• Our Five Favorite Dog Hacks to Keep Your Bored Dog Busy

    Our Five Favorite Dog Hacks to Keep Your Bored Dog Busy

    Have a bored dog on your hands? Here are five of our favorite dog hacks to keep a bored pup entertained and out of your hair! 1. Foster Parent Crafts Amazing Puppy Playpen. Check out this video.  We love how this foster is keeping this pack of wiley puppies busy! 2. Keep 'em busy and cool by stuffing a hollow bone with Peanut butter and popping it in the freezer! 3. Repurpose empty bottles (and slow down mealtime) with this little handmade gadget! By Bella the Malinois 4. Hide and seek with tiny treats! This game helps your dog practice two...

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  • 14 Ways Your Dog Says I Love You

    14 Ways Your Dog Says I Love You

    Photo by @mj_the_beagle Valentine’s Day is a day of romance and chocolate and (best of all), love. While celebrations on Valentine’s Day are usually limited to couples, there’s no reason why everyone can’t get in on the action, and that includes your pup(s)! We know you love them to the moon and back, and they feel exactly the same way about you. And they don’t just show it once a year! Dogs show you their love in a hundred tiny ways, some of which you may not always notice. You can show them affection back by spending extra time on...

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  • 10 Activities to Occupy your Puppy While You're at Work

    10 Activities to Occupy your Puppy While You're at Work

    Last week, we celebrated an especially fun “holiday,”  National Puppy Day with a list of adoptable puppies from our donation partners. Whether you’ve recently adopted a new puppy or are thinking about bringing a new addition home, we thought it would be fun to celebrate even more because everyday should be national puppy day with a post on ten things that will occupy your puppy while you're at work. Because no matter how much time you’re able to devote to your new pal, you’ll likely have to at least leave them alone from time-to-time. Toys for puppies and other activities geared...

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  • 5 Tips For Your Dalmatian's Health & Happiness

    5 Tips For Your Dalmatian's Health & Happiness

    So you’ve watched 101 Dalmatians as a kid and it’s always been your dream to adopt one. As you’re likely already aware, Dalmatians - like every dog breed - are unique in their personalities and needs. You’ll want to take the time to familiarize yourself with the specific health needs of their breed. While every dog is different even within the same breed, there are general need-to-knows for each breed of dog. To help you along your journey, we’ve rounded up five top care tips for both new or potential Dalmatian owners. Photo by@vikingmom650 on Instagram Exercise is key. While...

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  • Training Isn't Enough: How to Bond With Your Dog

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    People laugh at how my Great Dane, Annabelle, will sit on my lap at the vet's office. Or how at the dog park, when she's nervous, she leans on me and plays next to me. But these same people aren't laughing when it's time to leave the dog park, and Annabelle walks right along beside me, ready to go home without a fight, this is because I’ve learnt how to build a bond with your dog. They're also not laughing when my boyfriend and I were so absent-minded one day, we forgot to put on her leash and let her...

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