Buying Guides

Four different ways to slow a dog down, and they are not interchangeable. Which suits dry food, which suits wet, which one a flat-faced dog cannot use, and why three of the bowls we sell are the same object.

Three different products are sold as dog trackers, and the cheap one is not a worse version of the expensive one. What a Bluetooth tag cannot do, what a GPS collar really costs, and the price test that catches a mislabelled tracker.

What to have ready before a puppy arrives, what waits until teething, what you will replace anyway, and the things sold for puppies that nobody needs.

Bluetooth tags and GPS trackers are not the same product. What each one does, why neither replaces a microchip, and where the evidence sits on electronic training devices.

How to size a bed for a dog lying stretched out, why “orthopaedic” means nothing on its own, which cooling products actually work, and what lives in unwashed bedding.

What actually restrains a dog in a car and what only contains one, why most pet harnesses have never been crash tested, and how to fix travel sickness before it becomes anxiety.

Grooming tools are bought for coats, not breeds. How to identify what your dog has, the brush-then-comb order that prevents matting, and how often to bathe, dry and trim.