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Faith Based Pet Family Aspirations
Recognizing Non-Negotiable Family Needs

bobberkelhammer

Mar 4, 2019
2 min

Faith Based Pet Family Aspirations Recognizing Non-Negotiable Family Needs

Faith-based pet family aspirations depend on wisdom and healthy hierarchy practiced by adults. Adult wisdom builds a healthy hierarchy of strategies in the home where adults, children, and pets are cherished, fostering longer term success and less extreme failure. Healthy hierarchy helps primary needs of family members be met more consistency, and starves most problems before they acutely undermine family stability. Faith-based pet family aspirations may include: Learn to ap

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Winter Cat Visits 101: Is the Oil Tank Full?

bobberkelhammer

Feb 26, 2019
2 min

Winter Cat Visits 101: Is the Oil Tank Full?

“Is the oil tank full?” This is among the most basic and important question the cat professional needs accurate answers to before wintertime cat visits begin while cat owners travel. Pipes bursting in pet homes due to broken heating systems may result in an uninhabitable house before and during repairs. Pet owners want to avoid homelessness! Ruptured pipes can cause scores of thousands of dollars in home rehab. An oil delivery plan is a strategic way to avoid fuel tanks

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A Pet Registration Conversation: Off-street Parking for Pet Professionals in Urban and Commercial Su

Robert Berkelhammer, M.Ed.

Sep 6, 2018
2 min

A Pet Registration Conversation: Off-street Parking for Pet Professionals in Urban and Commercial Su

Pet professionals prefer access to off-street parking in urban and commercial suburban areas for reasons of time and safety. The initial registration meeting between the pet company and new pet owner client is the perfect setting to discuss off-street parking options, if they exist. Some renters, home owners, and business owners don't have access to off-street parking. Pet owners understand from the registration conversation they are contracting the pet company to spend time

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Dog Walker's Leash Shoulder Rotated Back for Strength, Coordination, Less Pain & Fatigue

bobberkelhammer

May 9, 2018
3 min

Dog Walker's Leash Shoulder Rotated Back for Strength, Coordination, Less Pain & Fatigue

(Rotating the Shoulder Back Using Muscles Named Infraspinatus, Teres Minor, Posterior Deltoid) Soft tissue pain and disability is one of the leading reasons people seek medical attention. Dog owners and professional dog walkers can learn better posture coordinating muscles from their feet to their heads. Posture coordination can maintain muscle-skeletal health by decreasing muscle group over use and under use. Overuse and under use of muscle groups may lead to fatigue, poor p

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Vertical Upright Bannister Support to Decrease Slip & Fall Accidents and Yoga Postures for Dog W

bobberkelhammer

Apr 11, 2018
2 min

Vertical Upright Bannister Support to Decrease Slip & Fall Accidents and Yoga Postures for Dog W

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

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Traveling Cat Owner Support by Pet Professionals (Cat Owner Inventory Before Traveling)

bobberkelhammer

Jan 28, 2018
2 min

Traveling Cat Owner Support by Pet Professionals (Cat Owner Inventory Before Traveling)

Traveling cat owners hire pet professionals to visit their Cheshire felines while traveling. Cat owners are in transition preparing to travel, juggling many responsibilities and loose ends to tie up. Lodging reservations, transportation issues, family needs, animal concerns, business needs etc. Consequentially, cat owners may forget taking inventory of all their cat supplies before traveling. It is not uncommon in cat visits by pet professionals to be left without certain sup

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Prong Collar Safety for Dog Walkers - Avoiding Entanglements

bobberkelhammer

Jan 20, 2018
1 min

Prong Collar Safety for Dog Walkers - Avoiding Entanglements

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

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Lucky Strike the Mastiff: Joining & Imitating His Exercise Pattern

bobberkelhammer

May 15, 2017
2 min

Lucky Strike the Mastiff: Joining & Imitating His Exercise Pattern

I was scheduled to walk a giant mastiff named Lucky Strike, who was afraid of his shadow, most noises of very low, medium, and high volume, and moving objects. Lucky Strike was in recovery from serious orthopedic surgery on a leg, leaving his muscles weak and underused. My employer and his owner were concerned about underused sinews becoming a chronic weakness problem in his muscle and skeletal movements. Given Lucky Strike's strong discomfort with many sounds and his penchan

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Safely Using Portable Stairs & Non-Skid Mats for Your Pets

Robert Berkelhammer, M.Ed.

May 11, 2017
2 min

Safely Using Portable Stairs & Non-Skid Mats for Your Pets

Pet owners often use portable stairs for dogs and cats needing safe access to beds, chairs, sofas, radiators, and automobiles. The furniture accessed by pets can be inside the home in dens or bedrooms, basements, porches, decks, garages, or in the backyard. Portable stairs allow for continued bonding for the pet and their human family and bonding with other pets in the home. Certain pets rest during the daytime or sleep overnight in a child's or adult’s bed that are too high

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A Treasure Trove of Routines Recorded by Pet Owners in the Pet Family Contract

Robert Berkelhammer, M.Ed.

Mar 23, 2017
2 min

A Treasure Trove of Routines Recorded by Pet Owners in the Pet Family Contract

Pet owners are treasure troves of knowledge about their pets. Pet owners can use the Pet Family Contract, an electronic download available on my website, to create a written document in the home for pet care strategies to be used by the family and pet professionals. The Pet Family Contract supports consistent successful pet care in times of low-level stress and during high-stress crisis situations. Crisis situations are best prepared for thru the pet family being organized ar

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10 Important Considerations to Help Decrease Pet Rehousing

Robert Berkelhammer, M.Ed.

Feb 13, 2017
2 min

10 Important Considerations to Help Decrease Pet Rehousing

A prospective family deciding to own their first pet or additional pets have options to decrease the heart break of pet rehousing down the r

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General Electric to the Rescue: Cat Refrigerator Extraction

Robert Berkelhammer

Jan 29, 2017
2 min

General Electric to the Rescue: Cat Refrigerator Extraction

Occasionally cats get stuck behind a refrigerator and cannot extract themselves without human intervention! Certain refrigerators fit into a cubby hole with 2 kitchen walls almost flush with the refrigerator walls. This was the situation Marco Polo, a fine cat with exploratory behaviors, found himself in. I visited Marco Polo for professional cat care the first day after his family left on vacation, and couldn't find him, nor him me, after entering the home. Following his c

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Dog Play Group Behavior Standards: Not Just Playing Around

Robert Berkelhammer, M.Ed.

Nov 3, 2016
5 min

Dog Play Group Behavior Standards: Not Just Playing Around

A question I hear often is "Don't dogs just play when they meet in play groups?" No. Dogs need to learn how to play with other dogs in a social way. I explain about a dog behavior group in Chapter 2 of my book Pet Care Givers & Families-Getting the Most from Dog Playgroups, Walkers, & Pet Sitters. For examples look at the chart below. Dog Behavior Group Standards Chart Positive Running Negative Running Positive Wrestling

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12 Tips to Help Prevent Pet Injuries from Auto Accidents

Robert Berkelhammer, M.Ed.

Oct 26, 2016
6 min

12 Tips to Help Prevent Pet Injuries from Auto Accidents

Millions of dogs and cats are accidentally killed or injured by automobiles and trucks yearly. My concrete suggestions can decrease vehicle accidents when pet owners better organize the nuclear pet family home. The Family Pet Contract is a 16-page document guiding pet owners in improved home organization, to efficiently meet the needs of pets and people during everyday functioning, in times of crisis, and avoiding crisis. www.robertberkelhammer.com 1. Create Cat Window Boxes

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