Every time I pour a bowl of kibble for my six-year-old Labradoodle, Blake, or toss him a nasty-smelling dry treat, I think: There’s way better, fresher food out there. My desire to spend more money on ...

Welcome to Pet Peeves, a monthly series that aims to provide pet care solutions and expert advice for challenging scenarios that involve your beloved animal companions. Like many pet guardians who ...

“Playing interactive games with dogs—like fetch, tug, and hide-and-seek—is the fast track to off-leash reliability. For some dogs, playing games becomes a passion that may rival walks, sniffing, and ...

My dog’s name is Milady — as you’d refer to an English noblewoman — and she lives up to it. She declines to go out in the rain, all 22 pounds of her holding strong as I lightly tug her leash in ...

As a canine nutritionist, there are few commercial dog treats I’ll risk feeding my dogs. The ingredients are often hideous, synthetic, or mysterious. The gimmicky “festive” treats around this time of ...