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Going “off-leash” is a growing trend and a hotly debated topic in the pet-parent community. While leash supporters say that leashes help your relationship with your dog, anti-leash people praise the benefits of letting your furry friend roam semi-freely through familiar areas. Cool Dog Leashes and Dog Collars make your dog look his or her best. However, the most important thing to remember about dog collars and leashes are that they can save your best friend’s life. In this article, Happy & Polly offers dog leash safety tips and advocates always using a dog leash and collar unless you and your dog are in a completely enclosed area. A Dog Leash Can Save Your Best Friend’s Life With leash laws in effect for most city environments, it is common to see most dog owners walking their dogs on a leash, and for good reason. Keeping your dog on a collar and leash combo is not just good fashion sense: it’s the law. Dog leash laws protect both the dog and the dog owner from unexpect...

When you first bring your puppy home, they might follow you anywhere. Over time though, they will become more confident and comfortable in their environment. This is a very impressionable time for your puppy and you need to be giving them good information. Happy & Polly will give five tips for keeping focus and listening skills from your puppy to keep them safe and maintain your sanity. I. Using Your Crate Correctly A dog crate is a great way to keep a puppy safe when you aren't able to supervise them. It's also really important way to give them a consistent location that's just their own. What's important is having a plan for when your puppy comes out and also to instill some listening skills. The plan doesn't need to be complicated, but be impactful for your puppy. Every time your puppy comes out of their crate, you're there to train them. You're there to entertain them, to engage with them. It's time to take your puppy out of crate, ...

Your puppy doesn’t speak your language. All things have to be taught to them. This is why saying “no bite” or “stop biting” really isn’t going to work. And none of the great tips will stop your dog from biting in one day! Happy & Polly will share 10 tips in this article to help your puppy with all this biting and learn bite inhibition! Why Does Your Puppy Bite? Puppies bite for a few different reasons, and it’s important to take note of why they are biting because this can help solve this problem. Here are the top 5 reasons. Exploring: Puppies explore the world with their mouth. They use their nose and mouth to check things out. So if your hand is sweaty or smells like food, your puppy is going to nip and bite. Natural Urge: Puppies have a natural urge to chew and bite. If you do not give them the right things to chew on, they will chew on you and your furniture. Teething: Puppies who are teething (3-6 months) will want to chew and bite even more because they have sore...

If you're about to become a new puppy owner, you probably want to know everything you can about the breed. So in this article, Happy & Polly will talk about your puppy's first week home and how to have a well-behaved four-legged family member. 1. Dog Crate What will you need to buy to prepare for bringing your adorable puppy home? One of the first things is to get a dog crate to keep your puppy locked in. It is the most important thing you need to train your dog in the future days. 2. Baby Gates Then you will need baby gates put up around your kitchen or other places to prevent them from entering or exiting the house. 3. Indoor leash/house lines You will need a house line, and a smaller line for little puppies. You can also buy a dog collar, or a dog leash . It is very useful in future trainings. 4. Flat buckle Collar A flat buckle collar is also the collar that most people are familiar with and use. It is used for tying dogs to avoid hurting themselve...

There are thousands of dog leashes on the market, but not all of them are suitable for your dog. How to pick up the best dog leash for your pet? Basically, there are four things that you want to think about when you're considering the best dog leash. Purpose of dog leash The first one is the purpose. What are you going to be using it for? Are you hiking with your dogs jogging? Is it for daily walks? For working indoors: The best dog leash may be a long, thin, rounded nylon leash is that the best suited because it's extremely light and is that the one least likely to urge stuck under the furniture in your home. When outdoor training: I recommend an honest 8 to 10 foot Nylon leash. Unless training distance commands that you ought to get a 30 to 50 foot long line. In both cases a nylon webbing leash is best but an honest tip is to wear gloves so you'll avoid the likelihood of 'rope burn' if your dog pulls and you grab the leash, it slipping through your ...