In This Article If you have ever looked at your rescue dog and wondered “what on earth are you mixed with?”, the Embark dog DNA test is probably already on your radar. A few months ago, my friend Daniel adopted a three-year-old rescue named Biscuit from a local shelter. The paperwork said “Lab mix.” Biscuit, … Read more
In This Article Finding the best dog breeds for families sounds simple until you actually try it. Last spring, my cousin Rachel and her husband sat their two kids down at the kitchen table and announced that the family was finally getting a dog. Her eight-year-old daughter cried happy tears. Her four-year-old son asked if … Read more
In This Article My sister has a Husky named Luna, and I swear that dog sheds enough fur every week to build a second dog. She vacuumed daily, and the couch still looked like it was wearing a gray sweater. Brushing was no better. Luna hated it, so each session ended with a cloud of … Read more
In This Article My neighbor has a Rottweiler named Max, a big, strong dog who used to test every fence she ever put up. She tried a chain-link fence first, and he found a gap at the bottom within a week. Then came an electric wire fence buried in the yard, which worked for a … Read more
In This Article A Dog Water Fountain was not something I even thought about until I noticed my German Shepherd barely touching his water bowl some days. He would drink a little in the morning and that was it. I kept refilling it with fresh water, but the bowl just sat there most of the … Read more
In This Article How to train your dog is a question most of us Google only after something goes wrong. For me it was a Husky, and it was the day he slipped through a half-open front door and took off down the street like the whole neighborhood was his personal racetrack. I stood there … Read more
In This Article Finding the Best Dry Dog Foods for Sensitive Stomach usually starts the same way it did for us, a bag that looked perfectly fine on the shelf, my Labrador eating it happily for about a week, and then the gas that could clear a room, followed by stools that just never firmed … Read more
In This Article My dog never liked the toothbrush, not even once. The moment he saw it coming toward him, he’d either take off running, start barking like I’d brought a weapon into the room, or just clamp his mouth shut and refuse to open it no matter what I tried. This went on for … Read more
In This Article Dog Training Services always sound simple until you actually start looking. Type it into Google and you’ll get a wall of local trainers, apps, and “certified” professionals, all claiming to fix the same leash-pulling, jumping-on-guests, won’t-come-when-called problems. Pick a name, book a few sessions, done, right? Except once you start comparing prices … Read more
In This Article American Natural Premium Dog Food doesn’t have the marketing budget of the big names you see in every commercial, and that’s actually part of what makes it interesting. It’s made by an independent manufacturer rather than a massive conglomerate, and it’s built around a simple pitch, real meat, wholesome ingredients, and everything … Read more