Is Your Doggie Driving you nuts?

Try increasing his play time. Playing with your dog works wonders on their behavior. Not only do you both have a wonderful time but it helps cure boredom and helps calm him down. Now a couple of quick tips...
1. Play before your Rover can cause trouble not after. If you start a play session after he has done something he's not suppose to it will only reinforce the bad behavior.
2. Check the weather. If its going to be extremely hot or nasty out, get your play time done early or try some indoor games like hid and seek. Hide yourself some where in the house then call your dog and wait for him to find you. Then reward with lots of love.
3. Don't forget if your taking him to the local dog park take along some plastic bags for cleaning up that which comes naturally. Nothing recks a nice dog park faster then lazy people who don't take care of their doggies messes.

Now are you ready for some fetch?

Becoming an Expert

It is not easy to become knowledgeable enough to be called an Expert. Right now I hold that title for small animals, birds and reptiles at work. I'll admit to having learned a lot working at Petco, but there is so much to know about these animals that I don't know if I should have the title of expert. So I do what any so called expert does. I keep learning more!

Now I'm working on becoming the Companion Animal Expert which means I have to learn fish as well and I have to know all the sections well enough that if one of my coworkers has a question I will have an answer or know where to look to quickly find it. I even asked for Freshwater and Saltwater Aquariums for Dummies for Christmas now I have even more reading to do lol.

Go ahead ask me a question if I don't know the answer I"ll find it!

Watch Those Paws!

Baby it's cold outside and if your going to be taking our best buddy out for a walk don't forget to check those paws when you get back.

The Ice and snow can be harsh on dogs paws. It can build up between the pads and cause problems. There is also the salt people dump on their sidewalks to melt the ice. It's great for preventing slips and falls but isn't so nice on tender pads.

You have two choices:

1. Get some doggy foot covers they are available for all size dogs and will protect their feet from the elements.

2. Carefully clean your dogs paws after your walk making sure to get in between the pads where ice can build up.

Remember your dog can't tell you something is wrong and will keep going as long as his buddy wants. Its up to you to keep an eye out for trouble.

Cute Pics From the Pet Shop

Here is a couple of our pet waiting to go home. The piggy was playing in my apron pocket while I cleaned his home and I caught the baby corn snake peeking over his log. Normally they are hiding under it and are very hard to see unless you go in and move the log.

Cute Pics From The Pet Shop

Say Hi to the beardey. This bearded dragon just couldn't wait to say hi to us this morning. He stood up at the side of the tank an waved his little hand at us so he could get his breakfast.

Look Who Stopped In For A Visit

Meet Ashley our new store dog trainer. She also breeds bearded dragons. This young dragon is one of her lady dragons who came for a visit in the store. Apperently she is so mellow that Ashley forgot she was sitting on her shoulder untilk she got to work. That's her story and she's sticking to it!

Cute Pics From The Pet Store

I know I`m very behind on my posts and I haven't finished my posts for the pet turtles. I asked for more hours and I got them. Now we've been getting ready for the grand reopening and my turtle project has been moved back for that. Now I don't know when I will be having my turtle demo but I still want to post about the turtles since there are a lot of misconceptions about them.