Fuzzy Kids

12/30/2025

🧠💪 Keep your puppy engaged and busy with a good mix of mental and physical activities!

🦷 Teething is just a part of the puzzle! Puppies have natural desires that need an outlet. Ignoring these instincts can lead to more chewing and biting.

🐾 Guide your puppy towards a variety of activities! Engage their minds with puzzles and enrichment and let them burn that energy with fun games.

A happy puppy is an enriched puppy! 🎾

An enriched puppy is a happy puppy parent

Remember, not all biting and chewing is about teething. 🐕💡

12/30/2025

Good night, lovely people.
The lab is thinking about food...
Sleep well and sweet dreams.
I hope that you have a really fab day tomorrow.

12/29/2025

fireplace

12/29/2025

“Don't get too attached to your dog. It'll only make it harder when they go.”

I hear this all the time, especially leveled at people whose dogs have separation anxiety. People who have no choice but to spend extended time with their dogs. People who take their dogs everywhere because that's what their dog needs right now.

And it's nonsense.

The research on grief doesn't actually say that people who loved more suffer more.

Loving your dog deeply doesn't predict that you'll be derailed when they die.

And what would "healthy detachment" even look like anyway? Not smiling at their many little quirks? Not having your heart feel full when they give you that look? Not hanging out on the sofa with them just snuggling?

That's not protecting yourself from future pain. That's just not having the relationship.

Loving your dog is good for you - and the research shows it. It's regulating. It's nourishing. The human-animal bond isn't some weakness to be managed.

Deep love isn't pathological. Neither is deep grief. You can love completely, grieve deeply, and still be okay.

Dogs bring us so much joy and happiness. Why should we feel guilty about how much we love them just because somebody on the internet said so? What a way to spoil something so special.

Don't hold back. Don't let anyone make you feel bad for loving your dog completely.

12/27/2025

I know I will!

12/27/2025

December 27, 2025 🥶

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12/27/2025

💪🏼 8 WAYS TO BUILD CONFIDENCE IN YOUR DOG 🐶✨
(especially anxious, sensitive, or worried pups)
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Confidence doesn’t come from forcing your dog “to get over it.”
It comes from support, clarity, and consistency. 🧠💛
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1️⃣ CREATE PREDICTABILITY 🔁
Same situation = same routine.
👉🏼 Stressful greetings? Have people toss treats, ask for a target, or skip petting.
Predictability = safety.

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2️⃣ USE MANAGEMENT 🏠
Management isn’t failure—it’s support.
👉🏼 Visitors stress your dog? Give them a safe space away from the chaos.

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3️⃣ LET SNIFFING LEAD 👃🌿
Sniffing calms the nervous system.
👉🏼 Use a long line, toss food in the grass, take short “sniffari” walks.
Yes—this counts as exercise.

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4️⃣ PLAY THE RIGHT WAY 🎾
Play should relieve stress, not crank it up.
👉🏼 Tug with rules, cues, and lots of wins.
🚫 Endless ball throwing = over-arousal.

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5️⃣ TRAIN WITH POSITIVE CUES 🎯✨
Clear cues + rewards = confidence.
Training gives your dog a job when life feels big.

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6️⃣ PROTECT SLEEP 😴
Dogs need 12–18 hours of sleep daily.
More sleep = lower stress + better learning.

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7️⃣ GIVE CHOICES 🐾💬
Listen to your dog.
👉🏼 Moves away from petting? Respect it.
👉🏼 Doesn’t want the walk? Go home.
Choice builds trust.

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8️⃣ STAY CONSISTENT 🔑
Inconsistency creates anxiety.
Same rules. Same responses. Every day.

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✨ Confidence is built slowly—but it lasts.
Your dog isn’t being “difficult.”
They’re learning how to feel safe. 💛🐶

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Stacy Greer, CPDT-KA
🐕🐩🐕‍🦺🦮

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12/25/2025

Good night, lovely people.
The team are enjoying a cuddle...
Sleep well and sweet dreams.
I am wishing you the very best for the tail end of your week.