October 13, 2009 • 32 mins
Christine and Vicki will share some safety tips for your pets at Halloween (from the dangers of candy, tips for trick-or-treaters, etc.). Vicki will share some useful reflective products for your dog while out with you at night, which are good for any time of the year. Christine will discuss some tips on purchasing customers for your pet and the best places to buy costumes from. Vicki and Christine will discuss some Halloween party planning ideas including games. They will also share The Pampered Pooch of the Week. Christine will also share some party planning ideas for a "Hollywood/Movie" themed birthday party for your dog. Stay tuned to listen in for a howling good time!
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
You're listening to Petlife Radio dot Com.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Welcome to the Pamper Booch. I'm your host, Christine Latham.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
And I'm your co host Vicky Nixon.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Today we're gonna be talking about Halloween. It's something special
that you can also celebrate with your pet. There's lots
of cool things you can do, whether it's gonna be
a party that you have for other dogs in your area,
whether you're gonna dress them up in the costumes.
Speaker 4 (00:43):
Take them out trick or treating, if you're gonna go
where all the people my kids are.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
We'll have some safety tips for you, so make sure
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Speaker 2 (03:31):
Welcome back to the Pampered Pooch. Now today we're gonna
be talking about Halloween, and as fun as Halloween can be,
you want to make sure that you're keeping your pampered
pooch safe. Some ideas that if you're gonna have stay
at home and have trick or treaters coming over, a
few things you might want to keep in mind. Make
sure that you keep your bowl full of candy away
from your pooch. Not only chocolate. Of course, chocolate and
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off forms, especially dark or baking chocolate, can be very
dangerous for dogs. All of the other candies that you
might not want to have around your dogs, especially are
candies that are containing any artificial sweeteners. They can be
very poisonous to your dog. It can kind of lead
to sudden drop in blood pressure, can lead to depression,
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lack of coordination, seizures, you know, liver failure, et cetera.
So it's always a good idea to keep your both
full of candy away from the dogs, absolutely, you know,
and not only just like what's in the candy, but
also like the.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
Foil and candy wrappers Christine.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
Yeah, the sticks that are in suckers. You know, all
that good stuff can be choking hazards. You know, it
can cause blockage and their intestines, et cetera. So make
sure that you keep your treats away from your pet.
Speaker 4 (04:43):
And remember, I know we've discussed it, chocolate is extremely
poisonous for pets. Symptoms of chocolate poisoning would include excessive drooling,
excessive urination, pupil dilation, rapid heartbeat, vomiting and diarrhea, hyperac activity,
muscle tremors and seizures or coma. Because of the caffeine
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and dark chocolate and Baker's chocolate, this can kill your pet.
So any of these signs or if you know your
dog got into chocolate, get to your vet or an
emergency vat right away, you know.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
And there are a lot of people I know have said, oh,
my dog has gotten into chocolate before and they were fine,
but they say, you know, and they're lucky. First that
nothing happened, right, but they say that just because it
didn't hurt them once doesn't mean they're not.
Speaker 3 (05:29):
Going to hurt them again exactly.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Something to keep in mind that just because your dog
got into it before doesn't mean that it's great.
Speaker 4 (05:35):
And even if it's a small amount, the vet always
induces vomiting. Christine, they want that chocolate out, you know,
they use that charcoal and then they'll settle it down
with ice cream. And as your dog or pets will
be in the house while trigger treaters come, there's a
couple of different options you can do. Opening and closing
your door and people coming up to the door triggers
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that protective instinct and animals and a lot of times
with the costumes and all that, the dogs are in
a little higher level of you know, anxiety. Make sure
you keep up a baby gate that keeps your dogs
confined in front of the door, so if somebody accidentally
opens the door tries to come in that you know
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they can't get and run after the trigger treaters. And
you want to make sure that if you're having a
party that your dogs are in a safe room. If
there's going to be a lot of people over or
you're having trigger treaters actually come in your house or
on your porch, just make sure that they're safe behind
a baby gate and there's no accidents that can happen.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
Then that's probably good for the trick or treaders too,
because even the best behaved dog, you never know what
can trigger them to becoming you know, antisocial. Yes, so
it also keeps the trick or treaters safe as well.
And especially with all the ringing of the doorbells and
the people knocking on the doors, that's really going to
agitate them. So if there's a place that you can
keep your dog that's going to be a little less
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you know, anxiety for them, that'd probably be a good idea.
And like Vicky said, if not, then that baby gait
it'll be a good idea.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
So they don't get.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
Loose, and make sure your dog has IDs because if
they do get out, you don't want to make sure
that they can be found.
Speaker 4 (07:14):
Another area of Halloween safety for our pets is very
important during before and after Halloween. Leaving your pets outside
is not a good idea. It is a time that
many pets may be hurt or injured, and people's pets
can become victims, and so dogs and cats, make sure
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that you keep them inside the house a few days before,
a few days after. If they're outside, make sure you're
outside with them. They're safer inside and you know exactly
what's going on.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
You know, some of the you know, different decorations that
you might have outside and inside you might want to watch,
like cords. Make sure you keep wires and cords from
like electric lights and other decorations out of reach of
your pets. They can either two of them, which of
course you know would be bad. Or what I had
happened one time is Sugar and the foster we had
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at the time, Elliott. They were playing chase in the
house and they knocked over a lamp and a cord
got wrapped around Sugar's neck, and it was really like
by the time I got out there because I was
in another room, it was wrapped around so tightly. She
was like literally choking from the cord. And the more
she struggled, the worst it got. So that's another, you know,
thing to think about. You got a lot of loose
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wires hanging around, cords, whatever, you know, just keep that
in mind. Usually all the time I can if there's
an area that they're gonna be able to get through.
Now often I don't have that cord plugged in anymore,
but you know, so it's something to keep in mind.
Another thing could be like carved pumpkins with what you know,
light candles inside jack o' lanterns or whatever you wanna
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call it. Of course, with your pet, right you know,
even if they're not meaning to the happy tail or.
