What's Happening at Ultimutt This Week... What a week! We've been very busy with Memorial weekend coming up! We have a lot of boarders this weekend. Remember, we are open Saturday and Sunday from 4 - 5 pm for boarding drop-offs and pick-ups and closed on Monday. We resume daycare on Tuesday at 7am.Ultimutt is helping with the Alzheimer's Memory Dog Walk on June 5th at 9 am. Register for this great cause and get some exercise for yourself and your dog! To register, go here to find out more information! There will be dog contests after the walk. If you are interested in participating, please let me know so we can plan to have enough doggie goodie bags to hand out. Also, Ultimutt will like to have some more volunteers so if you'd like to help with the event, please let us know.We're selling dog life jackets. We have blue and pink in sizes XS - L. If you ordered them previously, they are ready to be picked up! XS = $20, S = $22, M = $25, L = $28, XL = $30
We're selling Ultimutt tank tops for $10 (Small - XL). We have many different colors available.
Congrats to Morgan! He wins our May door prize full of dog goodies!
Have you walked into Ultimutt and realized how good it smells? Thanks to Scentsy we keep it smelling good! We have our "Paws" warmer (dog themed) up front. If you'd like to get Scentsy, contact Kristal Grounds at kdgrounds08@gmail.com.Be sure to keep your dog on heart worm and tick/flea prevention. We put out tick crystals in our backyard monthly to ensure a tick/flea free zone. We sanitize our facility nightly to ensure a safe environment for your pet.Although we require your dog to be vaccinated once a year, we highly recommend that you vaccinate your dog twice a year for Bordetella (kennel cough). This is a highly contagious sickness that can get passed easily through dogs. We still have cow bones for sale. They are $3 and $5 each. They are a great way to keep your dog satisfied on the weekends. You can grill or bake them for about 20 minutes and let it cool and then give to your dog outside. They will have a treat they can enjoy for hours! `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Dog Water Safety Going to the beach, river, lake or just staying at home by the pool is a great way to spend time in the summer, but fun can quickly turn to disaster when you mix dogs with water.Most dogs love retrieving balls from the water, swimming and running in and out of the waves - Zoe and Fritz think that all their Christmases have come at once when we go to the beach, but you do need to be vigilant to keep your dogs safe around water.Here are 5 dog water safety tips:1. Buy your dog a life jacket - not all dogs are natural swimmers and older and young puppies can tire quickly, the weight of a water logged thick and/or long coat can easily drag your dog under water, your dog can be knocked over by breaking waves, if your dog jumps into the river he may not be able to get again if the bank is too slippery.Like people, dogs can quickly get into trouble and if you are not there to help, may easily drown. By using a doggy life jacket when your dog's around water you are buying him extra time should he get into trouble and need rescuing - it just makes sense.2. Watch what your dog drinks - water in lakes, stagnant ponds and slow moving rivers can contain algae and parasites which, if ingested by your dog, can cause vomiting, diarrhea and in some instances death.Swimming pool water contains chlorine and other chemicals which can make your dog sick if he drinks the water.Always keep plenty of fresh water with you, and teach your dog to drink out of a water bottle so you don't need to carry a bowl with you all the time!3. Think dog - whether you are at the beach or at home, look out for potential hazards in advance and supervise your dog at all times. For example:* don't let your dog swim in places where there are strong undercurrents;* look out for sharp rocks and shells just under the water surface that he might cut his paws on;* check for steep muddy riverbanks that might prevent him from getting out of the water, particularly if he's tired;* if the water is cold your dog could be at risk from hypothermia; and* swimming pools and spa pools should be covered or fenced off at all times.4. Rinse and dry after swimming - after you dog has finished swimming and playing in the water rinse his coat thoroughly to remove salt, chemicals and debris form his coat. Make sure his ears are dry too to reduce the risk of dog ear infections - damp ears are a breeding ground for bacteria and yeast spores.5. Heat can kill - in summer remember that the heat from the sun is more intense around water. Watch your dog for signs of sunburn and heat stroke, and keep him off hot sand as this can blister his paws.Dog water safety is pretty much common sense, and whilst dogs generally have a good sense of self preservation, we often push them beyond their comfort zone as we encourage them to play longer and swim further forgetting that they can't tell us when they've had enough!If you are going to be spending time by the water consider purchasing a life jacket for your dog, it's easy to be distracted by family and friends and not see your dog get into trouble in the water - a life jacket could just buy him the time he needs before you save him.

What's Happening at Ultimutt This Week... The heat is on! The dogs love to swim in the swimming pool and get cool on these warm May days! We have air conditioning in the warehouse so when the dogs get hot, they can come in to cool down. We have to spoil our dogs, don't we? They love the Astroturf out back as they like to sunbathe and stretch out. We've had several new Ultimutts this past week and they have fit right in and had a ball.We're growing and we'd like to introduce you guys to our staff. Kristal Grounds has been here several months. She is a vet assistant so its nice to have someone on staff that can help with the dogs. Christine Curran is a student at UA Fort Smith. She plays tennis for UAFS and loves bringing her dogs Zoey and Ellie to daycare. Kelsey Kelton is helping us for the summer. She's a student at UA Fayetteville. We're so excited to have these girls helping us. We wanted to share their names and faces so we aren't strangers to you when you visit Ultimutt.
