Lisa Berkenstock My Pet's Teacher

07/04/2025

Happy independence day!

As we get ready for neighborhood celebrations tonight, let's take a couple steps to keep our pets safe! This evening is one of the most common times for pets to get lost.

Remember, it is a wonderful thing to set up a safe, quiet refuge for our pets on nights like these. If you pet wants to hide, let them and make it comfy. Add some white noise, or put on some music or movie, offer comfort if your dog seeks it out - you will not make their fear worse by doing so.

-Try to take your last potty break as early as possible, ideally before dark. Do not leave pets outside alone or unsecured, even before dark. Early noisemakers are always a possibility and can be quite surprising!
-Double leash your dog before going outside and ensure your collar and harness is secure and fits properly. Leash your dog even if you are in a fenced in area.
-Check your pets ID tags and make sure they are accurate and secure.
- Ensure your pets microchip information is up to date.
-if your vet has prescribed medications for your pet, check your instructions and give them an appropriate amount of time to take effect before the noise begins!

12/14/2024

Worried your pup is going to knock down the Christmas tree? Concerned your pooch is going to jump on your mother in law? Is Fido caroling through the otherwise silent night? Schedule a training session with us now to work on getting your pet's best holiday behavior started and provide ideas for keeping your pets enriched and entertained during the holiday break.

*June would like everyone to know this event was staged and she proclaims her innocence.. no trees were harmed in the making of this announcement*

10/31/2024

Ghosts, ghouls, open front doors and candy lying around everywhere... What's the spookiest part of Halloween for you and your dog?!

Let's keep everyone safe this Halloween by keeping our dogs safely contained, either by leash, door, baby gate or crate and keep our candy in our cabinets or bellies rather than theirs! Even our most well-behaved buddies have been known to do something out of character on such a day... And no one wants to spend Halloween night at the ER vet vomiting up a bunch of candy still in their wrappers!

Happy Halloween everyone! And feel free to share your dogs and cats all dressed up if they enjoy that sort of thing!

10/03/2024

Our friend and colleague is in the thick of it in Asheville, NC. She is a vet tech with a special love for behavior and is doing everything she can to help displaced animals stay with their owners... If you have a moment to share or donate, April and all of us would so appreciate it!

Hi everyone,As you all know Asheville was devastated by hurricane Helena. So much of the community is destroyed and it looks like we will not have water back for awhile. There are tons of places to donate but I wanted to put this out and available for donations. My hope is to use the donations for p

07/04/2024

As we get ready for neighborhood celebrations tonight, let's take a couple steps to keep our pets safe! This evening is one of the most common times for pets to get lost.

-Try to take your last potty break as early as possible, ideally before dark. Do not leave pets outside alone or unsecured, even before dark. Early noisemakers are always a possibility and can be quite surprising!
-Double leash your dog before going outside and ensure your collar and harness is secure and fits properly. Leash your dog even if you are in a fenced in area.
-Check your pets ID tags and make sure they are accurate and secure.
- Ensure your pets microchip information is up to date.

02/20/2024

Lisa will be offering Pet Dog Manners 1 and Canine Good Citizen classes at Richboro Vet on Saturdays starting mid-March at 9:15 (PDM1)and 10:15 am (CGC), pending enrollment.

Do you need to brush up on some skills or practice known skills with some helpful distraction? Pet Dog Manners is a basic manners class for all dogs over 4 months of age.

Perhaps you've been looking to prepare for Canine Good Citizen certification - this class offers 4 weeks of instruction and Canine Good Citizen testing is offered the final week of CGC class.

We have room left in both classes. Please see the descriptions on our website for each class at the link: https://www.mypetsteacher.com/manners.html

01/19/2024

Show us your snow dogs!

12/23/2023

https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/blue-ridge-beef-issues-voluntary-recall-blue-ridge-beef-kitten-grind-blue-ridge-kitten-mix-and-blue

Blue Ridge Beef is recalling all lot numbers and used by dates between N24 1124 to N24 1224 of their 2 lb log of Kitten Grind UPC 8 54298 00101 6; 2lb log of Kitten Mix UPC 8 54298 00143 6 and their 2lb log of Puppy Mix UPC 8 54298 00169 6 due to contamination of Salmonella and Listeria monocytogene