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Steps to keep your pets safe at Christmas 🌲 : 1) Christmas food can be poisonous for pets 2) Christmas trees and other decorations 3) Christmas trees and pets 4) Help your pet cope with Christmas chaos #RSPCA #RSPCAMV #Microvolunteer

"You can't expect a dog to be obedient until they have a calm nervous system," says Annie Phenix She is a professional dog trainer. In the early 1990’s, she began working as a dog behavior consultant and trainer for a Texas non-profit dog rescue. Since then, she has fostered over 400 dogs and has written a dog training column for Dogster Magazine. She is the author of two best-selling books: 🐾 The Midnight Dog Walkers: Positive Training and Practical Advice for Living with Reactive and Aggressive Dogs, and 🐾 Positive Training for Aggressive and Reactive Dogs: Proven Techniques to Help Your Dog from Fear and Anxiety. In a fascinating conversation on the topic of How to Help Dogs Heal QUICKLY and Compassionately, she shares how we as dog guardians might innocently put our dogs in an environment that makes it hard for them to relax and as a result, behave in ways we don't like, and of course, how to do it better :-) Don't miss Annie during the Panic to Peace summit! PS: Registration is FREE ... AND ... If you decide to upgrade to a VIP ticket, you help support The Phenix Advocacy Center for R+ Canine Professionals - 10% of VIP pass proceeds are donated to go towards supporting canine professionals who are committed to ethical training and who do not use force, pain, fear or intimidation with animals. Because their well-being is paramount in helping dogs! Link to register in the comments. #soultouchedbydogs #doglovers #virtualsummit

Today is National Pet Day! We all like to celebrate our pets whenever possible but today you can officially treat them even more than usual! Here's our little old man Ted last weekend, loving life, he's 14, but still acts like he's 4 😁 Feel free to post your pet pics in the comments 😀 #motivation #business #technology #ukhousing #businesstransformation

Let's talk about drive. What drives you? For me, it's furry friends like this one. His name is Marzipan and he was rescued by One Tail at a Time in Chicago. He's my 7th foster dog! One of the driving forces that lead me to pursue entrepreneurship was having freedom and control over my schedule so I could get back to fostering dogs. These dogs often need more time and attention when they enter a foster home that I couldn't offer when I had to be in an office for 8-10 hours a day without any flexibility. While building a creative business is tough, this dog drives me to keep going. Seeing him begin to feel safe enough to play, wag his tail, get excited for walks, and cuddle up on the couch drives me when I don't close a sale, get ghosted, or start doubting myself. 💬 What drives you? Let me know in the comments! 🐩 Interested in adopting Marzipan? He'll be available in a few weeks! Are you a pet rescue looking to find more volunteers, get more donors, and rescue more animals? I can help! I offer discounted services for pet rescues so your staff and volunteers can preserve precious resources while bringing more needed resources into your organization. Find out how I've helped drive results for other rescues: https://lnkd.in/gvkbCX7j

A big shoutout to Priceless Pet Rescue for choosing #Lynnpro! 🐾🧡 Jeff S. expresses gratitude for their order of custom black hoodies, spreading the heartfelt message: "Saving One by One until There Are None." Let's work together to find loving homes for all furry friends! 🏡🐶🐾 #AdoptDontShop #PricelessPets #CustomApparel #Gratitude #promotionalproducts #promotionalitems #customproducts #custompromotionalproducts

WHO TAKES CARE OF YOUR PETS (FURBABIES) IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO YOU? Most of us have “furbabies” – either a dog, a cat (or both) that we consider our family. All of us want something in place to take care of our children in the event that something (God forbid) happens to us in the short term, and we need to know how this would impact the people we love. Did you know that planning for our pets can be done, so that we know that our wishes concerning who will take care of them if we cannot, will take place? Unfortunately, so many people with beloved pets don’t consider this, and family members are forced to turn the pet over to a humane society where they may never find a new “forever” home. Want to more about estate planning and avoid this awful outcome altogether – we offer free consultations to get you the advice you need! (Serving California clientele) #californiaattorney #estateplanning #livingtrust #avoidprobate #pettrust #petlovers #willsandtrusts #savemoney #legaldocuments #trustadministration