Speaker 3 (08:58):
Whatever, exactly, knock that over and they could get burned or.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
Cause a fire, yes, exactly. You know. Also the some
of the Halloween plants, like pumpkins or other types of
plants can be considered to be relatively toxic just because
they can produce like you know, some gastion intestinal problems,
you know, upset the stomachs, and then just depending on
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how big of piece that they get, could cause some blockage.
Speaker 4 (09:26):
Right, corn husks are very they don't break down, and
we decorate with the corn husks and standing up and
if a dog gets you know, chewing on that, that's
all you need. So make sure you pay attention to
stuff like.
Speaker 3 (09:38):
That, you know, VICKI.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
And if you're gonna take your dog out trick or
treating with you. You know, that might not be the best
idea ever, but if you're going to then there's some
things that could make it, you know, more safe for
your animal. And one thing too I want to mention
is if you're driving, make sure you're on the alert
for not only of course, you know kids that are
trick or treating, but there could be a lot of
loose animals that are running, you know, a little more
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scared than usual, and they might dart in front of you.
So just keep that in mind. And I know you've
got some kind of.
Speaker 4 (10:07):
Reflective yes, especially on Halloween, but they're able to be
used all the time. There's different reflective items for dogs
that are wonderful. They have reflector id tags that look
like you know those steaks you put at the end
of your driveway so people don't drive on your grass.
They're that same red color or orange color, and you
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can write your name on the back. Cetasia has those.
That's www. Dot Cetasia Corp. C E T A C
E A c O r p dot com. We're also
going to have this on our blog so you can
find these.
Speaker 3 (10:45):
At They're at the Pampered Pooch.
Speaker 4 (10:48):
They have some great lighted leashes that are actually lighted
with LED lights that blink on and off and they're
visible from a half mile away, easy on and off
switch four and a half feet long. They use double
A batteries and you can even get a matching collar.
Those run about twenty three dollars. Great item because it's
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lighted with the LED. They have blinkers. There's all different kinds.
There's a collar one that's a regular blinky light. They
have an LED bright blinkers, and then they have pup lights,
which are high powered lights to illuminate the way for
your dog and it fits on the collar or the harness.
That's a real bright light. You may also want to
consider a reflective vest. Great for Halloween, especially because it
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comes an orange, or any other time if you take
your pets a lot out walking at night. The vest
is waterproof. It's great for wet or dry weather. They
have a reflective strip on there. It's a bright orange
vest that glows in the dark and you can machine
wash it. Those run between twelve and sixteen dollars. Great items.
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There's also some companies that make reflective dog vests custom
size to your dog, and you can get a matching
people vests, so if you're walking and your dog, and
you can also get reflective dog handkerchiefs for around their
neck or reflective collar covers. So those are some of
the great reflective items that you can use, not just
on Halloween but all the time if you're walking your dog,
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blinking lights or reflectors, anything to make your dog be seen.
You know what would be really cool, Christine, I should
say I shouldn't say that someone's gonna take my idea.
Wouldn't it be really cool if you could get a
scrunchy that's glowing the dark and put it on the
end of your dog's tail, so from the front and
from the back, your dog would be reflective.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
That would be cool. And they've got I don't know
if you've seen they've got like glow sticks. You know
you've seen those up but they're like onto the collar
and on oh gosh, just like an actual glow stick
on it.
Speaker 3 (12:47):
That's great.
Speaker 2 (12:48):
Yeah, So they've got tons of products out there. You
can find them anywhere. eBay's got a ton of them too,
so check out you know, all the different options to
keep your dog well lit in the dark. Okay, and
no Halloween is complete out dressing your dog in a
Halloween costume.
Speaker 3 (13:02):
That's right.
Speaker 2 (13:03):
You know. Not all dogs are gonna like it, mind,
no one I have to tell you, but I figured
they'll be okay for one day if I, you know,
want to dress them up a little so.
Speaker 4 (13:11):
And for those of us that can't sell and make
our own Halloween costumes, because I'd love to sometimes, Yeah, you.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
Can go online. There are a lot of different Halloween
costumes stores that are gonna sell new costumes, obviously, like
pet Com pet smart too, But if you're you know,
trying to find something different, or if you just want
to see an idea of all the different costumes out there.
A few of the favorite ones I found this year
are fun Stuff for Dogs all spelled out dot com,
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Glamourdog dot com, and doggie Vogue dot com. Those are
three that I like the most, and I think you'll
see that there are usually like two types of costumes
for dogs. You're gonna see the like full body costume,
and then you're gonna see a type that's basically just
the front. You'll have a costume that goes over the
legs and then around their neck and it looks like
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they're gonna have like say, a Wizard of Oz costume
and you can see the scarecrow from the front, but
the rest of the body.
Speaker 3 (14:10):
Is you know, buying the costume so to speak.
Speaker 2 (14:14):
Yeah, so you got two different types out there. I
kind of prefer the full body costume because I think
it looks, you know a little better. But you know,
all kinds out there, there's a lot of different types.
If you have more than one dog, like me, I
like to make a theme. We've gone to some of
the like pet coo and stuff in the past, and
we've entered, you know, some contests before or like a
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doggy bakery. You know, different places around that have some
contests and you can win some money. So that's a
good idea is if you have more than one dog,
maybe draw some similar or whatever. So that's something to
think about when you're ordering your dog's costume. Make sure
that you measure them first. You're gonna need to know
how many inches from their neck to their tail. You're
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gonna need to know how you know how much their
chest is, so just you know, around till it meets
each other. And then also the neck, how big the
neck is. Those are three measurements you're gonna need for
picking out a costume, And when you're looking for a
costume online, make sure you check each one to check
the size they're gonna list, you know, what it what
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it will fit for each of those dimensions, and if
they don't, you probably don't want to buy it, quite honestly.
