Teething and Chews
KONG Puppy Teething Toy Review: First Months of Chewing
Seven months, one small rubber chew, and a puppy who stopped eating the furniture. What held up, what did not, and when to size up.
Two days after Clover came home, the couch legs were losing badly. Here is what actually turned it around, and the parts of the KONG Puppy story nobody puts in the listing.
Seven months, one small rubber chew, and a puppy who stopped eating the furniture. What held up, what did not, and when to size up.
One is a food toy that buys you a quiet twenty minutes. The other is a chew that fills an hour. Here is how they actually split the work during a puppy's teething year.
Ten specific reasons one rubber chew earned a permanent spot on my kitchen counter, from frozen breakfast to quiet crate mornings.
Two days after Clover came home, the couch legs were losing badly. Here is what actually turned it around, and the parts of the KONG Puppy story nobody puts in the listing.
A practical routine for using the KONG Puppy to get through the worst teething weeks, from a first-time puppy owner who kept notes.
What nobody tells you about the little pink chew that got us through the puppy year, including the two months I used it wrong.
A rainy week, a seven-month-old puppy, and one Level 1 puzzle ball that became breakfast. Here is what held up and what did not.
I own one of these. I have only ever picked the other one up in a store aisle. Here is the table, and here is which one I would buy again for a puppy.
Ten reasons, one honest caveat, and the math on why fifteen minutes with a puzzle ball does more than a twenty minute loop around the block.
Four days of rain, one bored puppy, and the puzzle ball that bought me fifteen quiet minutes at a time.
Five steps I actually use twice a day, plus the one thing about this puzzle ball that made me put it in a cabinet instead of the toy bin.
Five months, one mini goldendoodle, and a hard plastic ball that does exactly one job. Here is what the listing leaves out, including the part about the noise at 6:40 in the morning.
Five weeks, eleven cold-morning walks, four trips through the wash, and one puppy who still hates having her paws touched. Notes on the JECIKELON fleece sweater, including the parts that are not as good as the listing suggests.
One is a fifteen second fix for a shivering puppy at 40 degrees. The other is actual winter gear. Here is where each one earns its keep, from someone who owns one and has only looked hard at the other.
Clover is seven months old and about 21 pounds, and she shivers at the end of the driveway. Here is what one fleece sweater fixed, and what it did not.
Five weeks with one fleece sweater, a seven month old puppy, and a 6:40 a.m. walk that kept getting shorter.
Five weeks of frosty morning walks, one pull-on fleece sweater, and the five steps that turned a shivering puppy into one that trots to the end of the driveway without complaint.
Five weeks, two walks a day, one very suspicious puppy. What the size chart gets right, where fleece stops working, and the four day negotiation nobody warns you about.
Seven months, one wiggly puppy, and a brush small enough to get behind her ears. Here is what held up, what did not, and who should buy a different size.
A first-time puppy owner compares a small coated-tip slicker with a pin brush and explains which one she would start with.
Five months of evening brushing on a mini goldendoodle puppy, and the ten things the slicker did that the steel comb never could.
A mini goldendoodle, a five-minute couch routine, and the small brush that made it possible.
Two weeks of wrestling a four month old puppy taught me more about brushing than any article did. Here is the five minute routine that finally worked.
Six months of real use on a coat that does not forgive skipped days. What the Coastal Li'l Pals Slicker Brush actually fixes, and the three things it will not do for you.
Four boxes, one mini goldendoodle, and the laundry room that finally stopped smelling.
One is a ten-second job at 3 a.m. The other is cheaper over years and stays where you put it. I bought the Glad pads and watched the cloth setup up close, and here is where each one actually wins.
Four boxes, one laundry room, and a puppy who arrived in April. Here is what the carbon layer actually did, in the order I noticed it.
Carly Brennan ordered a box of pads before her puppy came home. Seven months later, the laundry room still smells like a laundry room.
Four boxes, one yard sale tray, and a laundry room floor. The routine that took a nine week old puppy from 3 a.m. accidents to a clean house by mid July.
Four boxes, one laundry room, and an honest look at what these carbon pads do well and where a 23 inch square runs out of room.
Seven months, one small rubber chew, and a puppy who stopped eating the furniture. What held up, what did not, and when to size up.
What nobody tells you about the little pink chew that got us through the puppy year, including the two months I used it wrong.
A rainy week, a seven-month-old puppy, and one Level 1 puzzle ball that became breakfast. Here is what held up and what did not.
Five months, one mini goldendoodle, and a hard plastic ball that does exactly one job. Here is what the listing leaves out, including the part about the noise at 6:40 in the morning.
Five weeks, eleven cold-morning walks, four trips through the wash, and one puppy who still hates having her paws touched. Notes on the JECIKELON fleece sweater, including the parts that are not as good as the listing suggests.
Five weeks, two walks a day, one very suspicious puppy. What the size chart gets right, where fleece stops working, and the four day negotiation nobody warns you about.
Seven months, one wiggly puppy, and a brush small enough to get behind her ears. Here is what held up, what did not, and who should buy a different size.
Six months of real use on a coat that does not forgive skipped days. What the Coastal Li'l Pals Slicker Brush actually fixes, and the three things it will not do for you.
Four boxes, one mini goldendoodle, and the laundry room that finally stopped smelling.
Four boxes, one laundry room, and an honest look at what these carbon pads do well and where a 23 inch square runs out of room.