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Ruff Wear Bark'n Boots
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All RuffWear equipment is manufactured with the serious user in mind: it's high-quality gear that is durable and well-made. The RuffWear Bark'n Boots are no exception.
Bark'n Boots claim to be a "better" kind of dog boot, and let's face it, they deliver what they promise. They are the only dog boot on the market that features a Vibram sole. The uppers are made from breathable mesh and the bands securing the booties at the ankle feature reflective striping.
Bark'n Boots are the only dog boots that do not turn around, fall off, or scuff easily. They don't get worn out with a trip around the block like many of the Muttlucks knock-offs do. The design and fit is superior to any other dog boot on the planet.
Bark'n Boots are so well-designed that German police K-9 units working in downtown areas where broken glass and other debris pose a threat to dogs' paw pads, are now being equipped with them.
Bark'n Boots are currently available in red (shown) and blue, but will finally be available in (tactical) black in April 2008!
Updated Mar 10, 2008
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Tag-It
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I own one dog, but I own a whole bunch of different dog collars. My dog has a special collar for visiting as a therapy dog. She has a special collar for hiking that is reflective. And she has various everyday collars that I switch based on my mood.
The problem with having a lot of different collars is transferring the dog tags between them.
Leaving them off is not an option. For one, I worry that she might get loose, or something happens where she's separated from us - I want there to be some way for people to contact us if she is found. Our tag has her name and our cell phone numbers. (My dog is also chipped and tattoed, but let's face it, most people don't carry around microchip readers and there's no national tattoo registry for a dog's ear tattoo!) The law also requires that the current county license and rabies tags are always displayed when outside our own property. So how exactly do you keep switching tags between collars?
Easy - with the Tag-It. The Tag-It is basically a teeny tiny collar with a snap buckle that fits around any normal collar (it comes in different widths). Attach your tags to the Tag-It, and switching between collars is real easy.
Updated Aug 29, 2007
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Kelty K-9 Chuckwagon
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Dog packing is a fun way to spend an afternoon or a weekend if you enjoy the outdoors. I love to hike and camp with my 4 year old German Shepherd, Abby, and we have plans to pursue a pack dog title (through the Greater Swiss Mountain Dog Club, which is the only club that will title a non-Swissy and non-Husky pack dog) once we move back south next spring.
When you hike and pack with your dog, you'll want a comfortable pack for yourself and you want an equally comfortable pack for your dog. The Kelty Chuckwagon is a great pack for beginners, for day hikes, and for weekend trail hikes.
Kelty often gets a bit of a reputation for being "cheap". I have found that this pretty much applies only to the price (the Kelty dog pack is about $50 and their human packs are priced nicely as well), not to the actual quality of the equipment they manufacture. This Kelty dog pack as well as their human packs are very well made, durable, and lightweight.
The dog pack features a Y-front which helps the pack ride comfortably with no constricting chest strap that impairs the dog's movement. It has expandable panniers ("saddlebags") and is padded on top. It comes only in red, but as red is highly visible that's a good choice on the trail. It also has reflective striping on the side. The nylon and fittings are good quality.
We have had our Kelty pack for awhile now and are really happy with its quality and durability. We were able to try the pack out in the store before REI stopped allowing dogs inside the store - getting a good fit is just as important with dog packs as with human packs.
Updated Mar 10, 2008
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iClick
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Clicker training is a fun and motivational way to work with your dog. In clicker training, the clicker is used to mark the correct behavior (timing is important with this!) and then reward it by either treats, praise, a toy or tug, or other means. Clicker training allows you to teach fairly complex behaviors through free-shaping, too.
Remember those square "box" clickers they sell at the PetStore? Those are such a pain! You have to stick your finger into the box to click it - so if you don't have it ready to click you just missed your chance to mark the correct behavior.
The iClick is just a smarter design. The big yellow button can be clicked from anywhere - you can click it with your fingers, palm, foot, even against the side of your leg if you need to. You don't have to fumble and search for the "right" end of the clicker or rush to get your finger into the right place.
