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Choosing care
How to judge a dog walker, a sitter, a groomer, a trainer or a kennel, what to ask before you hand over a key, and which format suits which dog.
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Day care, a walker, a sitter or a kennel
The wrong format costs the same as the right one and produces a worse dog.
Choosing a dog trainer when the title means nothing
Ask what happens when the dog gets it wrong. The answer tells you the method.
Puppy or adult dog, for a working household
Who is with the puppy between nine and five for the first four months?
What a new dog actually needs, and what to skip
Buy the bed and the food in advance. Buy the harness when you can measure the actual dog.
Choosing a groomer, and what to ask before you book
A groomer who says the coat must be clipped short is usually telling you the truth.
What a proper meet and greet actually involves
Watch how the person behaves with your dog, not what they say to you.
Choosing a breed that fits your actual week
A young working breed, a flat and an eleven-hour absence is this city's most common mismatch.
Kennel or in-home sitting: an honest comparison
One of these is better for most dogs. It is not better for all of them, and anyone telling you otherwise is selling something.
How to choose a dog walker: fourteen questions worth asking
You are giving a stranger your keys and your dog. Ask more than whether they like animals.
What a good dog walker should tell you after every walk
Two photos and a thumbs up is marketing. A report is information you can act on.
When someone in the household is allergic to the dog
Making the bedroom dog-free helps more than any other single change.
Fostering a rescue dog: what it involves
Your job is decompression and honest observation, not producing a finished dog.
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Between the articles
Dogs being dogs, in every season.
The practical reading is above. This part is just for the pleasure of it.
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Reading about it is not the same as covering the day
A free meet & greet takes thirty minutes at your home and commits you to nothing.