Your thinking about traveling and realize that you will not be able to take your pets with you. What now? Do you place them in a kennel? Some animals do well in a kennel, but others suffer anxiety due to the strange surroundings . Also they are exposed to the germs and behavioral issues of the kennels other residents. Do you leave them with a relative or ask a neighbor to take care of them? Well, you know what, you really don’t want to inconvenience them and besides, they may have plans of their own.
There is an excellent alternative, a professional Pet Sitter. Your pet can stay at home in their familiar surroundings unexposed to the anxiety of strange surroundings, other animal’s issues and receive the attention and excellent care they need and deserve. Read More Here…
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Do you know what your dog is saying when she runs up to you, her tail held high, wagging back and forth, her front end down and rear end up? Then he takes off running away from you? Lucky you, for you have just been Read More Here…
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Winter has arrived, the days are short and the temperature has dropped to the point that it is cold outside. We have the heat on, a fire in the fireplace, a hot cocoa to drink but what about our best friend and loving companion, our dog. We need to take special precautions Read More Here…
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If your dog is relaxed and alert, her ears will move a little as they pick up sounds from different directions. If the ears are laid back against her head take note as this can be a sign of aggression or submissiveness. Always act with Read More Here…
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As you start gathering your items to go, does your dog start whining, running in circles, jumping on the furniture and even tries to beat you out of the door. These are the signs of dog separation anxiety. Just like when we were children, we did not like being left behind and Read More Here…
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There are a variety of worms that cause illness in your dogs such as: heart worms, hookworms, roundworms, tapeworms, and whip worms. What causes worms in dogs? These parasites have various causes and affects on you dog. Let’s examine worms in dogs, Read More Here…
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Dog Safety and Adoption will be the topic of the day during the WAG Rescue and Wimberley EMS Dog Safety Day. We will be at the EMS station on Twilight Trail, off of FM 2325 in Wimberley, Texas from 10 AM til 2 PM on Saturday September 18th.. There will be information available on Read More Here…
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The WAG volunteers set up the shade tarp, table and WAG information while others went to the Wimberley Kennel and transferred the dogs to the adoption day event. As people would walk around the square shopping, they would come by the booth, pet the dogs, share stories of Read More Here…
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In the video included with this post, you will learn the importance of interactive food toys with shelter dogs such as Shag. View this video and listen as Joan Miller, animal behaviorist, explains to WAG volunteers the importance that an interactive food toy is to a dog especially a dog that is pinned up in a kennel most of the day. In Shag’s situation, he does not know where his food is coming from since Read More Here…
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Wimberley WAG Rescue held its monthly bake sell and it was a resounding success. WAG volunteers baked cookies, cakes, brownies, and all other sorts of delicious sweets to sell. At the booth in front of the community Brookshire Brothers Store the goods were sold, donations were received and WAG information was handed out. As their report states, Read More Here…
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