Alpha of the Snack Pet Services

08/27/2025

"Shes going to look for excitement outside of this relationship" say it louderrrrrr

08/27/2025

This is your friendly reminder that there are ways to walk your dogs safely in extreme heat, and that you shouldn't pass judgement on people who do walk their dogs when you don't know the steps they are taking to keep their pets safe.

In the heat today, these are the steps we took to safely walk four dogs.
1. Water was kept with diluted goats milk AND electrolytes to encourage hydration.
2. We purposely walked on shaded pathways.
3. Our dogs were all appropriately groomed, which includes Louie the longhaired dog in the photo. Shaving him would have put him in danger of heat illness. His coat helps regulate his body temperature, but only when it is mat-free and well cared for.
4. We allowed the dogs to decide where they chose to walk- if they chose to walk on the concrete, it was because they wanted to. They had access to grass 100% of the time.
5. Air conditioning: our car had AC on blast and of course, the dogs enjoyed it very much on the ride home.
6. There was plenty of rest afterward with water available 100% of the time.
7. I feel these days like I've grown several new pairs of eyeballs. This has allowed me to keep a minimum of two eyes on each dog at all times (today I used 10 of them, on days when we walk 6 dogs I use as many as 14 separate eyeballs) so as to monitor for signs of heat sickness, of which there was none throughout our walk.

Just because you make excuses to not exercise your dogs doesn't mean we all have to! Now enjoy some photos from the walk we took today during the peak heat hours, with our poor, aboosed dogs. And get out with your dogs tomorrow! Safely, as always!

08/25/2025

08/24/2025

How do I handle extreme heat on pack walks?

On pack walks during extreme heat events, We still walk our dogs! We specifically choose areas with heavy shade such as the walking paths in Four Seasons.

We also choose places with LOTS of grass, and our rule that prevents dogs walking on private grass is relaxed. We try not to let the dogs walk on private yards, but if we need to to get them to a more grassy area we might have to, just to protect their paws from scorching sidewalks.

As well, we bring water on EVERY walk, a large bowl near the car for dogs to drink from at the end, but also a small bottle kept on my person for emergencies when we are out walking.

To encourage more water intake, I mix some goat milk powder in to the water, and the dogs tend to hydrate MUCH better that way. I also include a small pinch of salt to replenish electrolytes.

If a dog lays down during the walk we also tend to stop to let them rest.

I discourage the use of doggy boots. Dogs dissipate heat through their paw pads, and stifling that, while helping prevent paw pad burns, increases their susceptibility to heat related illness.

08/23/2025

Today was my walk with Stella the boston terrier and I knew Louie, my newest foster pup and Stella would be difficult together without lots of management (Stella has crazy bounce of the wall energy)

Watch Louie progress to walking closer and closer to Stella over the course of our walk. He went from lunging at her to play with her to calmly walking right next to her 🥰

1- He was lunging at her even this far away from her
2- no more lunging, but was still looking across all the dogs at her
3- No longer so fixated, can walk closer and not care as much
4- reducing the # of dogs in between them
5- oh look at that, right next to each other. Still need to verbally correct him
6- giving him space to sniff at her curiously and he chose to disengage on his own! Good boy

08/14/2025

As a balanced trainer, we are not all built the same. Lots of balanced trainers are actually probably just compulsion trainers masquerading as balanced to hide the fact they just abuse their dogs. This brings a stigma to true balanced trainers.

There's nothing wrong with letting your dogs sleep on the bed or cuddle on the couch with you. Please, I'm begging you to cuddle with your consenting dogs more 🤣

08/12/2025

We walk in a lot of interesting places around town! I have also heard feedback from my clients that their dog's leash manners have improved since starting regular pack walks.

Consider booking your dog for pack walks today- packages available, with flexibility. I come to you!

08/06/2025

Dibbles the skinny pig loves his treats!!

These guys make me want to have my own guinea pigs. 🥰🥰🥰

08/05/2025

Dinner was a little special tonight. Everyone got some goat milk added to their food, and I had some birthday treats left over, so everyone got a little extra birthday treats too 🎊

08/02/2025

Snoopy gives her Seal of Approval when her litter box cleaning service passes the very strict inspection criteria with flying colours. 🐾😸

07/31/2025

This is Boots. Boots is an indoor kitty who is looking for her forever home!

Boots is a microchipped, spayed and vaccinated 4 year old cat. She is not associated with any rescue- we alone are rehoming.

She was taken from my roommate's mother who could not care for her anymore, and is being "fostered" at our home for now.

Boots is a lovely small-statured 6 lb adult female cat whom we are asking a nominal fee to partially cover her spay cost, which has already been performed and she has healed from.

She has been microchipped, and has all of her adult vaccinations within the last 2 weeks.

Boots is chatty, but well accustomed to other cats and dogs of all sizes and energy levels!

Boots does have "cat acne", an allergic condition that just means she must eat from metal bowls, not plastic (which we will provide). She has no known food allergies.

She will come with a medium size bag of food, bowls and a litter box if needed.

We can deliver in most of the Camrose area but we do require a meet and greet first.