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Health & Home

Natural Flea and Tick Prevention

The decision to use chemical flea and tick treatment is a difficult one for many pet owners. Reports of animals suffering from serious health...

Huggies the cat receiving Reiki

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...

toy stuffing

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...

Popular Articles in Life on the Leash

Natural Flea and Tick Prevention
The decision to use chemical flea and tick treatment is a difficult one for many pet owners. Reports of animals suffering from serious health...
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...
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...
Strange Behaviors in Dogs
Strange dog behaviors and quirks. Weird pooping, drinking, scratching, and other strange dog behaviors. Read about Olive's odd and bizarre habits.

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Video: Olive's Observations

Olive the mixed breed puppy has taken us on a roller coaster ride since we adopted her late last…

A dog in a play bow

Training in Bits and Pieces

At a recent Pilates class the instructor tried in vain to explain a complicated move to the class.…

Millie & Olive

Dogs on the Street

Watch Millie and Olive interview various dogs on the street about pressing canine issues…

Puppy destroying pillow

Dogs: Foreign Object Ingestion

Olive has never been into chewing dangerous household items, despite the bobby pin I pulled out of…

Three dogs near a stream

No Swimming

I've never had dogs that were natural swimmers - my dogs have all been too top-heavy and flat-faced…

Smooth Brussels Griffon

Early Retirement for Shop Dog?

For a year Millie was the perfect shop dog. I bragged about her to anyone who would listen. “Look…

A corgi and family

The Family Dog

People frequently come into Life on the Leash when stocking up for a new puppy. "My kids were…

Olive the dog dressed as a nurse

Nurse Dogs

Our puppy Olive has a curious but adorable habit: she acts worried when one of us sneezes or coughs…

Black Dog first time dog owner

New to Dogs

I’m working with a few dog converts right now. One person was actually a cat lady prior to getting…

10 reasons training puppies is a joy

10 Reasons Training is a Joy

Training puppies is a joy for many reasons ... here are 10 of them!

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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…