In these slightly unusual times, how do we make sure that our dogs are entertained, using their brains and kept fit?I always think never under estimate the power of a simple game of tug with your dog. It's just a simple game, lasting either a matter of minutes or hours (I am sure you will tire before your dog)! The experts say that just a few minutes a day can help with such things as establishing your trust and boosting your bond with your dog. It can also make other areas of training easier to achieve, as this can be used a reward. Make sure you always initiate the game and give your dog lots of praise whilst playing. Use different...
We love Luca, our Italian Spinone but he is a little troublesome in the toy department! He loves nothing better than a good chomp on a tug toy, working those knots with his gloriously whiter than white teeth or just having a good old chew, going straight through the rope section of the tug toy.So we decided we needed a stronger version of our ever increasingly popular tug toys and since then we have developed The 'Dummy'. It looks a bit like a child's dummy so we thought that name would be quite apt, although the inspiration behind it came from the method to make boat fenders. Boat fenders are used to absorb the kinetic energy of the boat when it...
Fleece Tug ToysOur Cocoa & Luca's Handmade Fleece Tug Toys are hand made by US, we use quality anti-pill fleece making them very soft, but they are very durable. They come in five different sizes so we have one for any size of dog. We also have a version with a Chuck-it Ball attached to it, Chuck-it Balls are extremely tough DOG TOYS, they are just about the best DOG BALL on the market, Spike and Luca have not destroyed their Chuck-it Balls yet, nearly a year later! All types of dogs seem to love our Fleece Tug Toys the agility dogs love them, they are very handy for use in training. Water dogs love them as the Fleece Tug Toys with...
I hate to sound a bit of a know-it-all and I generally I don't think I do, however there is one area that I do think I know a little bit about as past experience taught me a very expensive lesson, and that's chewing. Spike is a Bulldog, their jaws are renown for being extremely strong, originally they were bred to bring bulls down, hence their name, and Spike has proved no exception to the rule. Visiting many shows with our Tuffdogs Stuff stand I find I have the following conversation a lot........Customer: 'My dog Bert chews'.Me: 'Oh dear, that's not good, I know what that's like, what has Bert chewed'?Customer: 'He chewed his bed'.Me: 'Yes, Spike had a lovely...
DOG TOYS are a very tricky business, if you are anything like me you are always on that constant search for the ever elusive INDESTRUCTIBLE TOY, in the past it was only ever the KONG that came close to this brief however recently I have come across another company that is standing up to Spikes high level of toy testing! STARMARK ACADEMY is the largest most COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING, BEHAVIOUR AND EVENT CENTRE in the USA, in fact I think the world and they specialise in understanding how DOGS THINK, PLAY AND LEARN. Using this knowledge they then developed STARMARK PET PRODUCTS, which are a unique range of INTERACTIVE PLAY TOYS, TRAINING TOOLS AND TREATS that helps CREATE MENTAL STIMULATION and...
