Paddy's Puppies

04/25/2025

04/23/2025

Fantastic day working protection dogs in this beautiful spring weather. Always love catching a super fast leg dog. Irma is getting older but still getting after it. It’s not about how quickly you do something but how well you can execute it.
Thanks karikoch6463 for letting me work Irma. Photo credits to the fantastic
📸 koda.between.chapters📸

09/01/2024

Keep your dogs healthy! This is a great visual as a reference.

Many of you know we are huge proponents of keeping your pets lean and fit. Unfortunately (particularly in the States), many people don't know what a lean dog is supposed to look like. Owners of healthy, lean dogs are always being told their dogs are "too skinny" when in fact they are not. We are just used to seeing overweight dogs and think that's normal.

Here's one of our favorite visual comparisons from malnourished (too thin) to obese. The middle two pics are healthy lean dogs. From the side, you should see a nice tuck behind their ribs and a noticeable hourglass waist when looking down on their back. And for some short coat dogs, yes seeing one or two ribs is OK!

Keeping your dogs at the low end of their healthy weight range will not only help their joints and prevent disease, studies have shown that dogs which are kept at a lean weight, live two years longer than overweight dogs!

📷 Thanks Midwest Canines for this great visual. ♥️