Robert Berkelhammer

The initial pet company registration discussion at the pet owner’s residence includes safer home exits for walking the dog(s). Unsafe exits may include a doorway that is too close to an outside stairway. This close proximity of an exit doorway to outside stairs can endanger the dog walkers balance if the dog(s) become out of control leaving the residence and the walker is multitasking as they shut the door(s). Some homes have a flight of outside stairs so close to the exit do

A banister is the structure on stairs formed by vertical uprights attached to a handrail. Most dog owners and professional dog walkers use the banister handrail for support on wet, snowy, or icy stairs. Dog walkers are safer using the banister vertical uprights in slippery rainy and winter conditions. Holding the vertical uprights rather than the railing affords a better grip with a pulling dog and slick footing. A grasping hand on a handrail can suffer grip slippage, easily

Dog walkers who are walking dogs fitted with prong collars can take safety precautions for their own protection to prevent entanglements. Prong collar entanglements for dog walkers may occur bending over to leash or unleash a dog, or offering a water bowl or dog toy outside on leash. The dog walker’s long hair or necklace can hang down and become entangled with the prong collar. This is a safety problem for both walker and the dog that can be pre-empted. Musculoskeletal injur

Robert Berkelhammer on Let's Just Talk with Kathryn Raaker Robert Berkelhammer, MEd, known as The Pet Pro and The Posture Guy, is the son of a veterinarian and has worked in pet care since 2007. He has been the Daily Assistant Manager of a dog behavior modification play-group from 2011 to 2015. Additionally, he is a pet sitter, dog walker, and cat and bird visitor. For twenty years he maintained a holistic private practice integrating muscle therapy with yoga science. Robert