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Today our seattle dog walk was in Golden Gardens. We had a nice walk on the trails in the park first. The weather was cold, but the dogs walked fast so we stayed warm. They love following their noses on the trails, I think they can smell the dogs that have walked the trail before them. I think the dogs also smell furry critters that live in the woods!

Our dog walk was beautiful and ended when we made it to the dog park.

The leashes came off and the dogs ran around the dog park like crazies. They have so much fun!

It is December in Seattle and dog walks are at an all time high! Dogs dont generally mind the cold as long as they have an adequate coat. If they are a short hair breed such as a boxer, they will benefit from a jacket or sweather. This will keep their core warm and help the circulation warm.

Elite Pet Care will walk your dog in Seattle neighborhoods. We will also take them to a Seattle dog park. What makes us different then most dog walkers is that we walk the dogs before we enter the dog park. This allows the dogs muscles to warm up before they go crazy and sprint around the park. This greatly reduces the risk of pulled/sore muscles.

Call today for your free consultation so your dog can join in all the fun!!

Winter is here in Seattle and people are wondering if their Seattle dogs should still be walked!

My answer is yes! It is cold, but dogs were built with a fur coat. Most dogs are just fine being outside playing all day in the rain and cold.

Those with shorter hair should probably wear a jackets/sweaters to keep their core warm.

When the dogs are walking in Seattle they keep active and that keeps their body temps up.

When the activity is over the dogs go into our warm cars:)

Happy dogs are tired dogs…even in the winter!

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Congrats on your new bundle of joy!
If you are like most people..you have a job during the day and will need help with your puppy during the day.
ElitePet Care Seattle can help you during the day! We can go let your puppy out for meals, potty and play time.
We also help with training, commands and socialization.

Puppys need lots of love and interaction so they can grow up and be happy, stable grownups!

Its June and the weather is awesome!  As a Seattle dog walker, this is my favorite time of year because the weather is perfect for dog walks! I was overnighting at a clients over the weekend and took the pups on a nice outing.

The dogs love getting out as much as I do! They spent the majority of the time sniffing and exploring, but by the time our walk was over, they were super tired!

Here they are enjoying the trail!

Dog walks in Ballard are beautiful!

This is from petsit.com, one of the organizations I belong to:)

June is National Disaster Preparedness Month for Animals
The first five months of 2011 have brought much destruction; including tornados, floods and fires in the United States and the devastating tsunami and nuclear crisis in Japan. Disasters can happen anytime, anywhere and can take many different forms.

In the event of a disaster, preparation can save lives—yours and the pets in your care. Creating a disaster plan is a proactive way to ensure that you, your pets and clients’ pets are safe. 

As a pet-care professional, you can help your clients create a disaster plan. When creating a disaster plan for yourself or your clients, keep in mind that if evacuation is the safest option for people, it’s also the safest option for pets. 

The following eight tips will help you, and your clients, prepare for a disaster.

1. Understand the possibilities. Recognize the different types of natural and man-made disasters that can occur in your area and know how to effectively plan for them.

2. Make decisions early. Different disasters require different courses of action. The sooner you create a disaster plan, the more time you have to prepare.

3. Update identification. Make sure your pet wears current identification at all times that includes his name, rabies tag and your cell phone number since you will not be at home.

4. Your pet’s history. Create a file for each pet that contains health history, vaccination dates and a recent photo. Keep the file in a safe and secure place.

5. Research animal-friendly places. Know where you can take your pet in the event of an emergency. Evacuation shelters and pet-friendly hotels outside a 60-mile radius of your home are good places to start.

6. Stock up on emergency supplies. Keep extra leashes, bowls, newspapers, trash bags, cat litter, litter pans and at least a five-day supply of pet food and water on hand.

7. Get a carrier. Have a properly-sized pet carrier for each pet. Carriers should be large enough for the pet to stand up, turn around and lie down comfortably.

8. Communicate your plan. Make sure that the other people you rely on for the pets in your care are privy to the specific pet-care plans of your clients in case you are away from home when a disaster strikes.

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As a dog walker I have come across every breed. My favorite of all time are boxers and pugs. I used to foster boxers when I lived in a house in AZ, but after the house I ended up doing the apartment living  for most of my adulthood This resulted in me focusing my fostering on pugs since they are smaller and better apartment dogs.

(even though with enough exercise, any dog is a fine apartment dog)

Through the years I have fostered over 25 pugs. Rescues are always in need of foster homes. From a few days to a few month…anything helps.

Fostering is great if you like a breed of dog but have never owned one before. You can foster and see if that breed is a good fit for your family.

Foster dogs are spay/neutered, vet checked, UTD on shots, microchipped. And if any medical issue comes up while you are fostering..the rescue pays for it!

Check you local rescue today and see how you can help.

If you are in Seattle and love pugs…..www.seattlepugs.com

Anyways, enough of my yammering!….This is Angus, my current foster pug.

Even though I am a seattle dog walker and walk dogs all day, I love making timne to foster pugs!

Yes, Your Seattledog walker/pet sitter has made it even easier for you to pay.

Rates are increased a little bit to cover the fees that Google charges me tooffer this service.

Thanks!

Sarah

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In June, The Seattle Pug Rescue will host its largest fundraiser of the year. Please plan on coming out to support them in their tireless efforts to save pugs! Remember we always need foster homes as well as adoptive homes! Dont know if a pug is the right dog for you..foster one and see! For more info, please visit, http://seattlepugs.com/events.html

Seattle Buddy being walked by Elite Pet Care

Dogs are social creatures. They are pack animals. While as humans we are their family pack, they need their dog pack.

I have many people that say to me they would love their dog to go have fun with the other dogs, but they aren’t sure how their dog will do as its not very socialized.

I tell them.. that perfect! As an expert dog handler I am the best pet sitter to use because I can teach your dog how to be social and to enjoy itself! Then the other pack dogs do the rest:) They are calm submissive so they teach other dogs how to be the same!

I pack walk my dogs before we go to the dog park so the dogs bond to each other. When Ipick up the dogs every day they get so excited to see their friends. Each dog has its bff and its so funny to see how they greet each other. I provided a video of how my pug Buddy greets his bff Truman every day…

Let your dog have a social life! It will thank you for it!