A better life with your dog starts with better answers
Life My Dog is built around the questions that come with actually living with a dog — from food and training to behaviour, care and the oddly specific problems nobody thinks about until they happen.
On walks, at home, in the car and everywhere in between
Food by breed, age, size, sensitivities, ingredients and everyday needs
Training Training & BehaviourPuppy training, recall, leash skills, commands and common behaviour problems
Care Care & Everyday LifeGrooming, health, comfort, travel and the practical side of living with a dog
Three big guides for the questions that come up most
Life My Dog covers a lot of ground. These three guides bring the most useful parts together so you can start with the subject you need instead of digging through thousands of individual pages.
Find food by breed, age, size, sensitivities, dietary needs, ingredients and food type. It is the quickest way into the large food section without having to compare everything at once.
Work through puppy training, recall, commands, leash skills and the behaviour problems that tend to appear as dogs grow, routines change and everyday situations become more complicated.
Explore grooming, health, comfort, exercise, sleep, travel and practical everyday care for the questions that are not really about food or training but still matter every day.
Dealing with something right now?
Big guides are useful when you want to explore a subject. But sometimes you just need an answer to the thing your dog is doing today.
Useful dog topics worth digging into
Some questions come up again and again as dogs grow, routines change and everyday life gets more complicated. These are a few useful places to go deeper.
Puppies & growing dogs
Senior dogs
Sensitive dogs & food
Behaviour & confidence
Everyday care
Travel & outdoors
Life My Dog grew out of ordinary life with a dog
I started Life My Dog because owning a dog creates an endless stream of questions. Some are important, some are oddly specific, and plenty only occur to you when you actually need the answer. This site is where I try to make those answers clearer, more practical and easier to use.
Written around the situations that actually come up when you live with a dog.
The useful part matters more than filling a page with information.
There is rarely one choice that makes sense for every dog and every home.
The right food depends on the dog you are feeding
Breed, age, activity, digestion and sensitivities can all change what makes sense in the bowl. These are a few useful routes into the food section when you already know what kind of answer you need.
Age & activity
Different diet styles
Food questions are rarely just about the brand on the bag. The useful answer usually starts with the dog’s age, health, routine and what you are actually trying to improve.
Start with the dogTraining gets easier when you know what you are actually trying to change
Some problems need a new skill. Others need more confidence, a calmer routine or a better way to handle a difficult situation. Start with the behaviour in front of you.
Commands & recall
Manners at home
Being left alone
Good training is rarely about making a dog obey faster. It is usually about helping the dog understand what you want and making the right behaviour easier to repeat.
Clearer signals, calmer dogsThe small parts of dog care add up every day
Looking after a dog is mostly made up of ordinary things done repeatedly — keeping them comfortable, noticing when something changes, getting enough movement and adjusting routines when life or the weather changes.
Ears, teeth & hygiene
Fleas, ticks & worms
Exercise & weight
Home, walks, weekends away and all the routines in between
Got one of those oddly specific dog questions?
There is a good chance the site already has an answer. These are the kinds of questions that do not always fit neatly into a big guide but still come up in real life.
Seasonal coat changes, grooming, diet and other reasons a dog may suddenly shed more than usual.
Am I supposed to clean my dog’s ears?When ear cleaning is useful and why some dogs need more attention than others.
How do you clean crust around a dog’s eyes?A practical question that comes up often, especially with dogs prone to eye discharge.
Is dental cleaning necessary for dogs?What routine dental care does and why a dog’s mouth needs attention too.
How often should you clip a dog’s nails?How activity, surfaces and nail growth can change how often trimming is needed.
How do you know if your dog is overweight?Simple things to look for when judging body condition rather than relying on weight alone.
Dogs are only one part of the animal world
If your home includes more than one kind of animal — or you simply enjoy learning about them — these sites are worth exploring too. They cover different corners of pet life, from dogs and cats to aquariums and everyday animal care.
Dog World
Dogs, gear and everyday dog life
Haustiereleben
Practical guides for pets and animal care
Johnny Kitten
Cats, care and everyday feline life
Reef Tank Aquarium
Reef tanks, aquariums and aquatic life
Different animals bring different questions. These sites explore some of the other corners of pet ownership and animal keeping beyond the world of dogs.
Life with a dog is complicated enough finding an answer shouldn’t be
Dogs change as they grow, routines change around them and new questions keep appearing. Life My Dog is here to make those questions a little easier to untangle — with practical information you can actually use once you close the browser.
The goal is not to make dog ownership sound simple. It is to make the next decision a little clearer.
James — Life My Dog