Dog Care
Dog-Proofing Your Home: A Room-by-Room Checklist
Most emergency vet visits in the first year come from things in the house. Here is the room-by-room list, and the items most commonly swallowed. Includes affiliate links.
Tag: safety
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Dog Care
Travelling with a Dog in the Car: Safety, Sickness and Long Journeys
An unrestrained dog is a projectile in a crash and a distraction before one. Here is how to restrain a dog properly, and how to fix travel sickness that is…
Training
Teaching ‘Drop It’ Without Chasing Your Dog Round the Garden
Chasing a dog who has something teaches them to run and swallow. Trading teaches them to bring it to you. Here is how to build a genuine drop cue.
Training
Teaching ‘Leave It’: The Cue That Can Save a Dog’s Life
A dog who will turn away from a dropped pill or a discarded kebab is a dog who is much harder to poison. Here is the eight-step progression that builds…
Nutrition
Foods That Are Genuinely Dangerous for Dogs
The list that matters, why each one is a problem, and what to do in the first ten minutes if your dog has eaten something they should not have.
Gear & Reviews
Benebone Wishbone: An Honest Look at the Chew for Serious Chewers
A curved nylon chew flavoured with real bacon. Long-lasting and well designed — but hard chews carry a genuine tooth-fracture risk worth understanding first.
Health
Heatstroke in Dogs: What Actually Helps in the First Ten Minutes
Heatstroke kills dogs quickly and it does not need a heatwave. The warning signs, the cooling that works, and the walks worth cancelling.