the a special kind of bond between a pet
parent and a pet and Tamra from Camp
foul out is here from the live oak
location to tell us more of I've had the
benefits having a pet especially a dog
thank you so much for being here what do
we have we have Jade and she's an
English cocker she's about five and a
half months old and then we have Zeke
here he's a little camera shy at the
moment and he's about 13
he's one of my dog he's my dog and we're
glad to be here and owning a dog of
course has physical and mental benefits
and so the dog walks aren't just for the
dog right right I totally agree with
that dog walks are are for us too I mean
to get out with your dog training plane
walking on a daily schedule really helps
us and it helps the dog it gets us out
of our minds right so we're we don't
have those distractions of cell phones
emails people talking in our here and it
gives us that special bonding time with
their dogs so definitely it's great for
overall health and speaking of overall
health dogs can help kind of keep you
calm right oh my gosh yes dogs are great
for you know people who make might
suffer from depression who have high
blood pressure stress or anxiety I
suffer from a lot of anxiety a little
bit tips me off but going to Camp Bow
Wow and going straight into the play
yards playing with the dogs the dogs
automatically sense what's going on and
they bring me into a calmness like no
other and they're goofy let me look at
Jade look how serious she is and see it
makes you laugh and so they kind of help
produce that serotonin which is that
feel-good hormone and it helps to to
decrease your cortisol levels which
causes the stress and the adrenal
fatigue so they're great
blood pressure everything and like you
just mentioned how dogs can help kind of
calm us down and have positive benefits
having them go to a place like doggy
daycare at Camp Bow Wow can have
benefits for them too oh definitely just
like we need people's socialization dogs
need dogs socialization if we just keep
our pets home with us all the time they
start developing our own personalities
and that's good but
they should not have human personalities
we need or let our dogs be dogs and
that's letting them go to camp socialize
with other dogs our same size and
temperament it's good for them and it
doesn't have to be every day it's just
once in a while but it keeps them
healthy and again it keeps them social
and it keeps you know preventing from
those bad behaviors like Jayde's kind of
getting crazy here come on there we go
that's your better side yeah yeah we
don't want to see your backside okay and
you have any tips for you know two kind
of safety outdoors especially here in
South Texas where I get really really
yeah it's a little hot right now but
we're under the shade thank God but if
you plan on being out this summer with
your dog make sure that you have plenty
of water make sure your dog is leashed
up and have a first-aid kit on hand as
well carry those items with you if you
happen to be camping or hiking with you
you're with your dog make sure that
you're familiar with your surroundings
dogs can easily wander off get into
plants approach animals that we don't
are not aware of and that we don't want
them to socialize with and if you're
camping keep your dog with you in the
tent just don't you know to them up
outside until the morning just keep an
eye on them make sure they have plenty
of sunscreen and again keep them leashed
up that's so important and of course if
you have a dog that has a lot of earth
for their breed you may want to cut it
short but be careful about how how sure
right yeah there's nothing wrong with
grooming your dog in fact Zeke since he
is older I started doing that with him
but I don't I don't shave him real short
I try to keep about an inch an introvert
on him because if you if you do too
short you can easily sunburn them and
there is a special sunscreen for dogs
that you can find yes there is yeah so
look make sure it's pet friendly don't
apply human type sunscreen because there
is a chemical that is toxic to dogs so
make sure that it's pet friendly alright
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