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Learn more about our successes, our struggles, and what we have learned from our clients at The Freckled Paw.
Your 2023 Gift Guide
It’s that time again! If you are like me, your dogs get whatever they want whenever retail therapy needs to happen. I still like to have a few things in their stockings for Christmas morning. This year we are focusing on small businesses that are killing it with their...
Tiktok Challenge: Do you need a second dog?
Are you ready for another dog? There is a TikTok challenge going around, advocating for or against getting a dog for your dog. It could be a great thing getting a second dog (or third or fourth) but are you really ready? In addition to twice the food cost, twice the...
TikTok Challenge: It’s time for a second dog
Are you ready for another adventure? There is a tiktok challenge advocating for or against getting a dog for your dog. It could be a great thing getting a second dog (or third or fourth)but are you really ready? In addition to twice the food cost, twice the vet bills,...
Time for a Puppy: Where to start
Finding your puppy's first mom You have settled on a breed! Now let's talk about how to determine how to find a breeder who is going to give you the best possible companion for the next 15 years. Many people think that just because they find a purebred dog that means...
The Daily Daisy: Conclusion
Daisy has found her forever home. She has a German Shepherd to play with regularly, and her mom walks a mile every morning. Since that's all she would walk with me, this is perfect. Her family had suddenly lost their older dog to cancer, Daisy is happily filling the...
resilience in dogs
I am finding myself using this word often these days. What is resilience in dogs and why am I using this term so much? Resilience dictionary definition: the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness When working with dogs, this is a term that I use when...
The Daily Daisy: Bags are Unpacking
Around week #3 Daisy become quite uncertain about novel things. Things that were not there yesterday are now quite terrifying. People putting pressure on her by looking at her or walking towards her also sent her for a loop. This was particularly apparent when I tried...
What do dog trainers do?
When do you know you need help from a professional? If your HVAC breaks, you call that guy, and he recommends regular maintenance to make sure you aren't in a pickle in the future. Dog trainers are the same. We can come in and fix a big issue or help with a bit of...
The Daisy Daily: Settling In
We like to tell people to wait to see changes in your dog at 3 days, 3 weeks, and 3 months. Here we are at the 2 week mark and I have already seen quite a bit of settling and pushing the boundaries. Thankfully, I see things before they become an issue and can...
The Daisy Daily: Living with a Dog Trainer
I have a new foster dog. Her name is Daisy, she is a 10 month old yellow lab. She has been here about a week now and is starting to settle in to the routine around here. 3 Days. The day she arrived she played in the yard for awhile, napped in her kennel in our bedroom...
My dog is barking! What do I do?
This is where we teach you to think like a dog trainer! I live with 5 dogs and run a business. 3 of those dogs are young and need to be doing things. If I am not on top of working on the things they need to be successful, they come up with things that I enjoy a little...
The one thing we Guarantee will make a difference in your dog
What is a decompression walk and why are we talking about them with every single one of our clients? Since we work with many different behaviors, we have to say that decompression walks are the single most important thing you can do for your dogs behavioral wellness....
Adding Novelty to your dogs life
Change is scary but everyone loves a shiny new thing. We work hard to buy the new car, the new house, or go on vacation to a new place. The purchase process or travel is stressful, but we keep doing it because of the appeal of the new thing. Having a new car will be...