc. have been designed (and well-proven!) to prevent or lessen.

The same is true of pet vehicle safety. The industry is still in its infancy, but with the increase in pets accompanying their owners in car travel, the risks are real.

Even if the dog isn’t gravely injured in an accident, there is the very real risk of having a loose dog, very shaken and disconcerted, possibly injured, when emergency personnel come on the scene. Many dogs are protective of their injured human(s) and delay medical attention to them, some are simply panicked and will escape the vehicle at first chance. When that happens, the risk of being struck by another vehicle becomes very real.

One solution is to have dogs ride in travel
crates in vehicles. This is not always desirable or feasible, though, which is where harness restraints come into the picture.

Please take a few minutes to peruse the following links and learn more about how crash-tested vehicle safety devices can save your pet’s life.

www.centerforpetsafety.org

https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/2011/05/safe-road-tripping-with-pets/index.htm

26/11/2024

Thanksgiving / holiday safety tips! 🦃

Holidays are a time of celebration for many, and there are a few things to keep in mind ahead of Thanksgiving to ensure that you can enjoy your holiday at home rather than with our friends in the veterinary hospital!

In the spirit of attempting to prevent a Thanksgiving Day disaster in your home, here are some common exposures that may land a call with your vet during the week of Thanksgiving.

🥓Fatty foods such as butter, bacon, fatty meat drippings, gravies and meat scraps may seem harmless but can pose very real threats of pancreatitis. Pancreatitis is an inflammation of the pancreas that can result in clinical signs of vomiting, diarrhea, loss of appetite and abdominal pain. Some breeds, such as miniature Schnauzers are very prone to developing pancreatitis but all dogs ingesting a large enough quantity of these foods are at risk. Symptoms may not be immediate and can occur up to 4 days after exposure.

🌽Discarded food items such as corn cobs, discarded turkey trussing’s, and bones can result in an obstructive risk or gastrointestinal injury that have the potential of requiring surgical removal or repair.

🦃Turkey Brine: Who would have thought that the recently popular trend of brining your turkey prior to Thanksgiving would be a risk to your pets?! When you remove the turkey, this salt-saturated solution can be very attractive to dogs and cats, who will readily lap it up resulting in salt toxicosis. Clinical signs are excessive thirst and urination, vomiting and diarrhea. This can potentially result in serious electrolyte changes and brain swelling.

🍬Xylitol: Candies, desserts or other foods that are sweetened with an artificial sweetener called xylitol are dangerous to pets. Xylitol can result in a rapid drop in blood sugar in dogs along with liver damage. In the past, we saw xylitol limited to the ingredient lists of sugar-free gums, mints, and dental products but xylitol is now very commonly used in sugar-free or low-sugar baked goods, vitamins and even peanut butter! Even quantities that appear to be very small have the potential to quickly become life-threatening to dogs. Always check the label!

🍇Raisins, currents and grapes found in some of our favorite Thanksgiving foods are a very serious concern for dogs as they have the risk of resulting in acute renal failure with even small ingestions.

🍫Chocolates in our desserts or treats are dangerous to our pets. Remember that the darker the chocolate, the more serious the ingestion, and the less they will need to ingest to develop clinical signs of vomiting, diarrhea, agitation, tremors, increased heart rate along with potential seizures.

🥜Nuts are high in fat and carry the risk of pancreatitis. Macadamia nuts are more serious as ingestions can result in vomiting, diarrhea, inability to rise or walk normally (they take on a drunken appearance and can even drag their rear limbs as if injured).

🕯Holiday decorations are a concern for many reasons. The bouquet of lilies you received from your guests can result in acute renal failure in your cat. Bittersweet flowers are many times included in fall floral arrangements and can cause gastrointestinal upset. Candles can result in burns and flameless candles contain batteries, that when ingested can result in gastrointestinal burns and corrosive injury.

26/11/2024

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24/11/2024

Felicity is looking for her furever family! Could it be you? 🥹

21/11/2024

With our raw feeding routine, this is a must! 😅

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14/11/2024

Rudy is currently at Mat-Su Animal Shelter, do you recognize her?

Owner identified.

10/11/2024

Guilty! 🙋‍♀️ 📸

all I do is take dog pictures 🤠