Speaker 4 (15:20):
Correct, It's how many costumes I bought they haven't fit
and then I'm stuck.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
Yeah, that's the other thing. You know, if you're going
online or even in the store, you might want to
check the return policy because a lot of times they
don't return costumes, especially around Halloween. And then if you're
ordering online, make sure to take in consideration how much
time it's going to take to ship, because if you're
you know, maybe ordering from overseas and it's going to
take three weeks and you're ordering it in October, then
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they might not come on time. So you know, just
think about that, or you might want to start early
next year. So those are some of the different types
of costumes where to find them at. There's all kinds
of cool stuff out there. Of what your dog can
dress up like just depends on what you personally like,
and maybe you'll even dress up to match your dog.
That's even better.
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That's a good one.
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Okay, and if you are having perhaps a Halloween party,
include your dogs. We have some party cleaning tips for you.
Of course, you know, start out with invited any of
your friends that have pets that you might want to come.
You know, of course they're gonna be animals that are
gonna be well behaved around the other dogs.
Speaker 3 (19:36):
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Speaker 2 (19:38):
Yes, that's another aggressive dogs. Absolutely. You know, we've talked
about it before. Meet ups a good way to meet
a lot of people with pets that will be willing
to come to your events. And that's what we do
so you don't obviously give people plenty of time. One
thing that we've we did is say, you know, dressing
up is optional, so that people don't feel like they
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have to you dress themselves up or their dogs, because
there's some people that don't want to address other dogs.
A lot of people like it though, yes, they just
think it's cute. One of the things I did last
year when we had a Halloween party is we had
a lot of best dressed categories and we had presents
you know, like scariest, cutest, you know, all over most unique.
To make sure you have some categories for people to win,
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and your prices don't have to be a lot of money.
You could just be you know, treats or something if
you want whatever it's people or ribbons, like I passed
out some ribbons or buttons or whatever that. Yeah, so
you know, it's not something you have to put a
lot of money into. And when I think last year,
for the like overall best dressed or best costume, I
had bought like this, this a lady had made these
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bones that are made out of biscuits, like in the
shape of bones. So it was a reef bone that
was just something cute to give away. We also made sure,
you know, have like a CD in the background with
scary music so you can set the theme of the party.
You know. Maybe an idea is to have an area
set up in your party with like an inflatable decoration
where you can have pictures taken, you know, next to
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that decoration, some people can have a keepsake. Yes, of course,
you know you're gonna have some treats for the dogs.
Maybe you're gonna have like goodie bags with some treats.
Also gonna have price some you know snacks for the
people as well, maybe some cider cider donuts or like
at that time of year, maybe like a spice cupcake.
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I think last year I made some cupcakes and I
put like those you know, cheap spider rings that kids get,
like ten cents or something, and I put those in
the cupcakes us to make them look cute, you know.
So lots of decorations all over the place. Of course,
you know, like those cheap cobbubs you can buy those
that really look good right all over the place. Of course,
you want to have like chairs for people to sit in. Actually,
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have lots of water bowls for the dogs, fresh water.
Don't forget to poot bags.
Speaker 3 (21:52):
Of course, that's right, because there always be some of
that going on.
Speaker 2 (21:55):
Yeah, absolutely, And you know, other stuff to clean up afterwards, yes,
you know once they I always try to put on
the table too, is a hand sanitizer because we're all
loving on the dogs and everything. And yeah, if you
want to eat something, you don't have to stop and
go you know, wash, wash, your hands, right. So that's
just a few party planning tips for your Halloween party
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to pay for your pooch, you know, and I forgot
to mention when you're dressing up your pet, you want
to make sure that the costume isn't unsafe. Make sure
it's not going to restrict them animals movement in any way.
It doesn't impede the hearing or its ability to breathe
of course, or even bark, you know, you wanted to
be able to make noise.
Speaker 3 (22:34):
Peripheral vision is really important, especially for pets.
Speaker 2 (22:37):
Absolutely, and then just you know, take a closer luck
make sure there's no like small dangling or easily you know,
chewed pieces that can be broken off or choked on.
Just make sure that it's a well fitted costume with
nothing that's unsafe for your pet. Another thing with a
party planning that you might want to consider is games
for your event.
Speaker 4 (22:57):
Yes, definitely, games are fun. There's a couple of things
that you can do that actually involve the dogs and
their pets and their people.
Speaker 3 (23:05):
One thing that.
Speaker 4 (23:06):
We usually set up at some of our parties is
we have a little bit of agility equipment, a real
low pole to jump over maybe a tunnel. So that's
kind of a fun thing for a dog to do.
The tunnels a little bit much for dogs that have
never done agility, so you may just want to even
have like a little step up on a plank or
a little area where they can sit in the circle
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and stay and they can maybe jump over the little pole,
you know, leave it six inches off the ground or whatever.
Another thing I went to a Halloween party with my
dogs that was so fun was they had this thing
called dunking for hot dogs.
Speaker 3 (23:43):
You know how people dunk for apples.
Speaker 4 (23:45):
What they did was they took like a stainless steel
I wouldn't use a plastic tub because bacteria and stuff.
Speaker 3 (23:50):
Took a stainless steel tub, you know.
Speaker 4 (23:53):
Like a foot tub, I would say, and they filled
it with water and then they took broken pieces of
hot dog and they made the water real share, you know,
like because the dog's got to put his nose in there.
And some of those dogs really went after the hot dogs.
My dogs wanted nothing to do with it, but some
of the dogs just like hot right in there, you know,
and dunking for those hot dogs.
Speaker 3 (24:12):
That was a fun game.
Speaker 2 (24:13):
Yeah, I know, I remember sugar and princess. They kept
like wanting to put their nose in to get the
hot dog, but they never would, but yeah, it was
still fun to see him like try. And I think
another game we played at that event is I don't
have no idea what they called it, but they basically
would put a row of treats and then you would
be on London and your dog would be on the
other and you would tell your dog to come to you,
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and whoever's dog would come to you the quickest without
stopping at the treats to eat them was the winner.
And that was really a fun one.
Speaker 3 (24:42):
Yeah, it's a good game.
Speaker 2 (24:43):
Yeah, And you know they'd have like different rounds or whatever,
so that way there would be like an ultimate winner.
