Stable Hands Pet Care Blog

When you've been in an industry for over a decade and owner your own business for nearly that long you've seen some things. There was a time when I thought I needed to get my dog training license just so people would trust my experience, but I soon realized that...

One of the biggest misconceptions people have about our business is that we have some issue with dog kennels or doggie daycare. We have no issues with these business models and consider them excellent referral partners. We can work together easily with them. They come...

Become part of the decor, were words I once said to a client and I am glad they understood immediately because one of my greatest flaws is explaining things verbally. This is the key to getting cats to accept you. Be a presence. If a cat is hiding under a bed it is...

As we approach our tenth year in business I realize it had been awhile since I shared the Stable Hands origin story. Let me pain the scene. I had finished my dog walking for the day for a company in Northern Virginia and my wife, Lara, was barn sitting for the...

Here is a funny thing my cat does. Every night at about 7:30 we sit down to watch TV, read, or play video games. If, for some reason, we are not sitting down at exactly 7:30 our cat comes to get us. This snuggle time is very important and he cares about it as much as...

From upstairs I could hear my father, like a broken record, repeating, "Sit, lay down, stay, come." Over and over on into the night. This is how my father trained every dog we got. He would take them to a quiet place and teach them the basic commands. They would sit,...