Category: Yelp

Smart Toys, Or Not-So-Smart?

"SMART" TOYS Have you seen or heard of these things? They're called "puzzle" dog toys, or "interactive" dog toys, or "smart" dog toys. The idea is you put treats in little hidden areas that the dog can only access [...]

Adopt Don’t Shop. (Duh.)

Well over two thousand perfectly sweet, well-behaved, loving dogs in need of homes are put to death EVERY DAY in shelters across America. If you buy a puppy from a pet store, you are contributing to the murders - [...]

Adopt, Don’t Shop. Seriously.

I was putting up some flyers the other day and had the unfortunate experience of walking into several puppy stores. I sometimes forget that these places still exist, especially in forward-thinking cities like Manhattan.I'm sure there are some decent [...]

Another Question For You!

"I'd always rather work with an aggressive dog than a fearful dog." - Cesar MillanWell I shouldn't put that in quotes because I don't know the exact words he used, but I heard his message loud and clear: he [...]

Dog Aggression: Dos and Don’ts

Keke's just playing here, but I might have nightmares! Not sure what it is about the brisk fall weather, or the alignment of the planets (or more mundanely, as it turns out, the management of which "keywords" are triggering my [...]

Dogs On Parade

Well Halloween is over, and so is the yearly humiliation heaped upon dogs and other pets by their loving but shamelessly anthropomorphizing designers-slash-owners.  Brooklyn Bark gave away lots of goodies. I spent my Halloween at Fort Greene PUPkin (PUPS [...]

A Dog’s Eye View Of Bogota, Colombia

I recently had the opportunity to take an amazing trip to Bogota, Colombia. The lush greenery was magical; the thin mountain air ... even the weather was awe-inspiring, switching from bright and sunny to torrential rain several times a [...]