We know you know about Kongs (don’t you wish you’d invented them?) but we’d like to remind you that when your house is full of busy activities, and you have an irregular schedule and visitors, it can cause anxiety for the pets in the home. For dogs, one great calming activity can be working on… Read more »
Posts Categorized: behavioral tip
Have You Heard Of A Catio?
By Christine Mallar The Feral Cat catio tour in Portland has sold out again this year! What’s a catio? It’s an enclosed outdoor space for kitties that keeps them safe from harm’s way and protects much of the wildlife that is harmed by outdoor cats every year. Between 2-4 billion birds a and 7 -20… Read more »
Halloween Safety Tips
By Green Dog Pet Supply Happy Halloween! Halloween can be fun, but there are a few important things to keep in mind to help keep pets safe. Beware of Toxic Things on Halloween Don’t forget to be on guard for dogs getting into that Halloween Candy stash! Chocolate isn’t the only thing that’s toxic to… Read more »
Why we Discontinued the Sale of Retractable Leashes
When I was a trainer teaching classes I quickly banned these leashes from class time, as dogs can suddenly dash into the space of another dog that might have social issues. This has continued to plague us at the store, as many dogs are reactive on leash or simply overexcited by other dogs. Some dogs… Read more »
Happy Halloween – a Few Tips
By Green Dog Pet Supply Happy Halloween! Halloween can be fun, but there are a few important things to keep in mind to help keep pets safe. Beware of Toxic Things on Halloween Don’t forget to be on guard for dogs getting into that Halloween Candy stash! Chocolate isn’t the only thing that’s toxic to… Read more »
Tips for New Puppy Owners
By Green Dog Pet Supply (This was written as a handout for customers, and we thought it might be useful to others as a blog post. If you share it, please give credit to Green Dog Pet Supply. Thank you) Congratulations on your new puppy! What a fun time you’ll have! We very much want… Read more »
Thundershirts Can Be an Amazing Tool to Help Fearful Dogs
by Green Dog Pet Supply I was busy writing a blog posting on July 4th tips, but I felt like the section I was writing about Thundershirts deserves its own post, as we’ve been so very happy with the results we’ve seen with this product. Though they don’t help every dog, the number of great… Read more »
Fence Me In – Designing Fences for Dogs
Christine is a guest blogger for RetireUSA – here’s the latest post : http://retireusa.net/blog/fence-me-in/
What the Heck is Target Training?
By Christine Mallar We just brought in some nifty extendable target training sticks to the store, and so I thought I should write up a description of what it’s used for, as targeting is such a fun and really easy activity to do with your pets, no matter what species – I’ve even taught a… Read more »
Training a Cat
There’s a lot of cat stuff on our minds these days as we’ve recently adopted a 10 year old Himalayan cat. So many people think that cats don’t need anything – we hear this all the time. They seem to understand that dogs need interaction, exercise and mental stimulation, but cats, (especially indoor cats) need… Read more »