There's a lot of different games out there that you
could play. I think they have like a musical chairs
for pets, Yeah, except for who I think at the end,
instead of like the chair, it's whoever's dog sits first
or sits last gets out of the musical chairs, right.
Speaker 3 (25:02):
Yeah, So it's a fun game.
Speaker 2 (25:04):
There are a lot of different things out there. Use
your imagination. Think of a game that you might think
is fun. But I'm sure your guests will really appreciate
having something to do with their pet while they're there.
This is Christine Latham with a Pamper pooch. And today
we are at Emmy Latham's thirteenth birthday party. And today
we are having an old Hollywood glamour slash movie theme
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and the first thing that you see when you come
into the door is a Presenting Stars attraction banner with
foil stars hanging down slightly in the entrance way so
people have to walk through it with an a mint
one gold ticket. We also have a red fabric carbet
to set the entrance. We have a concession area that
is set up with of course food and drink with
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the Hollywood glamour theme. We have some treats for the
dogs including woofy pop and some Frosty Paws ice cream.
We've also made a delicious cake for the dogs and
you can't forget for your people. You have to also
follow the theme and have some mixed butter cheddar and
caramel popcorn for them as well, and we have some
punch and some lots of good stuff. Over on the
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other side of the room, we have an area set
up with a trifled, a poster board, this is starring
Emmy with a very cute picture of her. Our goodie
bags include a single dose of Woofy Pop which comes
in three different flavors that we were using anyway, cheddar, bacon,
and filet mignon, and we have inside the goodie bags.
We also have a little golden trophy that has a
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best guest label for Emmy's birthday, and in case people
don't know each other or everyone doesn't know each other,
we've got some labels name tags if you would say
and it says my name is such and such and
this is my dog's name. We also have a gift
table area set up where we have a reel of
film strip strewn throughout the gift table with the centerpiece
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of an award and to very much decorate that gift table.
We've got some theme balloons as well, and our collars
today are gold, silver, black and white. Very cute. Around
the room, we have a few different scene setters like
Hollywood Party with the Stars, Awards night and the Winner
is It's very cute. We've got lots of agility equipment,
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set out toys for the dogs to play with, water bowls,
clean up everything. It's going to be a great birthday,
and our paper Pooch of the week is Cooper. Cooper
is a Pomeranian. He's a round, one year old. Some
of his nicknames are Cooper the Rescue Dog or Coop,
and he's got kind of an interesting arrival story. His mom,
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whose name is Anne. Basically they had another dog, a
thirteen year old Cocker Spaniel named Bailey, who is death
and has a limited vision out of only one eye.
Bailey's day is mostly spent sleeping. Her husband had been
unfortunately batting in cancer for the last several years. At
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this time he's cancer free, which is great, but after
three years of being a caregiver, Anne really needed something
or someone to kind of boost her spirits. So at first,
you know, her husband was a little bit reluctant on
having another, you know, lifetime commitment of an animal here.
But they talked about it, and you know, they knew
how much it was going to be for them, how
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great it was going to be, and eventually they agreed.
Ann spent hours each day on pet fighters trying to
find the perfect pet. She was not looking for a
Pomeranian at all. She in fact wanted a small, smooth
coated dog with you know, minimal grooming requirements, something like
a miniature pincher. But then she saw Cooper's face looking
straight into her eyes from the pet Finer picture. At
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that time, he was called Titan. Shortly after sending in
her application to Small Dogs Rescue and ann Arbor, Michigan,
she was contacted and asked if she wanted to meet Titan.
The people who run Small Dog Rescue also operate a
kennel where she had boarded her dogs in the past.
So basically, the owner had said that Titan used to
belong to a person who had to go into a
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care situation where she couldn't take Titan.
Speaker 3 (29:04):
With her anymore.
Speaker 2 (29:04):
So unfortunately, you know that happens a lot. That's how
I got emmy, actually, you know, needless to say, Anne
said it was like love at first sight. Cooper pranced
right up to her wagging his whole body, and her
heart totally melted because she knew the person that you
know owned this kennel and ran the rescue. She was
told that she could take Titan home with her that
very day, and she immediately named him Cooper. Just before
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she arrived, she basically Cooper gotten groomed and was in
tiptop shape. She can't say enough about that rescue. They've
placed over five hundred pets since two thousand and on.
Like some small rescues, it's truly in the best interest
of the dog. So she'd really like to promote that rescue.
Very reasonable pricing. They're always up to date on vaccinations,
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you know, grooming, et cetera. Some of Cooper's likes. He
likes to begin each day by jumping on their bed
and coming over to lick Anne in the face, jump
on her poller, awake, I know that feeling, although mine's
a lot with a wine from sugar. And then although
Cooper could sleep in the bed, he chooses to either
sleep in a dog bed on the floor or under
(30:10):
the bed, especially during thunderstorms. He loves food. After eating breakfast,
he usually will get a chew treat to work on,
you know, pretty much through the morning. So that's some
of his likes. His favorite dog toy, he has a
tiny little fox that doesn't have any stuffing. We call
it his flat fox. It goes with Cooper, you know,
pretty much wherever he goes. He'll pick it up. He'll
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clamp down over it until there's pretty much. The fox
is like in one month and there's just parts hanging
over the place, so it sounds pretty cute. And some
of the dog's favorite foods he likes chicken and steak,
but he'll eat pretty much anything because he loves food.
His favorite activities is he likes to play fetch and chase,
where they chase him all around the house. Sugar likes
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that too. His best trick or command he stands on
his hind legs and he'll put his front paws together
over in over. It's kind of like he's either begging
or praying. They're not sure which, but it's very adorable.
Some of the ways that they pamper Cooper. They love
to give him tell me, you know, scratches because he
likes it, and they liked to you know, Camfrey, and
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then every few days he'll brush his one quote. During
that time, Cooper lays on her lap and enjoys, you know,
the one on one time, which is really nice. So basically,
you know, Anne, you know, really has has gotten a
brighton life from Cooper. She likes to spend her day
with him and he makes her and her husband both laughed.
