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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...
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...
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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Praise Your Dog

One of the tenets of positive dog training is “focus on what your dog is doing right. ” I’m a…

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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…

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Video: Canines on the Catwalk

Known for their creative fundraiser ideas, our local rescue group, Animal Lifeline, did not…

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…

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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…

Puppy destroying pillow

Dogs: Foreign Object Ingestion

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

Photos & Videos

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Photos: Cute Dogs Smiling

It's not just your kids that can say cheese for a cute photo; your dogs can too! Click through to…

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Video: Life on the Leash

Want to take a peek inside Life on the Leash? Check out our first vlog…

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Say "Please"

An easy way to instill some basic manners in your dog is to teach him to say please when he wants…

Chocolate lab puppy

New Puppy

Charlie the adorable 8-week old lab stopped by the store a few days ago. Charlie’s person and I…