Pet Tip of the Month

January 2010

Training and Socialization

Hello my fellow canine companions. It’s Riley the extraordinary canine with some tips for your human.  Training, socialization and exercise are all very important to our overall canine health. If you have just gotten to your new forever home or even if you have been there for years, it is important to incorporate training, socialization and exercise into your daily routine.  Trips to the Dog Park or doggie day care to play and meet all your neighborhood pups, is a pretty cool thing. Training classes are also fun!  My human enrolled me in a basic obedience class where I learned all these neat tricks like “sit” and “stay.”   Although I learned these tricks 35 dog years ago, my human still practices these basic techniques with me every day.  She tells me, “If I don’t use it I lose it, so practice, practice, practice!”  She says it’s very important to continue socializing me throughout my entire life, and to make sure I get plenty of exercise. That’s why we are teaming up with Paws, Purrs & Exotics Animal Hospital to offer basic obedience and cool agility classes you can sign up for; and as my human always says, “a tired dog is a good dog.”  Come join me in a class to learn new things, play, socialize and get downright pooped (I don’t mean literally).  See you there!

Riley
CEO (Canine of Extraordinary Obedience)
AnytimeK9, LLC 

**Toni With Anytime K9 will be offering obedience and agility classes at Paws, Purrs & Exotics Animal Hospital located at 133 South Peyton Street in Old Town Alexandria.  Please visit our website at www.pawspurrsandexotics.com for class schedule and instructions on how to sign up.