Summer Pet Safety Tips

Summer Pet Safety Tips

Tweet Warm weather is here and it’s time to start thinking about your pet’s safety. Here’s a list of some safety tips to keep your best friend(s) happy and enjoying the summer fun: Never leave animals alone in the car. Even when it’s only 70 degrees outside, your car can reach 90 degrees on the [...]

How to Choose a Dog Day Care

Dog Day Care

Tweet When it comes to dog daycare there are many options. It’s important that you know how to choose the right daycare for your dog.  Daycare can be a great outlet and learning experience for your dog, but if the facility has not trained their employees properly it can cause your dog to have behavior [...]

Cool Dog ID Tags

Personalized PawPrint Pet ID Tag

Tweet Here at DogGeek we do a lot of work with animal rescues and spay/neuter clinics. While working with rescues, we’ve seen our share of lost dogs. Most of the time if they just had tags or were microchipped they could have found their home quickly. We wanted to share these ID tags that we [...]

Our 5 Favorite Spring Products for Dogs

Oreck Steam-It Steam Mop

Tweet It’s springtime and that means fresh air, walks with the dogs, spring cleaning and hanging time on the deck. We’ve rounded up some things that we think are the best products to splurge on this spring. The Oreck Steam-It: OK, so I know, why start with a cleaning item when you can start with [...]

Keep Your Dog Safe On Easter – Easter Pet Safety Tips

Easter Bowie

Tweet The trees and flowers are blooming and your allergies are taking over. This could mean only one thing, it’s spring! While spring is a great time to get out in the yard and celebrate with your family, there are some potential hazards for your dog. Easter brings celebration but it also brings a lot [...]

8 Ways to Spoil Your Dog This Weekend

Cocker_in_Stroller

Tweet Your dog love you unconditionally so why not spend some extra time this weekend with your best friend? Here’s a few ways that you can spoil your pup. Road Trip! Who doesn’t love one? Get out of town for the weekend or night. Find a dog friendly hotel to spoil your buddy. Spend some [...]

28 Items Poisonous to Pets In Your House

Pet Poisons

Tweet We’ve all been there, cleaning up around the house and next thing you know your dog is into something they shouldn’t be. Below are common items around your house that can be poisonous to your pet. Chocolate – Chocolate can caue seziures, comas and even death. The darker the chocolate, the more concentrated it [...]

5 Pet Safety Tips for St. Patrick’s Day

St. Patrick's Day Pet Safety

Tweet St. Patrick’s Day, the day when the whole world become’s Irish for one day. While drinking green beer is fun, please remember these tips to ensure that your best friend has a great day too! Green beer and green cocktails are great, until the next day, but they are never great for your dog. [...]

Spring Safety Tips for Your Dog

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Tweet Springtime is coming and everyone wants to get outside. Here are a few tips to keep your dog safe: Make sure your vacuum is cleaned. Flea larvae that can live in carpets and furniture can get sucked up in your into your vacuum and can hatch. Make sure that you empty your vacuum often. Bagless [...]

5 Tips on How to Stop a Dog from Chewing

Tweet If your pet dog is chewing destructively, it’s only right for you to stop this behavior for good. As a responsible pet owner, the chances of you looking for the best solution to stop destructive dog chewing problems is significantly high mostly because chewing behavior is a common action of dogs. Therefore, if your [...]

Pet Super Bowl Party Safety

Tweet The big game is just around the corner and as fun as it is for you, the yelling, partying, happiness and sadness that you have may have an affect on your pet. If you’re hosting the party, remember these things to keep your best friend safe while you watch your best team. Keep the [...]

Signs of Hypothermia in Dogs

Abba in the snow

Tweet All pets can get hypothermia in cold weather but short haired, young/old, skinny and diabetic dogs are more susceptible. Look for the following signs if you think your dog might be suffering. Sluggishness Shallow, slow breathing Unresponsiveness Excessive whining & shivering Anxiousness Dilated blood vessels Low body temperature Drop in pulse Drop in blood [...]

Winter Pet Safety

Bowie in the Snow

Tweet But baby it’s cold outside! Don’t forget your best friend(s) as it gets cold outside. Use these cold weather tips to keep your pets safe. Don’t keep your pets outside. This is the easiest way to make sure they stay healthy. We at DogGeek never understood why people keep their pets outside. Now… with [...]

National Dress Up Your Pet Day

Dog Dressed Up

Tweet It’s National Dress Up Your Pet Day. What are you dressing your dog up as today?                    

Exercise with your dog through indoor play on a rainy or cold day

Bowie Sitting

Tweet A DogGeek.com exclusive by Teresa Barker We all need exercise to stay healthy, no matter what the weather forecast says, especially dogs! Here’s some indoor games you can play to get your pooch off the couch, get moving, and to keep him from being bored on dreary days. Hide and seek with favorite toys [...]