All About Pets Show!!!

The Little Pet House was at The All About Pets Show this Easter weekend, with our resident mascot Loki, in the MonStars Mastiff Rescue booth! 

The show was jam-packed with some great vendors, many rescue organizations, seminars, and a grooming showcase! 

The Little Pet House does the Neo Paws fashion show for The Pet Network!!

The Little Pet House's mascot, Loki, and friend Diamond, were invited to walk the runway at the Neo Paws fashion show for The Pet Network!!

The event took place at the Neo Paws headquarters at 125 River Street, and featured a red carpet, gorgeous Sutherland models, and several outfit changes for over 10 dogs!! 

Our favorite getup was the Neo Paws patented life vest, visor, and neoprene booties!! 

Check out the Neo Paws website for information on this fantastic line of pet products. The quality is unsurpassed by any other!!

Neo Paws International - leader in pet safety apparel

 

 

Spring/Summer events! Where to find The Little Pet House this year!

April is kicking off Spring/Summer 2011 with a BANG! TLPH will be attending many events and seminars this year, and we want to keep you updated, and hope you can join us!

April 2-3 : Volunteer Fair @ PawsWay. visit www.pawsway.ca for details. There are so many organizations devoted to animal welfare, check out this event to find out how you can help!

April 16 - 17th : Speaking of Dogs is hosting a weekend-long seminar on Risk Assessments for pet care professionals. TLPH will be attending this event to broaden knowledge on dog behavior.

April 22, 23, 24th : All About Pets Show at the International Centre! Find TLPH in the MonStar's Mastiff Rescue booth!

April 30th : Pet 1st Aid Certification Course : Anyone and everyone who has pets or works in the industry should attend this seminar. We'll be at this one, at The Dog Guru in Thornhill! Visit www.dogguru.ca for regsitration details.

May 1st : OSPCA Friends For Life! Walk-A-Thon

June 11th -12th : Woofstock!!! visit www.woofstock.ca for event details! Toronto's biggest and most exciting festival for pets

June 19th : Ontario Dog Expo in Barrie. Find TLPH in the MonStar's Mastiff Rescue booth!

As well, you can always find the dogs of The Little Pet House at dog parks all across the city! Our favorite parks are the Winston Churchill dog park at St. Clair and Spadina, as well as Cherry Beach!

For more info on Toronto Off-leash dog parks, visit:

http://toronto.dogsofleisure.com/

More event details to come!

The Little Pet House

Our brand new blog! Oh My!!

Well, my name is Julia, and I am the owner/primary animal care attendant here at The Little Pet House.

First off, I would like to warn you that I am NOT computer Savvy, and this is my first time creating a blog - so please bear with me!!

I would like to start with a brief bio of myself (vain, I know) so that you may have more confidence in who is caring for your pet while you are away.

I grew up in the greater Toronto area, with two animal loving parents. My mother was a strong animal rights advocate, defending everyone from seals suffering annual slaughter to the squirrels just trying to get a nut. My father was always bringing home orphaned and injured wildlife/stray animals, and eventually became a volunteer for the Toronto Wildlife Centre, where I later also became a volunteer.

Growing up, I had all kinds of pets including two large dogs, many small breed dogs, cats, and rabbits. As a youngster, I was a member of the 4H Rabbit Club of Ontario, breeding and handling Angora rabbits. I even won a trophy at the county fair!

To my ecstatic delight, at about 10 years old my parents signed me up for two weeks at a summer zoo camp at Orono's Jungle Cat World. There I had the opportunity to handle all types of exotic animals such as tiger cubs, lions, monkeys, coyotes and snakes. I attended Zoo Camp for two consecutaive years. 

At 13, I auditioned and was accepted into the Etobicoke School Of The Arts, majoring in Visual Arts. I completed my required volunteer hours at The Toronto Wildlife Centre, where I was responsible for operating the emergency hotline. At TWC I learned basic medical terminology of veterinary medicine, learned emergency response for the widely varying and often obscure situations that our native critters get themselves into, and had the oportunity to work alongside admirable wildlife volunteers.

After completing high school at ESA, I attended George Brown College for Business Management. While attaneding GBC, I worked as an office coordinator for an architectural design company, Tartaruga Design. I soon decided the office world was not for me, and opted to persue a career in the animal industry.

Having no idea where to start, a friend of mine - a pet crematoruim operator, ironically - informed of a job posting he saw at one of the veterinary clinics his company serviced. It was for a receptionist/vet assistant at a Scarborough Vaccination Clinic. I was hired and began my career in companion animal care at Animal Vaccination Service at Kennedy and Eglinton. From AVS I was hired at the big brother clinic, Toronto Central Animal Clinic, downtown Toronto, and I juggled back and forth between the two clinics, often working at both clinics in one day. The veterinarians at both clinics taught me an immesurable amount of information, and allowed me to assist in many surgeries and procedures. I was able to attend seminars on veterinary products, seminars via VSPN's website, operate a K-Laser for laser therapy, administer medications orally, subcutaneously and through intravenous. Eventually I was working independently overnight when the clinic extended it's hours to offer 24 hour emergency services.

While at TCAC and AVS, I became a foster parent for the Toronto Humane Society, caring for 'special needs' dogs - dogs with disabilities or behavior issues. I also fostered dogs with Adopt-A-Dog-Save-A-Life, and Happy Tails Dog Rescue.

Eventually I left TCAC and AVS, and worked for a short period at Willowdale Animal Hospital, which I was so highly impressed with that it is now my regular clinic as well as my emergency clinic for my own pets and my clients.
I decided to leave the veterinary industry as I noticed I was becoming desensitized to the pain and suffering of the patients.

From Willowdale I was hired and tained at an east end dog walking company, where we picked up and drove a pack of between 10-15 dogs to a large property in Bowmanville where we walked for hours with the dogs off-leash. Here I learned about pack mentality and how to maintain control of a large pack off-leash.


Phew, I may as well have written a novel!

**Please follow the links below for additional information on the companies/facilities and organizations listed above:
http://www.junglecatworld.com/
http://www.4-hontario.ca/
http://schools.tdsb.on.ca/esa/
http://www.torontowildlifecentre.com/
http://www.georgebrown.ca/
http://www.tartarugadesign.com/
http://www.torontohumanesociety.com/
http://www.adoptadogsavealife.com/
http://www.happytailsrescue.ca/



Also check out:
www.vspn.org
www.monstarsmastiffrescue.ca/\
www.casameow.com
www.neo-paws.com