So they're very thankful to have him in their lives,
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and that is Cooper. That's actually all the time that
we have for today. We appreciate you listening and stay
tuned next time.
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Welcome to the Pamper Booch. I'm your host, Christine Latham.
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Today we're gonna be talking about Halloween. It's something special
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a party that you have for other dogs in your area,
whether you're gonna dress them up in the costumes.
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Take them out trick or treating, if you're gonna go
where all the people my kids are.
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Speaker 2 (03:31):
Welcome back to the Pampered Pooch. Now today we're gonna
be talking about Halloween, and as fun as Halloween can be,
you want to make sure that you're keeping your pampered
pooch safe. Some ideas that if you're gonna have stay
at home and have trick or treaters coming over, a
few things you might want to keep in mind. Make
sure that you keep your bowl full of candy away
from your pooch. Not only chocolate. Of course, chocolate and
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off forms, especially dark or baking chocolate, can be very
dangerous for dogs. All of the other candies that you
might not want to have around your dogs, especially are
candies that are containing any artificial sweeteners. They can be
very poisonous to your dog. It can kind of lead
to sudden drop in blood pressure, can lead to depression,
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lack of coordination, seizures, you know, liver failure, et cetera.
So it's always a good idea to keep your both
full of candy away from the dogs, absolutely, you know,
and not only just like what's in the candy, but
also like the.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
Foil and candy wrappers Christine.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
Yeah, the sticks that are in suckers. You know, all
that good stuff can be choking hazards. You know, it
can cause blockage and their intestines, et cetera. So make
sure that you keep your treats away from your pet.
Speaker 4 (04:43):
And remember, I know we've discussed it, chocolate is extremely
poisonous for pets. Symptoms of chocolate poisoning would include excessive drooling,
excessive urination, pupil dilation, rapid heartbeat, vomiting and diarrhea, hyperac activity,
muscle tremors and seizures or coma. Because of the caffeine
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and dark chocolate and Baker's chocolate, this can kill your pet.
So any of these signs or if you know your
dog got into chocolate, get to your vet or an
emergency vat right away, you know.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
And there are a lot of people I know have said, oh,
my dog has gotten into chocolate before and they were fine,
but they say, you know, and they're lucky. First that
nothing happened, right, but they say that just because it
didn't hurt them once doesn't mean they're not.
Speaker 3 (05:29):
Going to hurt them again exactly.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Something to keep in mind that just because your dog
got into it before doesn't mean that it's great.
Speaker 4 (05:35):
And even if it's a small amount, the vet always
induces vomiting. Christine, they want that chocolate out, you know,
they use that charcoal and then they'll settle it down
with ice cream. And as your dog or pets will
be in the house while trigger treaters come, there's a
couple of different options you can do. Opening and closing
your door and people coming up to the door triggers
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that protective instinct and animals and a lot of times
with the costumes and all that, the dogs are in
a little higher level of you know, anxiety. Make sure
you keep up a baby gate that keeps your dogs
confined in front of the door, so if somebody accidentally
opens the door tries to come in that you know
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they can't get and run after the trigger treaters. And
you want to make sure that if you're having a
party that your dogs are in a safe room. If
there's going to be a lot of people over or
you're having trigger treaters actually come in your house or
on your porch, just make sure that they're safe behind
a baby gate and there's no accidents that can happen.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
Then that's probably good for the trick or treaders too,
because even the best behaved dog, you never know what
can trigger them to becoming you know, antisocial. Yes, so
it also keeps the trick or treaters safe as well.
And especially with all the ringing of the doorbells and
the people knocking on the doors, that's really going to
agitate them. So if there's a place that you can
keep your dog that's going to be a little less
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you know, anxiety for them, that'd probably be a good idea.
And like Vicky said, if not, then that baby gait
it'll be a good idea.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
So they don't get.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
Loose, and make sure your dog has IDs because if
they do get out, you don't want to make sure
that they can be found.
Speaker 4 (07:14):
Another area of Halloween safety for our pets is very
important during before and after Halloween. Leaving your pets outside
is not a good idea. It is a time that
many pets may be hurt or injured, and people's pets
can become victims, and so dogs and cats, make sure
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that you keep them inside the house a few days before,
a few days after. If they're outside, make sure you're
outside with them. They're safer inside and you know exactly
what's going on.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
You know, some of the you know, different decorations that
you might have outside and inside you might want to watch,
like cords. Make sure you keep wires and cords from
like electric lights and other decorations out of reach of
your pets. They can either two of them, which of
course you know would be bad. Or what I had
happened one time is Sugar and the foster we had
(08:09):
at the time, Elliott. They were playing chase in the
house and they knocked over a lamp and a cord
got wrapped around Sugar's neck, and it was really like
by the time I got out there because I was
in another room, it was wrapped around so tightly. She
was like literally choking from the cord. And the more
she struggled, the worst it got. So that's another, you know,
thing to think about. You got a lot of loose
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wires hanging around, cords, whatever, you know, just keep that
in mind. Usually all the time I can if there's
an area that they're gonna be able to get through.
Now often I don't have that cord plugged in anymore,
but you know, so it's something to keep in mind.
Another thing could be like carved pumpkins with what you know,
light candles inside jack o' lanterns or whatever you wanna
(08:53):
call it. Of course, with your pet, right you know,
even if they're not meaning to the happy tail or.
Speaker 3 (08:58):
Whatever, exactly, knock that over and they could get burned or.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
Cause a fire, yes, exactly. You know. Also the some
of the Halloween plants, like pumpkins or other types of
plants can be considered to be relatively toxic just because
they can produce like you know, some gastion intestinal problems,
you know, upset the stomachs, and then just depending on
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how big of piece that they get, could cause some blockage.
Speaker 4 (09:26):
Right, corn husks are very they don't break down, and
we decorate with the corn husks and standing up and
if a dog gets you know, chewing on that, that's
all you need. So make sure you pay attention to
stuff like.
