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Three happy 😃 doggos. Having dogs is the greatest privilege.
05/18/2025

Three happy 😃 doggos. Having dogs is the greatest privilege.

Do you leave your dog with a stranger? Read this before you regret it.You’ve planned an amazing trip and now the biggest...
02/20/2025

Do you leave your dog with a stranger? Read this before you regret it.

You’ve planned an amazing trip and now the biggest hurdle is who do you leave your dog with?

Experience
Location
Service
Care
Schedule

Are all factors that should play a role in deciding what situation suits you and your dog best.

Have you considered what bad habits your dog’s going to pick up or exacerbate during their stay?

My neighbour recently joined one of the dog sitting apps after losing her best friend.

She’s had a myriad of dogs coming and going from her house. The one thing they seem to have in common is sitting in her beautiful bay window facing the sidewalk.

This spot is perfect to bark their heads off at everyone passing by.

Whether these dogs do it at home or not I don’t know. Yet a week of uninhibited barking will give these dogs a huge dopamine hit.

Most dogs start wound for sound being at a stranger’s home. Add in arousing behaviour such as barking and you’ve got a cocktail of trouble.

I am not doubting my neighbour’s doing her best. Yet her knowledge of dogs is limited.

How could she solve this problem? Keep the curtains closed. Or use a gated community so the dogs don’t have access to the living room. Do calming activities with the dogs.

Its a given your dog’s going to struggle being in new surroundings.

What I would want to know if a stranger was watching my dog is:

how are they going to connect with my dog?
how are they going to build trust with my dog?
how are they going to manage my dog in their house if they’re struggling?
how will they intervene if my dog is overwhelmed?

Think outside the box the next time you’re looking for someone to take care of your best friend.

Know if the person is into punishment, correction or only positive re-enforcement. It matters.

Set your dog up for success knowing their needs will be met and rest easy on your vacation.

Tell me in the comments your boarding story?

While it's been a minute since posting here lots has been going on in the background.With so much noise on social media ...
02/03/2025

While it's been a minute since posting here lots has been going on in the background.

With so much noise on social media it felt like I was throwing more mud into the arena then actual gold nuggets.

With that in mind I decided to give a Coles notes of the gold nuggets I find daily.

My thirst for knowledge for myself and my beloved dogs is never ending.

I am learning more and more dogs are like us from their nervous systems to emotional capacity.

I will be sharing the things that spark my interest. What challenges my current thoughts. What things I am doing to help my dogs be healthy and happy.

If you're like me and always want the best for your dog’s, then this is the place for you to learn more about:

Training
Health
Emotional experience of dogs
And anything else that tickles my fancy...

May your holiday’s be merry 🥂 and bright 🎄and your New Year 🎩 filled with delight 🤩. With love, Shannon, Cormick, Darby ...
12/24/2024

May your holiday’s be merry 🥂 and bright 🎄
and your New Year 🎩 filled with delight 🤩.

With love,
Shannon, Cormick, Darby and Finn

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