Life on the Leash

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Health & Home

Reiki - A Healing Touch for Pets

Reiki practitioner Jenny Hughes of All Creatures Reiki answered a few of my questions about Reiki, a gentle alternative therapy for animals (and...

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Training & Behavior

Strange Dog Behavior: Bed Making

A client recently sent me a video of her dog Georgia doing something strange. Georgia woke up the middle of the night and started dragging her nose...

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Training & Behavior

Creative Toy Stuffing For Dogs

I’m a huge fan of treat dispensing toys. I stock a ton of them at Life on the Leash because I consider them "babysitter toys," meaning you can fill...

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Training & Behavior

Dogs on the Street: Spring Edition

Intrepid canine reporters Millie the Smooth Brussels Griffon and Olive the mixed breed dog are back with their take on the important canine news of...

Popular Articles in Life on the Leash

Reiki - A Healing Touch for Pets
Reiki practitioner Jenny Hughes of All Creatures Reiki answered a few of my questions about Reiki, a gentle alternative therapy for animals (and...
Strange Dog Behavior: Bed Making
A client recently sent me a video of her dog Georgia doing something strange. Georgia woke up the middle of the night and started dragging her nose...
Coconut Oil: Miracle in a Jar for Dogs
The benefits of coconut oil for dogs. Giving your dog coconut oil offers many advantages. Reduce risk of cancer, disinfect cuts, relieve arthritis...
Dog Food: What Not To Feed
Customers often ask me which dog food that I carry is the “best. ” It would be wonderful if I could confidently point to one type as the optimum...

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Dog Dental Health

One of the major complaints I hear at Life on the Leash is canine halitosis, also known as dog bad…

Photos & Videos

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Puppy Bowl: Past and Present

Click through to see more behind-the-scenes photos from Puppy Bowl past and present!

Mixed Breed

Dog DNA Test

She's definitely got Jack in her. I see Westie. She's a terrier mix. OIive is a mix, all right, but…

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Dirty White Dog

I’m so not used to this. After a lifetime of dogs with short dark fur (Boston Terrier, Boxer…

Final Rest: Pet Urn

Losing a Pet

So many of my customers have lost dogs lately ... Life on the Leash has been swimming in tears.…

Training: Leash Walking Checklist

Training: Leash Manners

Training a leash-aggressive dog is a process that’s easy in summary – you teach your dog that good…

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Making Dog Training Stick

I worked with a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist in DC about five years ago. He's a humor writer,…

Dog & Cat Breeds

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Dog DNA

The time has come to determine exactly what our little moppet is made of; I just received the DNA…

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Apartment Dogs

A recent Sunday Real Estate Section in the New York Times focused on living with dogs in the city,…

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Holiday Photos with Pets

Do you take Christmas pet photos? I do. For the past five-plus years I’ve had my dogs on my…

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Divorce: What Happens to Pets?

Divorce is ugly, and when pets get involved it can get downright mangy. I interviewed Steven…