Nose To Tail Blog

The Holiday Season has just finished with the outcome being “6 dogs attacks in 23 days”

Personally its realistic that dogs get stressed, they can get skin allergies due to the heat or the family situations changes because the kids are home from school -  Its very important to keep the dogs routine going – for example regular exercise or a place they can go to have timeout.

Due to these changes, be careful don’t leave your young children around the dogs by themselves as they are not able to read the warning signs when a dog is becoming stressed.

What are your thoughts and tips?

All the success
Kath

We all know how important those first few months of bonding are with your new puppy and setting the ground rules and expectations particularly with socialisation are best done in those first few weeks.

Training Options and Costs

Puppy pre-school $135, this is a 4-week course aimed at pups younger than 14 weeks old. This is an important time in a young pups life where they will learn to accept themselves as a dog and learn that our world is full of wonderfully different things to see and experience. By enrolling in this course you have ensured your pup the best start in life. We will begin to shape some basic manners for the pups and create an environment where they can feel safe to explore.

Tuesday night 7.15pm to 8.15pm for four weeks

Diploma  Course $150, this is a 5-week course that builds on skills learned in puppy pre-school, and will incorporate some life preserving techniques. The diploma course is aimed at basic obedience centred around a basic manners package that I believe all dogs should learn. (Puppy pre-school is advised before this course but not essential)

Wednesday night 7.15pm to 8.15pm for five weeks

If you would like to come please phone 448 2227 or email kath@nosetotail.co.nz for an enrolment form

Introducing Matt of Canine College

My philosophy about dog training is quite simple, the better trained your dog is, the safer they will be and the stronger the bond will become between the two of you

After all… a happy dog equals a happy home!

A decision to train your dog is a decision that says, I am interested in my dog’s destiny, I choose to educate both myself and my dog so that they may live a long, safe and most of all a balanced life.

Here at Canine College, my aim is to educate both owner and dog so that we may better understand each other’s needs. Positive reinforcement methods are only used to ensure no fear is present while training your dog. This in turn, forms the backbone of a trusting bond you will share with your dog forever. I use techniques that are not only easy to understand but allows the dog to meet us half way, as each command is part of the dog’s usual behaviour, therefore making it easy and enjoyable for both of you.

Regardless of where your dog’s level of training is currently at, here at Canine College I have training that will provide new challenges for your dog or techniques to sharpen and fine tune an already learned command.

I Kath here, just letting you know that we just found a great new product – I would love to endorse it as it works like ‘Magic Drops’  -  It works on hotspots skin, abrasion,  for humans and animals  - a must for having in your purse (or man purse) This product is locally made in Dunedin and we are fortunate to know stock this product “A highly effective mix of Non-ionic and Ionic Colloidal Silver providing maximum internal and external benefits. Natural Sense is made using a very strict quality control program with ultra-pure deionised bio-energised water, 99.9999% ultra-purity silver colloid 10ppm, purified seaweed extract. It is independently laboratory tested for its effectiveness and safety.Natural Sense Colloidal Silver is often referred to as a “first aid kit in a bottle” due to its antimicrobial/antiseptic properties.

Used commonly for prevention and aids against bacterial, fungal and viral infections. Impressive results are also reported with respect to healing, allergies, irritations and detoxification effects.There are dozens of uses for colloidal silver  Available in bottle sizes 2.8L, 520ml, 210ml, 105ml sprays and droppers. Also available in a 25ml Handy Travel Spray & eye dropper and 25ml Nasal Spray.”

If you come to us and you discover a problem, our aim is to solve this problem to your satisfaction –we are very grateful for you telling us and giving us the opportunity to fix the issue. We take business personally as NosetoTail as the business is a representation of what we would like to see in a perfect ‘Dog washing company.’

We are human, if you feel you have some ideas or feedback to ensure the experience can be improved please fill out this survey.

Did you know! For the people that are not able to come into our fabulous shop we have created an online shopping facility www.dogsonline.co.nz – We list the core products that we sell in the shop including special seasonal products.

In answer to all the confusion about the loyalty system every self service bath is accrued on the ‘computer System’ after a certain amount of baths a free bath will be issues to you.

Previously we had loyalty cards and people were having to carry the cards in their wallet and were losing them, to solve this issue we then held the cards at NosetoTail that created a greater waiting time at the till, so now have the perfect solution – Thank you Mr. Computer!

Feel free to ask the team where you are in the loyalty system.

Guess What! We are not allowed to stock it and sell it – The reason given to us by Bayers is that only vets can sell it because at the point of sale every vet has to give strict instructions on the usage.

This is due to frequent mistakes with the owners giving it orally or some other interesting ways causing posing. The relational behind vets selling it is that the person will return to where they brought the product and seek emergency help for their animal.

As this is such a noxious poison it is import to get veterinary help immediately.

Nose to Tail recommendations other products that work just as effectively with none of the side effects, such as the ‘Fidos Flea Rinse’ / Duroguard for larger dogs and the wonderful magnetic shoe tags product that we have in stock.

Hope this information helps,
All the success
Kath

P.S; By the way, have you read the instructions when disposing the “Advantage and Frontline” packet?