Happy 4th of July to all my pup pals! I will be at an agility trial…having a big bang in the ring….hehehe.. but I will return home about, 6 PM or so!
have a happy 4th of july, but remember to be safe, and think safe for us pups!
Fourth of July comes but once a year, but it can be such a day of loud noise and lights….and to some pups….a day they wish never existed. Here is one sad story, but not an uncommon occurrence.
Returning home from a holiday celebration, Sharon Moore and her family discovered feces on their living room floor.
The sliding glass door to their backyard was open, and a hole had been dug under their fence.
The Moores were gone for only four hours, but D.O.G., their 2-year-old, aptly-named white German Shepherd, was gone. Left on her own to face the tumult of fireworks and loud celebrations, she escaped, apparently to seek the familiar—her family—even if she had no idea where to look.
“From what we can tell, when D.O.G. heard the fireworks she freaked out and pooped on the floor inside—for the first time ever—then she opened the sliding glass door with her paw, and dug a hole outside our fence…. She went searching for us,” said Moore, of Maitland, Fla.
The Moores’ search for D.O.G. ended when she was found dead alongside a road where she was often walked.
Special precautions and hints how to make July 4th weekend not stressful for your pup.
- leave the dog at home where he is more comfortable if you are to see fireworks in the open …sparklers can even cause your pup unneeded stress
- use a crate if necessary and give him a fave bone or toy for crate activity
- have a tv or radio on and close the curtains to muffle some of the sound or lights
- bond or have a good exercise work out with your dog before going out or before some of the loud fireworks go off and make sure he has gone out for bathroom business
- always remember to have this tags on or collar with a phone number, just in case he finds a way and escapes out of the house
- do not leave the in the yard alone or tied with leash…they might dig out of the yard or jump over the fence and with all the jumping activity, become tangled with their restraint
kaley corgi kisses : ) happy 4th of july –save me a hot dog!
helpful hints how to prepare for 4th of july
july 4th, a holiday that means precautions for your pet… story about D.O.G.
Yassy from Yassy’s Gourmet Dog Kitchen sent me a sample of her special Baguette Biscuits which she homemade from grass fed buffalo liver. They look like little bite size cookies! Her Pembroke corgi, Palette, was the first taste tester, so they gotta be goooood!
This is a very special kitchen, cuz Yassy bakes all the homemade goodies herself and does not bake them until someone orders them and uses no preservatives, antibiotics, no growth hormones. She uses only grass fed meats and has interesting treats like, deer antlers, buffalo bully sticks, kangaroo meat jerky, ostrich tendon, lamb trachea…….
all fur me??? …yes, they are for me, since it says… NOT for human consumption and keep out of reach of children!
this smells good! Enclosed with each order is a lamb trachea for special treat.
i want this biscuit first!
Yassy makes different kinds of biscuits, Sakura biscuits, using buckwheat flour, with added pecorino romano cheese, Greek biscuit, with salmon and garbanzo bean flour, wet nose biscuit, with carob, which is like chocolate for dogs since we can’t have real chocolate (like I’ve never stolen an m & m).
now can i taste test this?
my oh my, both are yummy!
another baguette biscuit……. please, svp???
you gotta check out the kitchen and see what is baking….Yassy’s kitchen has what’s bakin’ yummy – wholesome and delicious!
kaley corgi kisses : )
Visit Yassy’s www.yassysgdk.com
This week’s pup is one super loved and happy pup, a two and half year old West Highland terrier, named Cody. He lives in Reno, Nevada.
Hi, i am Cody Kendrew a cutie Westie!
He got his name of Cody by using numerology… his mum was looking for a natural match to her numerology numbers….something i know nothing about……but i am only a corgi and I know I must be number 1! Cody had a middle name, from the breeder….. Kendrew. A cute name, so part of his registered name is Cody Kendrew!
He loves walks in the park, car rides and just hanging out with mum and loves loves agility with his mum.
Cody loves agility and started classes at 7 months old, with very low jumps, a low dogwalk & A-frame and V-shaped weave poles. He and mum train from April through October. He progressed through his agility classes very well and finally competed in his first agility trial last weekend (6/20 & 21 2009). Mum was a nervous wreck for 2 weeks prior to the trial so they entered in only two runs each day. He received 2 Qs and 2 1st places at the trial…. mum was thrilled and definitely be entering lots more trials in the months ahead! ….gee, my mum entered me in all runs available and tried for 4 day trials…my mum is sorta wild and obsessive….good thing mum has settled down and we only does two and no more than three day trials…..but agility is addicting…and Cody’s mum i think is finding out, how fun it is, especially with a good pup like Cody!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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told you, i was an agility star…………….watch out kaley corgi, i gonna be just as good as you!
Besides agility and car rides, doggie day care and beach trips, he loves his plushie bunny, bully sticks and kongsicles filled with peanut butter or cream cheese and a small piece of puparoni with some chicken broth and frozen…..yummy…..i think i get my mum to do this one for me too!
Someone gonna play ball tug with me?????? Cody loves to play and loves to play tug! I would love to play tug with you, Cody!
hmmm, who needs the training, Cody or mum? I bet my mum could learn a few things with this article!
you better not have that clicker on ya! I am peacefully hiding here!
He HATES the sound of the “clicker”,…..quite strange because he completed his puppy class with clicker training. Then one day, it all changed! Mum took the clicker out of the drawer and clicked it to see how Cody would react… he ran from it.The next day, he saw it in mum’s hand and ran out of his doggie door into the backyard. He was clear around the other side of the house hiding behind the garbage can.
summer time is pool time, and if no beach is near, a pool works out just fine…….hey, my rubber duckies are missing!!!!…..???
when at the beach, full gear is needed!…. left my sun hat at home…..darn!
I am glad Cody, a very special westie pup is my pup pal of the week…i can tell he lives a full and exciting life like me…only i do it corgi style…hehehe! My dad has always wanted a Westie, but he’s lucky he has a corgi-gal now, moi!
Kaley corgi kisses : ) —- any other pups want to be my pal of the week???
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