This is going to step on some toes but you need to know …. If we are going to take Veteran suicide seriously, we have to take the training and selection of service dogs seriously. I started getting private messages from the recipients of other SD organizations, and that’s how this started. These weren’t messages of ungratefullness but somehow possibly through social media they looked at LifeLine’s program and had questions. Most people have no idea really what a service dog is supposed to do or the level of training he/she supposed to have. I would safely guess very few of you have ever truly seen a legitamate service dog, due to the numerous emotional support animals walking around with service dog vests on (a violation of federal law by the way) or the owner trained/organization trained service dog that’s gotten less than just a few months of training. I am not going to publicly name the organizations , that’s not what this is about. This is about tranparency and I am fiercly protective of and have no tolerance for actions that do not truly benefit the Veteran for whom the organization was founded for. Every non-profit organization is required to file Form 990 or Form 990 EZ. After talking with a few Veterans who again were very grateful and just wanted to know if I could some additional training with their service dog. I learned that the training for that team was MINIMAL.. Basic obedience with very little public access work and at a max 3 tasks. That’s what they got. These are respected organizations you’ve heard of and most are “accredited” or “affliated” with self appointed “governing” associations. (LifeLine has a big share on that as well, but for a later post). NO organization should have less than a 75% success rate. LifeLine Service Dogs has a 93% succcess rate and was DENIED a open and competitive government funded, bid opportunity because the norm as reported by other organizations is somewhere between 10% - 50%. The reponse on LifeLine Service Dogs bid focused multiple times and I quote “the apparent success rate”. That was their only issue/concern. I asked the determining decision board to review this information and tried to share and bring awareness to and there was no interest to discover actual facts. Instead we’ve made a discovery…. One of the organizations who won the bid reported a 1.8 million budget , there is no report on how many dogs were enrolled and how many dogs continued on through training for graduation. This isn’t disclosed, however I feel those numbers are important if your supporting an organization who’s gained your support for the Veteran and his service dog. Additionally, this organization went on to pay, with organization funds almost $600,000 to the CEO’s own for profit company, as well as paying two other companies owned by relatives. This organization has recieved recognition on a national broadcast level. See comments for the other organization we looked into for 990 IRS reports.

🐾✨ 𝐋𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫! 🐶🐱 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞? Share their adorable names in the comments below and let's celebrate our beloved pets together! 💬❤️ Don't forget to show some love for your fellow pet parents by liking their comments, and tag a friend who needs to join the fun! 🐾✨ Ready to spoil your pet with some goodies? Check out our amazing products at www.tinypetpaws.com 🛍️🐾 #PetNames #FurryFriends #petparents #catnames #dognames #tinypetpaws #petparenting

National Love Your Pet Day is February 20! Of course, we don’t really need a special day to love our pets. But so often, our lives become automated, and we forget to acknowledge our furry friends. We go through the motions of our everyday tasks; we stroke Whiskers behind her ears as we leave the room or toss a ball to Max as we dash out of the house. And we promise them we’ll play later. They’re part of the family, after all, and they’ll be right here when we get back. But then our phone rings, or dinner needs to be cooked, or the kids need to do their homework… Or worse—Rex got into the basket of clean laundry and left the clothes strewn all over the floor.  He was just bored, but who feels like playing after that? 😿 So this is a reminder for today—and every day—to spend some extra time with the person who always makes time for you. (Yes, I just called your pet a person!) 5 Reasons your kids should grow up with a pet ·     Teaches them responsibility ·     Inspires compassion ·     Hones empathy by putting themselves in their pet’s paws ·     Soothes loneliness. Yes, children can get lonely—and sad—and confused as they struggle to make sense of the world around them. (Just like we do, even when we don’t want to say it out loud). ·     For the love, laughter, and sheer joy pets bring into our lives If you don’t yet have a pet, consider rescuing an animal. So many little souls out there are in desperate need of a loving home. #loveyourpet #petsarefamily #pets #rescue #dog #cats #healing