Frozen Licki mats for everyone to end off a very hot day.
A great source of enrichment, nice and cold and a far more fun way to feed your dog their dinner than a boring bowl night after night!
It's as easy as utilising your dogs raw food, or an alternative wet food, or even some combinations such as:
Tuna and cottage cheese
Greek yoghurt and banana
Pets mince and pumpkin
Sugar free peanut butter and blueberries
And so many more options.
First time showing Anakin this picture but not the first time @getxent has proved its capabilities as a reliable training aid.
Three layers deep. And some distraction odours thrown in just because 🫰🏽
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As our most hectic season of the year, and the busiest to date, finally draws to a close, I can't help but reflect on the days, and dogs, that have whizzed by.
I'm incredibly grateful for my fantastic manager, Tapiwa, for always stepping up and proving his worth, my new employee, Brave, for getting thrown in the deep end and swimming like hell, and the two part time assistants, Zoe and Alistair for making this season a whole lot easier on us and bringing great attitudes.
I'm always grateful for my amazing clients for again choosing us to care for and safeguard one of their most precious things in life while they rent out homes or leave the country (also so stressful) and counting on us to make their season, stress free. I've known most of you now for four years, and I've noticed your dogs grow, change and get a little more grey over the years and oh how we know these dogs like the back of our hands ❤️
It's not an easy gig, and the challenges and blood,sweat and tears are aplenty, but we love it. The passion runs deep and I believe it shows in how we manage and handle our operation. You can't be in this game unless you're born to do it.
Thank you again all for the support over 2024, and for always trusting us, we hope to see all of our regulars back this 2025, and meet some new faces. We love your dogs like our own, and although there's definitely less noise, we will miss them!
Here are but some of the beautiful pooches we got to love this festive season ;)
Christmas Street Light Parade '24
Great excuse for Echo to make as much noise as possible and feel like the main character 😂😂
Grateful for another year working alongside those dedicated to the greater good of the community.
#blessed 🫰🏽
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Tell me you're a Golden Retriever without telling me 😅
My special boy Karoo I get the pleasure to take on beach outings. He runs to the shower afterwards because he knows the drill 🫡😍
When that group just HITS it off 👌✨✨
What a great way to start your Saturday 🫶
When two seven month old puppies meet- it can only be a good time!! ♥️
Balto and his pinecone 🌳
Tell me a better love story than a dog and a pine cone ? 😍
One of my most valuable assets when on an operation with my dog is my teammates and back up. While I'm busy observing and handling my dog, they can ensure the environment is kept safe and secure. Having people you can trust That back you is priceless.
Always visible in our @war_dog_tactical GHOST harness and utilising the high vis tac lead. My favourite combo.
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I trust her capabilities when out as Echo was trained and imprinted on @getxent odour tubes- scientifically guaranteed success.
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Raising a puppy
One of the key aspects to raising a well rounded and balanced dog is exposing them, and training/playing with them, in as many environments as possible.
Something I say often to clients is how can I get upset at my dog for behaving 'inappropriately' away from home when I haven't set them up for success by teaching them how I'd like for them to behave? Your dog won't know what is deemed inappropriate behaviour in your eyes, so we can't get upset at them for 'not listening' or 'being distracted' while away from home. Lead by example and teach them how you'd like for them to behave.
Of course my puppy was a bit distracted to start, so I simply stood there and waited for him to give me some attention. Glance= PAY. Now he starts realising what has value to him. Then we start having fun- I show him he should pay me some attention while in a new environment, not only is it fun, it PAYS!
My friend approached me at the end and I was pleased he didn't break the sit stay go say hello, small wins (:
One of the most important aspects of raising a puppy is socialization. Socializing your puppy to as many aspects of life they will encounter contributes to raising a well rounded, confident dog.
The first thing I do with any puppy I get is start to socialise - and I want to start as soon as 8 weeks (: sometimes I'm allowed this opportunity, sometimes I get them a bit later. Well socialized does not mean "they met my mom's three dogs so they must be social". Well socialized means they met as many dogs of different sizes, ages, breeds, genders (thankfully only two) , personalities and play styles as possible!
I'm thankfully blessed with my own dogs which act as incredibly good teachers for puppies , each with their own different energy and personalities. Anakin pictured is far too tolerant of the new puppies incredibly boisterous and otherwise rude behaviour (nipping and biting ) , whereas my female Echo doesn't tolerate it for a second. I can't assist in teaching my puppy appropriate behaviours around other dogs- but my dogs can!
My Pitbull actually loves puppies and loves to play with them, and is a good disciplinarian but a bit more lenient than Echo, so in exposing my puppy to all different kinds of dogs, I can assure they have good manners, social skills and understand appropriate and what is inappropriate behaviour, through the teaching and guidance of other dogs.
