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Equestrian Services

Stephanie Jensen Equestrian

Equestrian facility on a family farm in Blackstock offering coaching, clinics, training of competition-level horses, and breeding and sales of performance horses. Runs the Munchkins & Minis program introducing children to horsemanship with miniature horses, plus equine-assisted learning, life-skills programs for schools and groups, field trips, mobile parties, and corporate team-building workshops. Programs run at the farm and through fully mobile services. Owned and operated by FEI dressage rider Stephanie Jensen, an Equine Canada Level 2 Dressage Coach.

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Equestrian Services

StoneRidge Farm

Full-time reining-focused horse training, coaching and breeding facility in Pickering. It offers reining, western and English riding lessons year-round for adults and youth, beginner to advanced (minimum age 10), with indoor and outdoor riding areas. Services include training young horses for reining futurities, starting young horses, tune-up and re-schooling for show horses, show coaching at AQHA, ORHA, NRHA and local shows, plus camps and clinics. Two AQHA stallions, Gun Dealer and Chex To Bee Cashed, stand at stud. The official site publishes no opening hours, so none are listed.

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Pet Supplies

Tail Blazers Oshawa

Tail Blazers Oshawa is an independent pet health food store at 22 Stevenson Road South, specialising in raw and natural pet food, treats and supplements for dogs and cats, plus puzzle toys and an in-store snack buffet. The shop offers same-day delivery within 15 kilometres for orders placed before 5 pm (free on orders over $120 before tax). Store hours are Monday to Friday 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM, Saturday 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM and Sunday 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Phone 905-576-0505 or email tailblazers.oshawa@outlook.com.

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Pet Boarding

Tails Time Pickering

Tails Time Pickering is an independent dog daycare and overnight boarding facility at 1099 Kingston Road, Unit 7 in Pickering. The facility offers daytime group play sessions, overnight boarding stays, spa and grooming services, and live playroom webcams so owners can check in on their dogs during the day. According to its website, the business has served Durham Region for six years; the facility previously operated as the Dogtopia Pickering franchise location. Drop-off and pick-up hours: Monday to Friday 7:00 am to 7:00 pm, Saturday 9:00 am to 3:00 pm; Sunday closed to daycare and open for boarding dogs only.

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Veterinarians

Taunton Road Animal Hospital

Taunton Road Animal Hospital is an animal hospital in north-east Oshawa serving the community since 1972. Services include wellness examinations, vaccinations (puppy/kitten and adult protocols), parasite prevention and deworming, flea and tick prevention, weight management and nutrition counselling, dental care and dental surgery, spay/neuter and soft-tissue surgery, laparoscopic and orthopedic fracture-repair surgery, laser therapy, an in-house laboratory, digital radiology, boarding, hospitalization, emergency and urgent care, senior wellness screening, arthritis care, pain management and rehabilitation, microchipping and an online pet-food store. After-hours emergencies are directed to the Durham Region emergency clinic in Whitby at 905-576-3031. Hours: Mon-Fri 8:00 AM-7:30 PM; Sat/Sun Closed.

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Dog Walking

The Country Club for Canines

The Country Club for Canines is a country canine daycare with a membership model at 196 Zephyr Road in Zephyr, offering country dog daycare and dog walking in a rural setting. The official site does not publish opening hours.

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Veterinarians

The Pawlour

The Pawlour is a veterinary clinic in Courtice, Durham Region, Ontario. Phone: 905-242-7202.

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Equestrian Services

The Pickering Horse Centre

Family-run hunter/jumper equestrian centre in Pickering (Claremont), operating for over 35 years. The 26-acre facility has six large outdoor riding rings, two indoor arenas, and stabling for 110 horses. It offers weekly riding lessons for all ages and levels built on Equestrian Canada's equestrian development model, summer horse-riding camps (running since 1978), and competitive training programmes through partner show barn Wulffden Equestrian. Gift cards are available for lessons, camps and programmes. Published hours on the official contact page: Mon – Fri 9 am – 9 pm; Sat – Sun 9 am – 5 pm.

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Pet Boarding

The Yard Canine Enrichment Center and Daycare

The Yard is a canine enrichment centre and daycare in Oshawa that tailors play to each dog's style, from runners and wrestlers to sniffers and ball chasers. Services include customized puppy playdates (45-minute supervised socialization sessions), private dog walks, one-on-one yard play with a canine specialist for reactive or shy dogs, pet taxi pick-up and drop-off, yard rental for private events, plus daycare and pet sitting for dogs, cats and other critters. The yard features tug toys, a ball pit, a doggy splash pool, climbing apparatus, a calm-down area, tether ball and an obstacle course. Bookings and free consultations are by call or text to 416-277-2814; the business publishes no set hours.

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Equestrian Services

Trillium Morgan Horse Farm

Full-service Morgan horse breeding and equine foundation training facility in Orono, operating the Trillium Equine Complex. Owners and breeders of champion Morgan horses for more than three decades, offering breeding and stallion services, foundation training, riding lessons, and equine educational programs such as the Clip Clop Club for youth and adults.

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Pet Supplies

Urban Nature Store Pickering

Urban Nature Store Pickering is a specialty wild-bird and nature retailer at 609 Kingston Road, near the Whites Road junction and just west of the SportChek Outlet. The store stocks bird seed in small and bulk quantities up to 50 lb, a wide range of bird feeders including squirrel-proof models, birding optics such as binoculars and spotting scopes, and nature gifts and gift cards, with staff focused on backyard birding advice. It also runs the Urban Nature Rewards and Frequent Feeder Club loyalty programs and offers a price-match guarantee. Store hours: Monday to Saturday 10:00 am to 6:00 pm, Sunday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.

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Veterinarians

Uxbridge Veterinary Hospital

Uxbridge Veterinary Hospital is a full-service animal hospital at 6002 Owen Road in Uxbridge, offering wellness examinations, vaccinations, dentistry, nutrition consulting, diagnostics including x-ray, ultrasound, ECG and in-house laboratory, soft-tissue and orthopedic surgery, spay and neuter procedures, laser therapy, and euthanasia and cremation services. The site is also home to the Veterinary Rehabilitation Centre of North Durham. Hours: Monday 8:30am-5:30pm, Tuesday 8:30am-8:00pm, Wednesday-Friday 8:30am-5:30pm, Saturday 8:30am-4:00pm, Sunday closed.

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