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🥥MCTs CUT SEIZURES BY 50% OR MORE IN SOME DOGS WITH EPILEPSY, WITH SOME BECOMING SEIZURE-FREE, RESEARCH SHOWS.🐶🧠

If your dog struggles with seizures, MCT oil🥥 is one nutritional strategy worth discussing with your veterinarian.

In a randomized, double-blind controlled trial, 3 dogs became seizure-free and another 7 had their seizures cut by at least 50% while eating an MCT-enriched diet. That’s 10 of 21 dogs, nearly half.
Another randomized trial added C8/C10 MCT oil directly to dogs’ regular food and found significantly fewer seizures and seizure days. Two dogs became seizure-free.

🥄 HOW MUCH?

In that study, MCT oil provided about 9% of daily calories. The average dog weighed about 56 lb and received roughly 1½ teaspoons per day, divided between two meals.
This isn’t a universal dose. Researchers calculated it based on each dog’s calorie needs, and you should introduce MCT oil slowly with food.

🧠 AND MCTs AREN’T JUST FOR SEIZURES.

As dogs age, their brains become less efficient at using glucose. MCTs can provide an alternative fuel source through ketones.

Controlled studies in senior dogs have found MCT-enriched diets can improve learning, memory and cognitive performance.

So even if your dog doesn’t have seizures, MCTs are an interesting nutritional tool for supporting the aging brain.
Look for an MCT oil rich in C8 and C10, which is different from regular coconut oil.

Saturday Agility Class opening - 12:30pm with Katianna Pihakari. Dogs must be proficient on all obstacles. Novice and above.
Saturday Ongoing Agility Classes - 4-Weeks - $100

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Monday - Labor Day - NO Classes
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That means Open Practice for students and non-students that have previously been approved to rent the ring.

Email - paula.affdog@gmail. to reserve your spot!

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Workshop at All FUR Fun
Friday, September 11, 2026
Working spots- $50

Work the line, work the line!” - you have probably heard this. Come join to to take a deeper dive in further understanding what this means.

September Workshop - Friday Sept 11!

Hold your spot with payment sent via Venmo or Zelle
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Friday, August 7, 2026
7pm - 9pm
$50 Working Spot
$25 Audit Spot

This is not a workshop to 'teach' contacts. This is for proofing dogs already exposed.

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COME ON DOWN!

Bravo! Is anyone still doing this? Just say NO to PASS the PUPPY!

We need to have a talk about "Pass The Puppy."

You know the one.
You're at your puppy school and then the trainer says "Ok everyone, pass your puppy over to the next person”.
All done to let them get used to being handled by strangers.

Everyone has a few laughs.
The puppies start to squirm and wriggle.
Some just freeze.
Some pups may even growl and nip.
Many desperately try to climb and clamber back to their person.

It’s often touted as being "good for them". But for so many puppies, it's nothing more than flooding and at a particularly vulnerable and impressionable time.

Here's why I don't do it, and why I think we need to be much more careful about which puppy schools we choose.

1. It takes away their choice. Everything we do at puppy school should be about helping a puppy feel safe around all the new things around them, not forcing them to tolerate being touched and restrained by a circle of strangers. If a puppy can't say "no thanks" or move away, we are NOT building confidence.
We're teaching them that their communication really doesn't matter.
That’s not a lesson we want them to learn.

2. We want puppies to learn that people are safe and predictable. Pass the puppy teaches that strangers and people will grab you, hold you when you're uncomfortable, and your person won't help.

3. You just can't read 6 puppies at once that are wriggling, squirming and scrambling over a person. In a circle of 6-8 people (or more if families are present) all passing those puppies around, who is watching the body language? That lip lick, whale eye, tucked tail, or freeze . By the time someone notices, the puppy has already been overwhelmed and then they’re just passed on again.

4. It really doesn’t create calm handling skills.
A room full of over-excited, slightly stressed puppies being handed around like a pass the parcel game, doesn't create calm, confident dogs. It creates a bit of a circus. Puppies learn best when they are kept under threshold, not when theyre in the middle of a “hot potato” game.

5. It's outdated. We used to think socialisation simply meant exposure to as much as possible, as fast as possible (after all that window is closing, quick, quick quick!). We now know socialisation is about the quality of experiences, not quantity. One positive, choice filled interaction where a puppy chooses to approach is worth far more than ten forced cuddles.

So what does a good puppy school do instead?

Keeps classes small, so someone is actually watching your puppy.

Responding when they see an issue (and actually responding at the start of that issue, not waiting for escalation), even better doing everything they can to reduce the possibility of an issue.

Teaches YOU to read your puppy and advocate for them

Lets puppies observe first, and engage by choice.

Never makes you feel guilty for saying "my puppy isn't comfortable with that".
That should be praised! That’s so good you recognised that in your puppy!

A great puppy school may also ask you to leave for the sake of your pups emotional wellbeing. Some puppies can become completely overwhelmed, esp if they have very limited exposure before coming to class.

We have a loose floor circle in some classes, but we discuss body language communication skills and all of our puppies choose what they would like to do, and we respect that.
Some may investigate a person.
Some may just observe while being beside their human.

All of this builds confidence.

Passing your puppy around the room isn't a harmless tradition.
Its certainly not a rite of passage either.

It's a bit of a red flag for how socialisation as a whole is being understood.

If your puppy school still does pass the puppy, it's okay to ask why.

And it's absolutely okay to find one that does better.

It's HOT!

Indoor - A/C - Agility
Room Rental is available when classes are not in session.
AFF Current Students, and Pre-approved non-students.

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