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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...

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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...

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...
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...
Reverse Sneezing in Dogs
Reverse sneezing in dogs is a quirk of pet ownership. Reverse sneezing is a strange but harmless canine phenomenon. Learn more at Petside.
Dog Body Language: Learning to Speak Canine
Do you speak dog? Our dogs have a lot to say but the meaning can get lost in translation. Understanding dog body language goes way beyond looking for...

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Tied Up Dogs and Stress

A few days ago someone leashed their dog to a parking meter right outside my shop and went to the…

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Dogs: Millie's Mourning

We lost our beloved boxer Sumner on Monday, and I think it’s finally starting to hit our second dog…

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.…

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Your Dog's Special Toy

Does your dog have a disgusting old toy that he just won't give up? My former dogs Zeke…

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Potty Training

One of the primary challenges in potty training is figuring out when Fido needs to go. Some dogs…

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Animal Friendships

Time Magazine made me buy by putting an adorable photo of two dogs on the cover for a story called…

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Video: Nantucket Dogs

Nantucket is more than just a set-up for a dirty limerick. According to my 15+ years of research,…

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Dogs: Corn Chip Paw Smell

Do your dog's paws smell like corn chips? Dogs give off a myriad of different smells (particularly…

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The Scoop on Dog Poop

Do you ever think about what happens to that dog poop you pick up in a plastic grocery bag and toss…

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Video: Cute Pets in Costume

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

Training & Behavior

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The Spoiled Dog

Many of my customers pile their purchases on my counter and look at me with a guilty face. “I spoil…