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Meditation with your Pet

Would you like to create a strong bond and magical connection to your pet? Try meditation with your pet! Why? Because caring for your pet with the assistance of meditation can assist in removing frustrating behavioural issues and growing your bond. When my dog or cat won't listen or misbehaves, I know that I am disconnected from my pet. At certain times, do you feel that your pet just isn’t understanding what you want them to do or how you want them to behave? Meditating with

Signs of An Unhappy Cat or Dog

Do you know if your cat or dog is happy? Sometimes it can be hard to tell. For this podcast we are first going to focus on cats and how we can tell if our cats are happy, but a lot, if not all of this, can overlap with dogs. Do you have a happy pet? This podcast also explains how you can improve your pets happiness! Some simple and easy things to do! #cats #dogs #stress #catbehaviour #podcast

How to Make Your Cat & Dog Best Friends

Do you want your dog and cat to be best friends? It can be easy, if done right right way. Here is what to do - First! You want to set up your animals to succeed! This can be done by matching your cats and dogs personality. This means that you should consider both personalities of the animals that you want to get along. Match a calm animal with another timid and quiet, animal and an active animal with another loud, energetic animal. It is also helpful consider both animals' p

Dogs and Essential Oils

Dogs and Essential Oils

Using essential oils with dogs can greatly benefit your dog's health, improve training and reduce behavioral issues. Watch this video to learn how to use essential oils with your dog, how to stay safe, and my two favorite essential oils for my dog. Here is a list of some essential oils that you can use with your dog and what they are good for. When using these oils, remember to do it safely and to dilute the oils (watch the video for more information) Essential Oils for Separ

Dog Anxiety

Did you know that dogs can have anxiety? It may surprise you, but anxiety in dogs is actually fairly common. When a dog is anxious, every day normal activities become stressful. What is anxiety in dogs? There are different types of anxiety that dogs may have. Behavioural anxiety is when your dog has on going anxiety about something or a specific event. This anxiety lasts even when the event or object isn't occurring or visual. It is on going. Separation anxiety, when a dog is

Tips and Tricks for Taking Photos of your Pet

Taking good photos of your pets can be really tricky and sometimes frustrating. In this video, I will share some tips and tricks that I use when taking photos of my pets. I will aslo show some photos from Penny's 2nd birthday and some other photos that I had taken of her over the year since her 1st Birthday. The list of tips that I mention in the video are also listed below the video. - Use natural lighting. No flash. - Go outside in the later afternoon, early evening light -

Summer Activities with your Cat and Dog

I think that Summer is a great opportunity to bring your cat or dog along with you on some great trips and activities. I have plans for my pets this summer. I want to involve them in as many outdoor activities as possible. Camping, hiking, canoe trips, trails, beaches, BBQs, and so much more! Let me know in the comments what you plan on doing with your pet. Create a summer bucket list for you and your cat or dog. Share the list! Below are my tips and tricks when taking my cat

How to Show your Dog that you Love them

Have you ever wondered how you could show your dog that you love them? Here are seven ways that you can tell your dog that you love them. 1. Give your dog a Massage. Massage your dog's ears, this stimulates the nerves running to the hypothalamus and pituitary glads which secrete the feel good endorphins at the same time relaxes your dog. 2. Talk to your dog in a high pitched happy tone and give your dog a lot of praise. 3. Learn your dog's body language. Understand how your d

Keeping Your Dog Exercised and Entertained

Keeping Your Dog Exercised and Entertained

My dog, Penny is very active. Even though, I knew this before I brought her home, I am often still surprised at how much energy she has and how she can keep moving and moving and moving! Her breed is a working breed and loves to run, play, and work. She is a cattle dog mix (Border Collie, Heeler, and Australian Shepherd). When Penny is at the dog park, she loves to run circles around other dogs, trying to get them to chase her. She loves it when a dog does start to chase her.

Important for all Parents to know

One of the first things that I teach children in all of my classes is dog body language. I teach how an animal communicates because it is not only an important aspect to working with animals and learning about animals, but it is essential for safety. If a child doesn't know the signals that dogs are giving us, they can learn to fear animals because of a bad experience or even become seriously hurt. A dog that is aggressive will show you many signals before actually causing yo

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