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Tips for Planning Your Pet’s Holiday Boarding Stay

The holiday season is an exciting one – but it can mean a lot of changes in schedule and increased travelling. At Smith Farms, we want to take the worry away. Here are some tips for planning your dog’s boarding stay: Ask for referrals Check with trusted fellow...

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Plants Dangerous to Your Dog

A Few Common Plants That Can Be Dangerous to Your Dog Daffodils. If consumed by a dog, a daffodil bulb can cause diarrhea, vomiting, convulsions, other awful symptoms, and in serious cases, even death. Tulips. Tulips are another flower with a bulb poisonous to dogs. A...

Smith Farms Dog Training Philosophy

Training Philosophy: Smith Farms Boarding Kennels focuses on balance training methods. We believe that all dogs can be trained and each individual dog has a unique potential they can be reached. With a supportive handler/owner that is willing to team up and build...

Did You Know?

You may have heard that your pup sweats through his tongue. That’s not true! Dogs actually sweat through merocrine sweat glands located on their paw pads. You may have also heard that dogs are colorblind. That’s also not completely true. Dogs can...

Symptoms of Heat Exhaustion in Dogs

The heat of Georgia summers can be brutal. It’s important to understand the seriousness and be aware of how that heat can affect your furry friends. Cardiac arrest and heat stroke are some of the more serious effects of heat exhaustion in dogs. We would like to...