Petite Pooch Dog Blog

Here’s a reminder to anyone planning to travel for the holidays…make those boarding reservations for “Spot” now! If you snooze…”Spot” will lose. Your pet doesn’t want to spend the holidays in a little, cramped, crowded, noisy kennel. Staying in a crate with several walks on a leash per day is no way to spend the holiday season. You’ll feel guilty and your pet will be miserable.

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Pet parents, come on! Let’s start assessing our pooch’s nails…front and back paws and dew claws. Dogs need their nails done often or the vein & the nerve will grow the length of the nails…and then the pooch will have a very painful situation going on when someone does try to clip the nails back. The dew claw which can be found (sometimes) on the inner and upper portion of each leg and can grow into a complete circle embedding itself into the pad (the fleshy and soft part of the toe). Owwww!

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Last week the 10 o’clock news did a report on the grooming industry. The individuals that the reporter interviewed were shocked to find out that the grooming industry is not regulated and that groomers are not required to be licensed. There is a very active and emotional debate about this subject going on within the “Industry” and the outcome of those debates are still “up in the air”. People have been calling me for information. At this time, I would recommend that pet parents choose groomers based on: veterinarian recommendations, referrals from other pet parents who are satisfied with their doggie’s grooming experiences, and/or by doing onsite visits and talking directly to the groomer themselves.

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