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Dog Safety in Cars: Keeping Your Dog Safe With Protection That Actually Matters

Dog Safety in Cars: Keeping Your Dog Safe With Protection That Actually Matters

Dog Car Travel Safety: Seat Belts, Harnesses, Crates, and Barriers Explained If you travel with your dog in the car (and let's be honest—most of us do), safety isn't optional....

Dog Safety in Cars: Keeping Your Dog Safe With Protection That Actually Matters

Dog Car Travel Safety: Seat Belts, Harnesses, Crates, and Barriers Explained If you travel with your dog in the car (and let's be honest—most of us do), safety isn't optional....

Safe Dog Chew Toys: Do You Really Know What Your Dog Is Chewing?

Safe Dog Chew Toys: Do You Really Know What Your Dog Is Chewing?

How to Choose Safe, Non-Toxic Dog Chew Toys and Avoid Common Chewing Hazards Dogs LOVE to chew. And they should! Chewing is a natural behavior that helps dogs exercise their...

Safe Dog Chew Toys: Do You Really Know What Your Dog Is Chewing?

How to Choose Safe, Non-Toxic Dog Chew Toys and Avoid Common Chewing Hazards Dogs LOVE to chew. And they should! Chewing is a natural behavior that helps dogs exercise their...

How to Find a Reputable Dog Breeder: Setting You (and Your Future Dog) Up for Success

How to Find a Reputable Dog Breeder: Setting You (and Your Future Dog) Up for Success

Choosing the right breed, breeder, and puppy starts long before pickup day. Before you ever scroll breeder websites or fall in love with a puppy photo, pause for a moment....

How to Find a Reputable Dog Breeder: Setting You (and Your Future Dog) Up for Success

Choosing the right breed, breeder, and puppy starts long before pickup day. Before you ever scroll breeder websites or fall in love with a puppy photo, pause for a moment....

Service Dog vs Emotional Support Dog vs Therapy Dog: What’s the Difference?

Service Dog vs Emotional Support Dog vs Therapy Dog: What’s the Difference?

Let’s clear this up once and for all. Service dog.Emotional support dog.Therapy dog. Those three terms get tossed around as though they mean basically the same thing. They do not....

Service Dog vs Emotional Support Dog vs Therapy Dog: What’s the Difference?

Let’s clear this up once and for all. Service dog.Emotional support dog.Therapy dog. Those three terms get tossed around as though they mean basically the same thing. They do not....

How to Switch Your Dog’s Food (Without Wrecking Their Tummy)

How to Switch Your Dog’s Food (Without Wrecking Their Tummy)

Changing your dog’s food doesn’t have to turn into a messy situation—as long as you go slow. If you’re wondering how to switch dog food without causing diarrhea, vomiting, gas,...

How to Switch Your Dog’s Food (Without Wrecking Their Tummy)

Changing your dog’s food doesn’t have to turn into a messy situation—as long as you go slow. If you’re wondering how to switch dog food without causing diarrhea, vomiting, gas,...

Helping Dogs Learn to Move Through Big Feelings Without Automatically Making Bad Choices

Helping Dogs Learn to Move Through Big Feelings Without Automatically Making Bad Choices

Dogs SHOULD get excited. They should run, play, chase, explore, wrestle, work, anticipate, and celebrate when somebody they love walks through the door. Arousal is part of being alive. The...

Helping Dogs Learn to Move Through Big Feelings Without Automatically Making Bad Choices

Dogs SHOULD get excited. They should run, play, chase, explore, wrestle, work, anticipate, and celebrate when somebody they love walks through the door. Arousal is part of being alive. The...

A Correction Doesn’t Have to Be Harmful

A Correction Doesn’t Have to Be Harmful

Why Discomfort, Clarity, Choice, and FIRM & KIND Communication All Belong in Thoughtful Dog Training I want to talk about something that has become almost uncomfortable to say in modern...

A Correction Doesn’t Have to Be Harmful

Why Discomfort, Clarity, Choice, and FIRM & KIND Communication All Belong in Thoughtful Dog Training I want to talk about something that has become almost uncomfortable to say in modern...

Heartworms in Dogs: The Silent Threat You Don’t Want to Miss

Heartworms in Dogs: The Silent Threat You Don’t Want to Miss

Early Signs of Heartworm in Dogs Are Easy to Overlook—But the Damage Is Anything but Small Heartworms in dogs are one of those threats that can start quietly…and become devastating...

Heartworms in Dogs: The Silent Threat You Don’t Want to Miss

Early Signs of Heartworm in Dogs Are Easy to Overlook—But the Damage Is Anything but Small Heartworms in dogs are one of those threats that can start quietly…and become devastating...

Traveling With Your Dog: 73% Would Rather Road Trip Than Leave Their Pet Behind. Is Your Dog Ready to Go?

Traveling With Your Dog: 73% Would Rather Road Trip Than Leave Their Pet Behind. Is Your Dog Ready to Go?

There’s an interesting new study out about traveling with your dog, Americans, their pets, and the way we travel—and one number immediately jumped out at me: 73% of pet owners surveyed...

Traveling With Your Dog: 73% Would Rather Road Trip Than Leave Their Pet Behind. Is Your Dog Ready to Go?

There’s an interesting new study out about traveling with your dog, Americans, their pets, and the way we travel—and one number immediately jumped out at me: 73% of pet owners surveyed...