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Pet Holiday Safety Tips

Pet Holiday Safety Tips As a pet sitter I must make sure the holiday pets I care for are holiday safe! Decorations and Christmas Trees are at the top of my Pet Holiday Safety tips. To help pet owners prepare I am sharing The Valley Humane Society list of suggestions on how to make a safer holiday season for your pet: Decorations: Holly, mistletoe and poinsettias are festive, beautiful and POISONOUS to pets. Once ingested, they can all cause severe intestinal cramps, vomiting, diarrhea and central nervous system disorders. If you include them in your holiday decor, please …

Looking into the rescue pets eyes do you see their survival journey

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Looking into the rescue pets eyes as a pet sitter there is such knowledge of the multifaceted human nature… their survival journey all the way to the happy endings of how they learned to trust again would be inspirational novel. For the pet owner of a rescue it can be gut wrenching to be away for any extended length of time. How do they take vacation or work long days without their pet? Boarding at a kennel or the Veterinarians may be reminders to the rescued pets of their past life. Many were abandoned, abused and too many have …

Pet Shedding Tips

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House Calls Pet Sitting and Dog walking Nula Dublin, CA

In the winter and the summer I spend more time cleaning up after pets who are shedding lots of hair when I am pet sitting. Here are a few tips I have learned and use to help control pet shedding. Pet Shedding Tips Brushing. Regular, even daily, brushing is the best thing you can do to keep your home free of hair. Brushing will also make your pet’s coat softer, cleaner, and less likely to shed. Get the right food. Giving him your pet the correct dog food with good digestible protein sources is a factor. Your pet’s coat is …

Make Dog Jerky Treats

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Let’s Make Dog Jerky Treats Have you thought about making your own dog jerky? Do you find it scary to buy commercial dog treats with all the recalls? Do you waste time agonizing over which store bought treats are safe? Below is one of my pet’s favorites I found at Dog Treat Kitchen. Give it a try and let me know how much your dog loves them too! For healthy dog treats make dog jerky treasts and stop worring! Recommended Equipment: Food dehydrator Ingredients: Chicken Breast Fillets Instructions: Preheat oven to 200° F Lightly grease a baking sheet. Rinse off …

Pet Be Cool on Pet Sitter Watch

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Help Your Pet Be Cool This Summer Your pets need to stay cool while you are away and your pet sitter is watching them too! It’s great to enjoy summer with your pet. It is also a time when we travel on vacations and your favorite pet sitter is coming to your home to care for your beloved pets. This is the greatest time when your pets have the greatest risk of injury due to heat-related health problems. As a pet sitter I find that sometimes people turn off everything and lock up tightly before leaving with Fido in …

Pets Prefer Pet Sitting

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Paws down, pets prefer pet sitting! Pet sitting is a substitute to the kennel, with the bonus services offered that go beyond those of a kennel. A skilled pet sitter attends to your pets in the comfort of their home. Your pet sitter will make you feel comfortable knowing someone reliable is taking care of your pet and house. Pet sitting is the best alternative to boarding or kenneling a wide variety of pets who are now members of your families. Pet sitting services are set up so that one phone call provides your solution for your pet care when you are …

Valentine Healthy Recipes for Your Dog

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Be My Valentine Recipes to show your love! Valentine Healthy Recipes for Your Dog: Yummy to the Tummy! Biscuits, Bark-tastic Cake, Pet Party Coolers, Healthy Veggie Bones, Look’n Lean Liver Treats, Banana Mutt Cookie If your Pet has a pre-existing medical condition, consult your veterinarian before adding a new food to his or her diet. Biscuits Try this recipe for Good Puppy Cookies—your pooch will love you for these! Ingredients: ½ c powdered milk 1 egg – well beaten 2 ½ cups flour ½ tsp. garlic salt 1 ½ tsp. brown sugar 6 Tbs. gravy 1 large jar baby food …

Great Ideas: Pet Owners Plan For Pet Sitters

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Below you will find help to be prepared in our blog post: Pet Owners Plan for Pet Sitters and Dog Walkers. Before leaving for your trip, it is best to equip your sitter with what she needs to know. This will help her perform her tasks better and make things easier. First and foremost, it is a good idea to have a meet-and-greet session where your pet can meet his sitter. This is so they can get acquainted with one another and you can decide if it is a good idea to leave your pet with this sitter. If …

There is No Place Like Home For Pets

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There is No Place Like Home For Pets! “Pets Prefer Pet Sitting” No Place Like Home for pets Pets love being in the comfort of their homes! Cats are not fond of change or their carriers. I thought “Oh, no; not again!” upon seeing a news item yesterday afternoon containing the words “cat” , “Air Canada”, and “escaped”. Fortunately, it was not another story of a cat gone missing from cargo, possibly never be found again Ripples’ crate was securely latched when he arrived at the airport, but the person conducting his security check did not properly snap the …

Heart Expansion After Pet Loss

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My story of my Heart Expansion After Pet Loss After the loss of my beloved Griffey, the Pekinese at 3 years I thought my heart could not take the loss of another pet and decided no more dogs. My husband and friend since I was seventeen, who knew me better than I did myself during my grief, came home one day with the cutest little Pekinese puppy. When I first laid eyes on her I wanted to put a wall around me. She had Griffey’s coloring, only her little face had a larger black mass. You could hardly see her dark eyes for …