This week our little boy, Tucker, turned two. To celebrate, we stopped at the local PetCo and picked up a special treat and a new toy. He loves stealing the neighbor’s Wubba (made by Kong) in it’s more traditional and common nylon wrapping, so we decided to get him one of his own. For this,…
It really should come as no surprise that we’re seeing more and more technology products for our favorite fur friends. We love our dogs, and we love our gadgets, so gadgets to help us better interact and protect our dogs was inevitable. With batteries continually getting smaller and stronger, wi-fi and wireless networks becoming ubiquitous,…
Happy New Year, 2015! Happy New Year from HoundAbout. We’re looking forward to another great year and want to thank everyone for making 2014 a tremendous success.
There have been lots of studies and reports over the years about how having a dog can make you healthier. For us, the obvious health improvement is the fact they get us out just about every day for a walk, whether we want to do it or not. We may struggle with getting to the…
Buy a Kong Harness HERE We really are big fans of the KONG products, and use our KONG On The Go Adjustable Harness for just about every on-leash walk. While we did recently share a post about a bit of disappointment with one of their products, we fully disclose that it was our own fault…
Maya is a Belgian Malinois mix we got from a local shelter when she was no more than 12 weeks old. When we met her she got our attention by being a bit aloof and indifferent to all the activity of the 14 other puppies in the shelter with her. We had no clue she…
Harnesses have become increasingly popular over the years. In fact, one of the top videos for our site is ‘how to put on a harness’. And for good reason. They are highly useful, effective, and provide extra levels of both security and convenience for both the dog and their human companion. The first harness we…
Dog tags come in two basic varieties – decorative and informative. Often they are both, but we advise caution about combining the two. The reason, in our opinion, is the primary purpose of the tag should be to provide information in case your dog is found lost. If the chosen tag is TOO decorative and…
Essential item 8 of 10 brings us to dog leashes. Again, we’re listing the things we use just about every day and for the sake of organization we placed them in the order of when we use them during the course of an average day, not in terms of importance or any other ranking factor.…
Dog Toys. No shortage of choices out there on the market, almost all available in sizes for small dogs, medium dogs, and large dogs. Our dogs are well past their puppy years and have chosen two types of favorites now (rope and ball), but as puppies and over the years we’ve done like most pet…