Speaker 3 (09:38):
That, you know, VICKI.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
And if you're gonna take your dog out trick or
treating with you. You know, that might not be the best
idea ever, but if you're going to then there's some
things that could make it, you know, more safe for
your animal. And one thing too I want to mention
is if you're driving, make sure you're on the alert
for not only of course, you know kids that are
trick or treating, but there could be a lot of
loose animals that are running, you know, a little more
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scared than usual, and they might dart in front of you.
So just keep that in mind. And I know you've
got some kind of.
Speaker 4 (10:07):
Reflective yes, especially on Halloween, but they're able to be
used all the time. There's different reflective items for dogs
that are wonderful. They have reflector id tags that look
like you know those steaks you put at the end
of your driveway so people don't drive on your grass.
They're that same red color or orange color, and you
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can write your name on the back. Cetasia has those.
That's www. Dot Cetasia Corp. C E T A C
E A c O r p dot com. We're also
going to have this on our blog so you can
find these.
Speaker 3 (10:45):
At They're at the Pampered Pooch.
Speaker 4 (10:48):
They have some great lighted leashes that are actually lighted
with LED lights that blink on and off and they're
visible from a half mile away, easy on and off
switch four and a half feet long. They use double
A batteries and you can even get a matching collar.
Those run about twenty three dollars. Great item because it's
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lighted with the LED. They have blinkers. There's all different kinds.
There's a collar one that's a regular blinky light. They
have an LED bright blinkers, and then they have pup lights,
which are high powered lights to illuminate the way for
your dog and it fits on the collar or the harness.
That's a real bright light. You may also want to
consider a reflective vest. Great for Halloween, especially because it
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comes an orange, or any other time if you take
your pets a lot out walking at night. The vest
is waterproof. It's great for wet or dry weather. They
have a reflective strip on there. It's a bright orange
vest that glows in the dark and you can machine
wash it. Those run between twelve and sixteen dollars. Great items.
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There's also some companies that make reflective dog vests custom
size to your dog, and you can get a matching
people vests, so if you're walking and your dog, and
you can also get reflective dog handkerchiefs for around their
neck or reflective collar covers. So those are some of
the great reflective items that you can use, not just
on Halloween but all the time if you're walking your dog,
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blinking lights or reflectors, anything to make your dog be seen.
You know what would be really cool, Christine, I should
say I shouldn't say that someone's gonna take my idea.
Wouldn't it be really cool if you could get a
scrunchy that's glowing the dark and put it on the
end of your dog's tail, so from the front and
from the back, your dog would be reflective.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
That would be cool. And they've got I don't know
if you've seen they've got like glow sticks. You know
you've seen those up but they're like onto the collar
and on oh gosh, just like an actual glow stick
on it.
Speaker 3 (12:47):
That's great.
Speaker 2 (12:48):
Yeah, So they've got tons of products out there. You
can find them anywhere. eBay's got a ton of them too,
so check out you know, all the different options to
keep your dog well lit in the dark. Okay, and
no Halloween is complete out dressing your dog in a
Halloween costume.
Speaker 3 (13:02):
That's right.
Speaker 2 (13:03):
You know. Not all dogs are gonna like it, mind,
no one I have to tell you, but I figured
they'll be okay for one day if I, you know,
want to dress them up a little so.
Speaker 4 (13:11):
And for those of us that can't sell and make
our own Halloween costumes, because I'd love to sometimes, Yeah, you.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
Can go online. There are a lot of different Halloween
costumes stores that are gonna sell new costumes, obviously, like
pet Com pet smart too, But if you're you know,
trying to find something different, or if you just want
to see an idea of all the different costumes out there.
A few of the favorite ones I found this year
are fun Stuff for Dogs all spelled out dot com,
(13:40):
Glamourdog dot com, and doggie Vogue dot com. Those are
three that I like the most, and I think you'll
see that there are usually like two types of costumes
for dogs. You're gonna see the like full body costume,
and then you're gonna see a type that's basically just
the front. You'll have a costume that goes over the
legs and then around their neck and it looks like
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they're gonna have like say, a Wizard of Oz costume
and you can see the scarecrow from the front, but
the rest of the body.
Speaker 3 (14:10):
Is you know, buying the costume so to speak.
Speaker 2 (14:14):
Yeah, so you got two different types out there. I
kind of prefer the full body costume because I think
it looks, you know a little better. But you know,
all kinds out there, there's a lot of different types.
If you have more than one dog, like me, I
like to make a theme. We've gone to some of
the like pet coo and stuff in the past, and
we've entered, you know, some contests before or like a
(14:34):
doggy bakery. You know, different places around that have some
contests and you can win some money. So that's a
good idea is if you have more than one dog,
maybe draw some similar or whatever. So that's something to
think about when you're ordering your dog's costume. Make sure
that you measure them first. You're gonna need to know
how many inches from their neck to their tail. You're
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gonna need to know how you know how much their
chest is, so just you know, around till it meets
each other. And then also the neck, how big the
neck is. Those are three measurements you're gonna need for
picking out a costume, And when you're looking for a
costume online, make sure you check each one to check
the size they're gonna list, you know, what it what
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it will fit for each of those dimensions, and if
they don't, you probably don't want to buy it, quite honestly.
Speaker 4 (15:20):
Correct, It's how many costumes I bought they haven't fit
and then I'm stuck.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
Yeah, that's the other thing. You know, if you're going
online or even in the store, you might want to
check the return policy because a lot of times they
don't return costumes, especially around Halloween. And then if you're
ordering online, make sure to take in consideration how much
time it's going to take to ship, because if you're
you know, maybe ordering from overseas and it's going to
take three weeks and you're ordering it in October, then
(15:47):
they might not come on time. So you know, just
think about that, or you might want to start early
next year. So those are some of the different types
of costumes where to find them at. There's all kinds
of cool stuff out there. Of what your dog can
dress up like just depends on what you personally like,
and maybe you'll even dress up to match your dog.
That's even better.
Speaker 3 (16:05):
That's a good one.
