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Millie and Olive

News & Blogs

A Fond Farewell

It’s time for me to bid farewell to Petside.com. I’ve been a part of the Petside.com team since it launched way back in 2007 and I’ve loved every...

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Health & Home

Ask a Groomer: Tips For Easy Dog Grooming

Professional dog grooming is important not only for your dog's good looks, but also for his overall health. A thorough groomer can become intimately...

Sitting dog

Training & Behavior

Testing the "Sit" Cue: How Well Does Your Dog Know It?

“Sit” is usually the first thing a dog learns. It’s a joyful training rite of passage that can happen when pups are just a few weeks old. Because it’...

Puppy running

News & Blogs

Getting Your Dog to Come When You Call: Five Tips For a Speedy Recall

Getting your dog to come when you call can be challenging, but with the right rules and frequent practice your dog can become a champion recall-er!...

Popular Articles in Life on the Leash

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...
Pet Etiquette: How to Pet a Dog You Just Met
Here in the store I frequently get to see people interacting with dogs that don’t belong to them. Most understand the rules of human-to-dog meet and...
Getting Your Dog to Come When You Call: Five Tips For a Speedy Recall
Getting your dog to come when you call can be challenging, but with the right rules and frequent practice your dog can become a champion recall-er!...
Ask a Groomer: Tips For Easy Dog Grooming
Professional dog grooming is important not only for your dog's good looks, but also for his overall health. A thorough groomer can become intimately...

Training & Behavior

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Bed Making Dogs

A client recently sent me a video of her dog Georgia doing something strange. Georgia woke up the…

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The Best Pet Care for Your Dog

Summer travel season is rapidly approaching, which means that responsible pet owners who can’t take…

Training & Behavior

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Dog Brain Game: Find the Toy

I love teaching my dogs to play "hide the toy" (or "find the toy" - they're the same thing!) This…

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Dog Food Recall

The dog food recall has hit close to home for Life on the Leash, as we used to stock one of the…

dog receiving advanced veterinary care

Vet Care: Price on Love?

How far would you go to save your pet’s life? Or to put it more succinctly, how much would you…

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Olive: Cute New Puppy Photos

Our cute new puppy finally gets a chance to meet the world! Click through to see awesomely cute…

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Dog Food Costs

Sharing your home with a pet is an expensive proposition. Though estimates vary, reports state that…

Portrait of Dachshund puppy

Boy Dog or Girl Dog?

Do you prefer boy dogs or girl dogs? Many people have very strong opinions as to why they identify…

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Unusual Cuteness

Pet people do some pretty strange stuff. We compose songs for our animals, we make up funny words…

Training & Behavior

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Tip: Handling a Jumping Dog

One of my training clients has a typical feisty Golden pup named Scout that is a jumping dog; he…

halloween pet costume

Video: Cute Pets in Costume

Howl-o-Ween (Halloween, for the dogs!) is a pretty big deal in the canine world, and Millie and…