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A few of my favorite walking/safety tools
Below is the Halti no-pull Harness, the Halti multi-purpose
Training Lead, the Cirque harness and the VestHarness that doubles as a seat-belt. These are just a few of my favorite
tools for walking and safety and here's why.... ...While
no tool (harness/collar/leash) will 'TEACH' your dog to walk properly on a leash, I believe that it is very important
for an owner to be able to comfortably and safely control their dogs while training progresses. Control should never compromise the safety and wellbeing of any dog and can absolutely be attained
WITHOUT the risk of injury to the Trachea, cervical spine or optic nerve that can be associated with the use of some collars,
choke chains, prong collars and even martingales.
| My favorite harness, leash and seatbelt. |
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Colleen's favorite toys and goodies -
I'm a big believer that dog toys should not only be safe and fun but they should also
give our dogs an outlet for their natural drives and abilities.
For this reason, I've included some of my favourite
toys and the ways that they can be stuffed in order to provide hours of interactive fun for even the most creative of chewers.
Think of these as Rubik's Cubes for your Canine Einsteins.
For things that the dog can see into such as the yellow football and the large black chunky holey round
balls above, chew bones and hard cookies make challenging stuffers.
The red AMAZE-A-BALL and the big
orange ball are both great for kibble. One of my new favorites, the TUX (seen above left corner in orange)
is fantastic for stuffing with homemade smears. The TUX is like a KONG but with a bouns...the dog can see into
it. It's also EXTREMELY sturdy for really strong chewers.
All of these items come in various sizes to
accommodate every size of dog.
SMEAR RECIPE IDEAS
To make
a smear that your dog will love, take some of his favorite biscuit like cookies and crush them into crumbs.
Next,
add enough water to wet the crumbs and make a paste like consistency. With this paste as your base, get creative and
add things like a bit of peanut or almond butter, maybe some cheese spread, fruit/veggie pieces like apple or carrot.
You don't need to add much of these flavor and texture boosters to make a big impact.
Now that you have
your smear, stuff it into your kong, or other 'smear appropriate' interactive toy, put it into a zip lock bag and
pop it into the freezer.
Freezing the smear filled toy will increase the time it takes your dog to enjoy it and
dogs love this 'PUP'SICLE ...especailly when it's hot outside.
**Be sure to wash any residue from these
interactive toys as the left over smear inside will go rancid.** I throw them in a bucket of hot (lightly soapy) water
and use a toothbrush to clean them, air dry.
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All of the items on my 'favourites' list for this page can be found at the Tail
Blazers store in Copperfield. I LOVE this store and the people who own it are knowledgable, helpful and
just about as nice as they come!