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Okay, and if you are having perhaps a Halloween party,
include your dogs. We have some party cleaning tips for you.
Of course, you know, start out with invited any of
your friends that have pets that you might want to come.
You know, of course they're gonna be animals that are
gonna be well behaved around the other dogs.
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Speaker 2 (19:38):
Yes, that's another aggressive dogs. Absolutely. You know, we've talked
about it before. Meet ups a good way to meet
a lot of people with pets that will be willing
to come to your events. And that's what we do
so you don't obviously give people plenty of time. One
thing that we've we did is say, you know, dressing
up is optional, so that people don't feel like they
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have to you dress themselves up or their dogs, because
there's some people that don't want to address other dogs.
A lot of people like it though, yes, they just
think it's cute. One of the things I did last
year when we had a Halloween party is we had
a lot of best dressed categories and we had presents
you know, like scariest, cutest, you know, all over most unique.
To make sure you have some categories for people to win,
(20:19):
and your prices don't have to be a lot of money.
You could just be you know, treats or something if
you want whatever it's people or ribbons, like I passed
out some ribbons or buttons or whatever that. Yeah, so
you know, it's not something you have to put a
lot of money into. And when I think last year,
for the like overall best dressed or best costume, I
had bought like this, this a lady had made these
(20:41):
bones that are made out of biscuits, like in the
shape of bones. So it was a reef bone that
was just something cute to give away. We also made sure,
you know, have like a CD in the background with
scary music so you can set the theme of the party.
You know. Maybe an idea is to have an area
set up in your party with like an inflatable decoration
where you can have pictures taken, you know, next to
(21:04):
that decoration, some people can have a keepsake. Yes, of course,
you know you're gonna have some treats for the dogs.
Maybe you're gonna have like goodie bags with some treats.
Also gonna have price some you know snacks for the
people as well, maybe some cider cider donuts or like
at that time of year, maybe like a spice cupcake.
(21:24):
I think last year I made some cupcakes and I
put like those you know, cheap spider rings that kids get,
like ten cents or something, and I put those in
the cupcakes us to make them look cute, you know.
So lots of decorations all over the place. Of course,
you know, like those cheap cobbubs you can buy those
that really look good right all over the place. Of course,
you want to have like chairs for people to sit in. Actually,
(21:47):
have lots of water bowls for the dogs, fresh water.
Don't forget to poot bags.
Speaker 3 (21:52):
Of course, that's right, because there always be some of
that going on.
Speaker 2 (21:55):
Yeah, absolutely, And you know, other stuff to clean up afterwards, yes,
you know once they I always try to put on
the table too, is a hand sanitizer because we're all
loving on the dogs and everything. And yeah, if you
want to eat something, you don't have to stop and
go you know, wash, wash, your hands, right. So that's
just a few party planning tips for your Halloween party
(22:15):
to pay for your pooch, you know, and I forgot
to mention when you're dressing up your pet, you want
to make sure that the costume isn't unsafe. Make sure
it's not going to restrict them animals movement in any way.
It doesn't impede the hearing or its ability to breathe
of course, or even bark, you know, you wanted to
be able to make noise.
Speaker 3 (22:34):
Peripheral vision is really important, especially for pets.
Speaker 2 (22:37):
Absolutely, and then just you know, take a closer luck
make sure there's no like small dangling or easily you know,
chewed pieces that can be broken off or choked on.
Just make sure that it's a well fitted costume with
nothing that's unsafe for your pet. Another thing with a
party planning that you might want to consider is games
for your event.
Speaker 4 (22:57):
Yes, definitely, games are fun. There's a couple of things
that you can do that actually involve the dogs and
their pets and their people.
Speaker 3 (23:05):
One thing that.
Speaker 4 (23:06):
We usually set up at some of our parties is
we have a little bit of agility equipment, a real
low pole to jump over maybe a tunnel. So that's
kind of a fun thing for a dog to do.
The tunnels a little bit much for dogs that have
never done agility, so you may just want to even
have like a little step up on a plank or
a little area where they can sit in the circle
(23:29):
and stay and they can maybe jump over the little pole,
you know, leave it six inches off the ground or whatever.
Another thing I went to a Halloween party with my
dogs that was so fun was they had this thing
called dunking for hot dogs.
Speaker 3 (23:43):
You know how people dunk for apples.
Speaker 4 (23:45):
What they did was they took like a stainless steel
I wouldn't use a plastic tub because bacteria and stuff.
Speaker 3 (23:50):
Took a stainless steel tub, you know.
Speaker 4 (23:53):
Like a foot tub, I would say, and they filled
it with water and then they took broken pieces of
hot dog and they made the water real share, you know,
like because the dog's got to put his nose in there.
And some of those dogs really went after the hot dogs.
My dogs wanted nothing to do with it, but some
of the dogs just like hot right in there, you know,
and dunking for those hot dogs.
Speaker 3 (24:12):
That was a fun game.
Speaker 2 (24:13):
Yeah, I know, I remember sugar and princess. They kept
like wanting to put their nose in to get the
hot dog, but they never would, but yeah, it was
still fun to see him like try. And I think
another game we played at that event is I don't
have no idea what they called it, but they basically
would put a row of treats and then you would
be on London and your dog would be on the
other and you would tell your dog to come to you,
(24:35):
and whoever's dog would come to you the quickest without
stopping at the treats to eat them was the winner.
And that was really a fun one.
Speaker 3 (24:42):
Yeah, it's a good game.
Speaker 2 (24:43):
Yeah, And you know they'd have like different rounds or whatever,
so that way there would be like an ultimate winner.
There's a lot of different games out there that you
could play. I think they have like a musical chairs
for pets, Yeah, except for who I think at the end,
instead of like the chair, it's whoever's dog sits first
or sits last gets out of the musical chairs, right.
Speaker 3 (25:02):
Yeah, So it's a fun game.
Speaker 2 (25:04):
There are a lot of different things out there. Use
your imagination. Think of a game that you might think
is fun. But I'm sure your guests will really appreciate
having something to do with their pet while they're there.