Updated Aug 15, 2007
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Freestanding Kennel
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This free-standing, modular kennel sold by Diamondback Tactical is one of the best kennel systems currently on the market.
Other kennel systems require people to put down concrete and set the chain-link panel poles into the wet concrete, or they have no base at all, allowing dogs to easily tunnel out of their enclosures. This design sets up relatively easily and doesn't require any permanent pouring of concrete or setting of poles.
You can order a wide variety of lengths and width of this kennel system to fit your space. You can have one or more doors - and all doors feature latches that can be locked with a padlock if you have trouble with people accessing your kennel without permission. You can even get your choice of color - black, sand, or OD green.
Updated Aug 8, 2007
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MWD T-shirt
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There are literally hundreds of different "working dog" design T-shirts on the market, but about 99.9% of them are geared toward the sport of Schutzhund or to police, search and rescue, and narcotics dogs.
This is one of the very few (I can count them on one hand!) designs for military working dog handlers, and it would make a nice gift for any MWD handler ... or a nice T-shirt if you want to show your support for military working dog teams.
The T-shirts are very high quality. Screen printed.
Updated Aug 8, 2007
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Reward Toy
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When trainers and agencies look for quality working dogs, they want dogs that have a lot of toy drive and will do almost anything for that reward toy, whether it's a ball or Kong that you can throw for the dog, or a tug that your dog can grab and "win".
This reward toy, a jute covered ball on a rope, is an ideal reward for a toy driven dog. It can be thrown like a tennis ball, used like a tug reward, and stows easily due to its small size.
This ball is covered in Jute like the bite sleeves used in bite training, so many dogs will like the feeling and texture of this over a normal tennis ball.
Updated Aug 8, 2007
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The Pet Top
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This is a pretty smart and useful little item.
The Pet Top is designed to fit onto the opening of any standard bottle of water that you can purchase at the grocery store or gas station on your way to the park, and it turns the water bottle into a lick-it watering device for your dog.
This is a lot more convenient than bringing along extra bottles of water for your dog, or travel bowls, cups, or other devices that may not fit into your pocket as easily as the Pet Top does. You can even share the same bottle, since the Pet Top is easily removable.
My dog knows how to drink out of a bottle (she sticks her tongue in), but this is a better, and more hygienic way to keep your dog hydrated when you're out in the summer heat.
Updated Aug 8, 2007
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Break-Fast Bowl
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On the dog forums I belong to, the question of how to slow down a fast eater comes up frequently. After all, you don't want your dog gobbling up the food like there's no tomorrow. This can lead to a lot of problems, such as choking on large pieces of kibble or even Bloat.
The Break-Fast Bowl gets fast eaters to slow down.
The design features three plastic "knobs" in the center of the bowl that keep the dog from gulping up large amounts of kibble with each bite. The dog has to slow down to get all of the food from its bowl.
Updated Aug 8, 2007
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Tazlab Safe-T Collar
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Every year, dogs die because they were suffocated / choked by their own collars.
There are many instances in which this can happen - a dog trying to escape from its crate or two dogs playing together and becoming entangled seem to be the most common of these accidents. While we all know to never leave a choke chain on a dog except for training, even flat nylon or leather collars that most people have on their dogs 24-7 can be the cause of such a death.
Tazlab's Safe-T collar addresses this problem.
Their unique design includes an elastic band between the two D-rings. When the collar is not in "use" and gets caught on something, the elastic allows it to stretch far enough for the dog to pull his head out and free himself. When the collar is in "use", the leash clips to both D rings on either side of the elastic and keeps the collar from stretching when it's needed to hold the dog.
The Safe-T collar also has a separate space at the front of the collar to hook your dog's license and ID tags to. The collar is available in many different colors to suit almost anyone's taste.
Updated Aug 8, 2007
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