Kristal Grounds Christine Curran Kelsey Kelton We're gearing up for Memorial Weekend. We're starting to book up so if you would like us to keep your dog/cat, please contact us ASAP so you can reserve your spot! Remember, we are closed on Monday for boarding pick ups & drop offs. There will be no doggie daycare on Monday, May 31.Ultimutt is helping with the Alzheimer's Memory Dog Walk on June 5th at 9 am. Register for this great cause and get some exercise for yourself and your dog! To register, go here to find out more information! There will be dog contests after the walk. If you are interested in participating, please let me know so we can plan to have enough doggie goodie bags to hand out. Also, Ultimutt will like to have some more volunteers so if you'd like to help with the event, please let us know.We're selling Ultimutt tank tops for $10 (Small - XL). We have many different colors available.
During the month of May we are having a door prize full of goodies. Everyday your dog comes to daycare, his/her name will be entered to win! Join the Sebastian County Humane Society in a 5K run on May 22,2010, 9:00am. The cost is $25. All proceeds go to the SCHS. Please print, fill out the flyer and return to the Sebastian County Humane Society.Be sure to keep your dog on heart worm and tick/flea prevention. We put out tick crystals in our backyard monthly to ensure a tick/flea free zone. We sanitize our facility nightly to ensure a safe environment for your pet.Although we require your dog to be vaccinated once a year, we highly recommend that you vaccinate your dog twice a year for Bordetella (kennel cough). This is a highly contagious sickness that can get passed easily through dogs. We still have cow bones for sale. They are $3 and $5 each. They are a great way to keep your dog satisfied on the weekends. You can grill or bake them for about 20 minutes and let it cool and then give to your dog outside. They will have a treat they can enjoy for hours!`````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` 4 ways in which you can show your dog how much you love them.Do you have at least one framed photo of your dog somewhere in your house... or maybe in your wallet? Is your dog pretty darn close to being the very center of your universe? Do you love spoiling him, responds to his every whimper and cry, and spend hundreds of dollars on gourmet treats? To say that dogs are man's best friend is anything but a cliché You might be the most miserable person in the world without a friend to your name... but your dog will treat you like royalty every time you walk through the door. So how do you repay that unconditional love and devotion? There are hundreds of different ways!1. Spoil him rotten.A lot of people spend a lot of money at chic pet boutiques, dressing their dogs in hundred-dollar sweaters and paying for meticulous pedicures. They buy diamond-studded collars and give their dogs rooms all to themselves. You probably don't have the budget for things like that, right? You can still spoil your dog with simple, everyday things that cost you the absolute minimum. Next time your pooch needs a bath; focus on giving him a massage while you're working the shampoo into his coat. Take him out for a drive once each week. Or you can2. Making him a special treat from your our kitchen! Often you can find recipes that can be a great treat for him and you! That is a double plus.You know that food needs to be both delicious and nutritious to make sure he has as long and happy a life as possible. Why not try making some homemade treats and dog food that are absolutely packed with all of the vitamins and nutrients he needs? Bake him a delicious, healthy doggie cake for his next birthday, or share a few cookies with him, but remember your dog cannot have human food; chocolate from your chocolate chip cookie could make him sick.3. Prepare for the worst.If you know exactly what to do in a tough situation or an emergency, you infinitely increase the chances that your dog will be around for a long time to come. Do you know what to do when he's choking? You should lay your dog on his side and place one hand on his back and the other on his stomach just behind his rib cage. Using the stomach hand, push in and toward the throat twice, but without too much force. If you can see a foreign object, sweep your fingers through his mouth to remove it. If he's still choking, place your mouth over his nose and exhale until his chest rises. Repeat once, and then thrust two more times. Continue until he coughs out the obstruction. Now consider what would happen if he started to choke and you had no clue what to do, then ended up spending 10 minutes calling vets and driving him there. Making sure you're prepared to care for his health and wellbeing is a great way to show him how much you love him.4. Speak his language.Unless you believe in pet psychics, there's really no way for you to read your pooch's mind and figure out exactly what she's thinking. The good news is that, like many dog owners, the problems you're having can probably be traced to one simple thing: you're trying to communicate with your dog from a human standpoint, and your dog isn't a human. Rather than saying no, a word that doesn't really mean anything to a dog, try growling in a deep, throaty voice the next time you're unhappy with something he's done. Hell get the message immediately and you wont have to go through a big, drawn-out battle of wills. Hell appreciate you meeting him halfway!These are just a few of the ways in which you can show your dog how much he or she means to you.