This is Christine Latham with a Pamper pooch. And today
we are at Emmy Latham's thirteenth birthday party. And today
we are having an old Hollywood glamour slash movie theme
(25:25):
and the first thing that you see when you come
into the door is a Presenting Stars attraction banner with
foil stars hanging down slightly in the entrance way so
people have to walk through it with an a mint
one gold ticket. We also have a red fabric carbet
to set the entrance. We have a concession area that
is set up with of course food and drink with
(25:48):
the Hollywood glamour theme. We have some treats for the
dogs including woofy pop and some Frosty Paws ice cream.
We've also made a delicious cake for the dogs and
you can't forget for your people. You have to also
follow the theme and have some mixed butter cheddar and
caramel popcorn for them as well, and we have some
punch and some lots of good stuff. Over on the
(26:09):
other side of the room, we have an area set
up with a trifled, a poster board, this is starring
Emmy with a very cute picture of her. Our goodie
bags include a single dose of Woofy Pop which comes
in three different flavors that we were using anyway, cheddar, bacon,
and filet mignon, and we have inside the goodie bags.
We also have a little golden trophy that has a
(26:31):
best guest label for Emmy's birthday, and in case people
don't know each other or everyone doesn't know each other,
we've got some labels name tags if you would say
and it says my name is such and such and
this is my dog's name. We also have a gift
table area set up where we have a reel of
film strip strewn throughout the gift table with the centerpiece
(26:54):
of an award and to very much decorate that gift table.
We've got some theme balloons as well, and our collars
today are gold, silver, black and white. Very cute. Around
the room, we have a few different scene setters like
Hollywood Party with the Stars, Awards night and the Winner
is It's very cute. We've got lots of agility equipment,
(27:16):
set out toys for the dogs to play with, water bowls,
clean up everything. It's going to be a great birthday,
and our paper Pooch of the week is Cooper. Cooper
is a Pomeranian. He's a round, one year old. Some
of his nicknames are Cooper the Rescue Dog or Coop,
and he's got kind of an interesting arrival story. His mom,
(27:36):
whose name is Anne. Basically they had another dog, a
thirteen year old Cocker Spaniel named Bailey, who is death
and has a limited vision out of only one eye.
Bailey's day is mostly spent sleeping. Her husband had been
unfortunately batting in cancer for the last several years. At
(27:57):
this time he's cancer free, which is great, but after
three years of being a caregiver, Anne really needed something
or someone to kind of boost her spirits. So at first,
you know, her husband was a little bit reluctant on
having another, you know, lifetime commitment of an animal here.
But they talked about it, and you know, they knew
how much it was going to be for them, how
(28:17):
great it was going to be, and eventually they agreed.
Ann spent hours each day on pet fighters trying to
find the perfect pet. She was not looking for a
Pomeranian at all. She in fact wanted a small, smooth
coated dog with you know, minimal grooming requirements, something like
a miniature pincher. But then she saw Cooper's face looking
straight into her eyes from the pet Finer picture. At
(28:39):
that time, he was called Titan. Shortly after sending in
her application to Small Dogs Rescue and ann Arbor, Michigan,
she was contacted and asked if she wanted to meet Titan.
The people who run Small Dog Rescue also operate a
kennel where she had boarded her dogs in the past.
So basically, the owner had said that Titan used to
belong to a person who had to go into a
(29:02):
care situation where she couldn't take Titan.
Speaker 3 (29:04):
With her anymore.
Speaker 2 (29:04):
So unfortunately, you know that happens a lot. That's how
I got emmy, actually, you know, needless to say, Anne
said it was like love at first sight. Cooper pranced
right up to her wagging his whole body, and her
heart totally melted because she knew the person that you
know owned this kennel and ran the rescue. She was
told that she could take Titan home with her that
very day, and she immediately named him Cooper. Just before
(29:28):
she arrived, she basically Cooper gotten groomed and was in
tiptop shape. She can't say enough about that rescue. They've
placed over five hundred pets since two thousand and on.
Like some small rescues, it's truly in the best interest
of the dog. So she'd really like to promote that rescue.
Very reasonable pricing. They're always up to date on vaccinations,
(29:50):
you know, grooming, et cetera. Some of Cooper's likes. He
likes to begin each day by jumping on their bed
and coming over to lick Anne in the face, jump
on her poller, awake, I know that feeling, although mine's
a lot with a wine from sugar. And then although
Cooper could sleep in the bed, he chooses to either
sleep in a dog bed on the floor or under
(30:10):
the bed, especially during thunderstorms. He loves food. After eating breakfast,
he usually will get a chew treat to work on,
you know, pretty much through the morning. So that's some
of his likes. His favorite dog toy, he has a
tiny little fox that doesn't have any stuffing. We call
it his flat fox. It goes with Cooper, you know,
pretty much wherever he goes. He'll pick it up. He'll
(30:32):
clamp down over it until there's pretty much. The fox
is like in one month and there's just parts hanging
over the place, so it sounds pretty cute. And some
of the dog's favorite foods he likes chicken and steak,
but he'll eat pretty much anything because he loves food.
His favorite activities is he likes to play fetch and chase,
where they chase him all around the house. Sugar likes
(30:53):
that too. His best trick or command he stands on
his hind legs and he'll put his front paws together
over in over. It's kind of like he's either begging
or praying. They're not sure which, but it's very adorable.
Some of the ways that they pamper Cooper. They love
to give him tell me, you know, scratches because he
likes it, and they liked to you know, Camfrey, and
(31:14):
then every few days he'll brush his one quote. During
that time, Cooper lays on her lap and enjoys, you know,
the one on one time, which is really nice. So basically,
you know, Anne, you know, really has has gotten a
brighton life from Cooper. She likes to spend her day
with him and he makes her and her husband both laughed.
So they're very thankful to have him in their lives,
(31:35):
and that is Cooper. That's actually all the time that
we have for today. We appreciate you listening and stay
tuned next time.
Speaker 5 (31:43):
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Radio dot com.
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