September 2013 – Daycare Dog Photos

Back to school and back to daycare with a bunch of dogs at Barks and Recreation. The month has become increasingly more busy as it progressed. We are filling back up with lots of lovely, happy dogs during the middle of the week. Here are some photos of the best crew...
2013 Trail Regional BC SPCA Paws for a Cause Event Video

2013 Trail Regional BC SPCA Paws for a Cause Event Video

Photos, videos, and music from the latest Paws for a Cause Event for the Trail BC Region. There were many cute dogs, agility demos, disc demos, games for kids and dogs, face painting, a silent auction, home-made treats and pizza, as well as great live music. –...
Exciting News! We are Moving!

Exciting News! We are Moving!

Say hello to the future home of Barks and Recreation Pet Services… We are really excited to tell everyone that due to the awesome support we have received from the community, we were able to purchase this building to expand our business. It gives us about double...
Client Testimonial

Client Testimonial

“I have two very dog reactive and sensitive pit bull mixes (both of which are rescues) that have been in Sarah’s Reactive Rover classes. I started taking the class because walking my dogs was becoming exhausting. Not being able to walk past another dog or...
Understanding Your Dog’s Vocal Communications

Understanding Your Dog’s Vocal Communications

    Understanding Your Dog’s Vocal Communications “Canine vocal communications can be classified as barks, growls, howls, whines, and whimpers. Within those classifications, the sounds can have varying meanings. Your dog’s voice must be taken in...
Pet Portrait Painting by Cameron Dixon – Shanna

Pet Portrait Painting by Cameron Dixon – Shanna

Shanna 16 x 20 Acrylic on Canvas Days taken to complete: 20 days Hours of work to finish: 14 hours   Shanna is one of our awesome repeat daycare dogs, she has been coming to our daycare consistently for a couple of years. Shanna is a very sweet, happy girl who...
July 2013 – iPhone Photos of Daycare Dogs

July 2013 – iPhone Photos of Daycare Dogs

Here are the dog days of summer and with it are the dog day photos of our happy group of daycare dogs doing their thing. There were a few newcomers that started coming in this month while many of our regulars were back every week to play with the other dogs and with...
June 2013 – Photos of Daycare Dogs

June 2013 – Photos of Daycare Dogs

Below you will find a gallery of images with all the fun that was had during the month of June 2013. We were very busy during the month with many full days at the daycare and lots of fun memories with our awesome regular dogs as well as a few new ones who blended in...
May 2013 – Quick Snaps of Daycare Dogs

May 2013 – Quick Snaps of Daycare Dogs

I have fallen behind with updating the website as of late. I thought I should plop the photos from May to the site before I get to far behind. More lovely photos, these ones taken using my iPhone....
Lead by Example

Lead by Example

Lead by Example   By Sarah Fulcher, Cert.CBST, CTDI Leadership with regards to companion dogs is a tricky and controversial subject. Some trainers tout it as the end-all-be-all to any dog behavior problem, while others say it is not important at all. I fall...