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Ruffwear Front Range Harness

For those of you that don't know or haven't seen the Ruffwear Front Range Harness, this is one of our favourite harnesses, as an everyday harness we think there is nothing better.  Yes, Ruffwear are a little more expensive but that shows in the quality and the fit of the harness.  Obviously we can't speak for the dogs but to me the Ruffwear Front Range Harness always looks really comfortable on the dogs and the fit is extremely good.   The Ruffwear Front Range Harness is easy to put on, just slip over the head, the neck has adjustment so it can fit snugly around there and then just a clip the sides from under the belly, again these straps...

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Cocoa & Luca's Handmade Fleece Tug Toys

Our Cocoa & Luca's Handmade Fleece Tug Toys are made from intricate knots and weaves using the highest quality fleece, these will give your dog hours of fun playing, using them as tug toys or for throwing and fetch games.    In our Cocoa and Luca range we have four different sizes, small, medium, large and extra large (see size guide for lengths), the extra large are for the more heavy duty chewers!  We also have the Handmade Fleece Tug Toy with Chuck-it Ball, these are great for tug games or throwing for fetch games.  We have found that the Chuck-it Balls are one of the better and more durable balls on the market, our ball tester (Cocoa of Cocoa and...

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Neoprene Slip Lead

We have used the Long Paws Comfort Leash for quite a while now, it's a clip lead, pure and simple, but we have found the lead section to be strong and durable and the neoprene handle is comfortable on my poor over worked hands!  So when Long Paws brought out the Comfort Slip Leash, I was keen to try it out on Luca.   The lead section and handle is the same as the clip lead, the braid has a small amount of spring that absorbs the initial pull shock but not too much so that you are struggling to judge your dogs distance, and again the handle is made out of neoprene so it's just as soft.     If...

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Paracord Neck Lanyards

Our handmade paracord neck lanyard range are beautifully designed by us at Tuffdogs Stuff for our Cocoa and Luca's handmade brand.   They are made from 550 commercial grade paracord and have been pre-shrunk to ensure they don't shrink if they get wet. They are all fitted with a breakaway clasp so that in the event of them snagging they will separate without causing an injury.The Cocoa & Luca range includes ones with various whistles, professional training clickers, or just with a split ring so people can choose for themselves what they wish to use them for, they don't have to be dog owners, sometimes you just don't have enough pockets for those keys that you are always losing, so...

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Paracord Dog Collars

I don't know where we first got the idea for our Cocoa and Luca's Handmade Dog Accessory range, I think we had started making our fleece tug toys, platting and knotting happily away and my husband then went on from there, the idea evolving probably after seeing Bear Gylls hanging off a cliff edge and saving himself with his paracord bracelet and being impressed with the paracord (not Bear Grylls!)And so he started weaving with the paracord, learning the different knots and designs, what combinations work well, which colours sit well together and finding out in the meantime that the paracord does offer a strong, durable dog collar but also it’s flexible too.  Different weaves working better for different dogs,...

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