Coastal Pet Blog
Ways To Spend The Holiday Season With Your Pets
Holiday, Dog, Cat
The holiday season is usually when we want to spend time with those we love, including family, friends, and, yes, even our pets! Our pets should be part of the festivities and celebrations associated with the season because it is exciting. The pet experts at AKC say that bringing a new pet into the home this time of year, while thrilling, can also be quite chaotic, so finding ways to spend time together is crucial.
Continue reading >Love Dogs? These Careers Might Be Perfect for You
Animal Behavior College
Getting paid to spend your days working with dogs may sound like a dream come true, but it doesn’t have to be a fantasy. There are lots of jobs that let dog lovers spend their days hanging out with puppies and pooches… and get paid to do it!
Continue reading >Considering Fostering a Dog or Cat? Here’s Everything You Need to Know
Dogs, Cats
Fostering a pet is one of the most rewarding things an animal lover can do. Most foster animals have led difficult lives. Or, they've had their wonderful lives traumatically interrupted. They need time and love to heal so they can be ready to move on to their perfect fur-ever home.
Continue reading >Dog Grooming in Winter: 6 Must-Know Tips
Dogs, Grooming, Healthy Pets, List
Grooming is important for all dogs, no matter what time of year. Just because it’s cold outside doesn’t mean you should skimp on the grooming.
Continue reading >8 Essentials to Keep Your Dog Happy (& Safe) This Winter
List, Essentials, Happy Dogs
The long dark, cold days of winter can be a trial for anyone, including your dog. Dry air sucks the moisture out of his nose as easily as it does your skin. The boredom of being stuck indoors weekend after weekend grates on his nerves as much as it does yours. But with a few key essentials, you can keep your dog comfortable, healthy and entertained all winter long.
Continue reading >6 Reasons Adopting a Senior Dog Might Be the Best Decision You Ever Make
Adoption, Senior Dog
Thinking about adding a new pooch to your family? On your next visit to the shelter or rescue group of your choice, take a moment to meet some of the older dogs looking for a home. There are more reasons to adopt a senior dog than you might realize.
Continue reading >Coastal Pet Products’ Christmas Gift Ideas for Pets
Gift Guide
If you’re planning on giving your pet a present this holiday season, you’re not alone! In 2019, 78% of dog owners and 72% of cat owners purchased a special treat or gift for their pets during the Christmas and Winter holiday season.
Continue reading >Thanksgiving Pet Safety - What to Avoid
With the holiday season upon us, Coastal Pet would like to remind you how to keep your pets safe during any holiday gathering. Keep these safety tips in mind when having friends and family around your pets.
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Meet Doc’s Crosswinds Brody at San-De Beach in Acadia. Or as his humans simply call him, Brody. He’s an award-winning Weimaraner. In three years of showing, he’s won such titles as Best of Breed, Best of Opposite Sex, Best of Winners, and Best of his Age Group. He’s also a total couch potato. But he knows how to turn it on when it’s time to shine. And, that means more than just looking good.
Continue reading >The Benefits of Hiking with Your Dog (Plus Tips)
Hiking, Holiday
Take a hike! No, we’re not trying to be rude. We mean it literally. In honor of National Take a Hike Day (Nov. 17), we're shining a spotlight on the benefits (both physical and mental) of hiking with your dog.
Continue reading >Integrating a New Dog or Cat into a Home with a Resident Dog
Safety Tips, New Pet
Thinking about bringing a new dog or cat into your home, but you’ve already got a dog? To ensure the successful integration of a new pet takes planning. And a willingness to accept it might not be possible. Not all dogs and cats will be happy living with another animal.
Continue reading >Helping Your Dog Overcome Separation Anxiety
Training
Does your dog leave a mess in the house if he’s been alone too long? Have you ever come home to find she’s tried to dig her way out of the backyard? Rather than being signs your pup is a “bad dog,” your pooch may be suffering from separation anxiety.
Continue reading >Coastal Pet Products Introduces New Brand: Water & Woods
Water & Woods, Outdoors
There’s just something about being out in nature with our dogs that feels primal and real. Whether we’re going for a quiet afternoon walk through leafy woods or hunting for game riverside in the early morning. The bond between humans and dogs began in the wide-open world and we often feel it strongest when it’s just us and nature.
Continue reading >Safety Tips
We put collars on our dogs to keep them safe. Collars hold valuable contact information should our dogs go astray, giving anyone who finds them an easy way to reach us. But collars can be dangerous. Every year, some 26,000 dogs are injured or killed in a collar-related accident.
Continue reading >Behind the Scenes of Coastal Pet's Circle T Collection of Leather Accessories
Circle T, Behind the Scenes
We're proud of all the hard work that goes into creating our Circle T products, so we're pulling the curtain back to give you a peek at what goes into making this popular lineup of refined accessories.
Continue reading >How to Create and Maintain a Healthy Environment and Lifestyle for your Pet
Lifestyle, Environment, Healthy Pets
While many people realize the emotional and physical health benefits that having a pet can do for us - improved mood, decrease in blood pressure and cholesterol, among others - many of us don’t stop to think about making sure that our pets are just as much in need of those benefits for their own health and wellbeing. A healthier, happier pet allows for longevity of life, which presents us with the added benefit of them sticking around longer.
Continue reading >A Labor Day Shoutout to Our Hardworking Employees … and Their Pets!
Labor Day, Pets, Bond
Behind every thriving company is a team of hardworking and dedicated employees without whom success wouldn't be possible. At Coastal Pet Products, we couldn't make the best U.S.-made pet products or provide top-notch customer service without our ace team of manufacturing and office employees.
Continue reading >Having Fun and Staying Safe with Your Dog After the Sun Goes Down
Nighttime, LazerBrite, Light-Ups, Reflective
Late afternoon visits to the dog park, evening games of fetch in the front yard, nighttime jogs. Having outdoor fun with your dog isn't limited to daylight hours. But staying safe once the sun goes down requires a little preparation, like outfitting your dog with highly-visible accessories.
Continue reading >Health, Toys
Giving dogs and cats toys to play with isn't only about making them happy. Toys, and playing in general, provide our pets with a way to meet some of their most elementary needs, from the need to be physically active to staying mentally stimulated.
Continue reading >Made in America
Since 1968 Coastal Pet Products has been dedicated to creating quality products that people trust for the pets they love. Based in Alliance, Ohio, we maintain a nearly 400,000 square foot manufacturing facility where we produce the collars, leashes and harnesses our customers have trusted for more than half a century.
Continue reading >Cats, Harness, Cat Harness
Cat leash training is not an urban myth. The photos and videos of kitties in harnesses, adventurously exploring the outside world are not trick shots. And the cats? They're not professionally trained commercial and movie "actors."
Continue reading >Want to Learn How to Choose the Right Harness for Your Dog?
Dogs, Harness
Keeping your pooch safe during a walk outside can be as easy as choosing the right dog harness size. Get it wrong and it's too easy for your dog to slip out and dart into traffic. But with so many types of dog harnesses how do you know which one to get or which dog harness size is right for your pup?
Continue reading >Coastal Pet and Leader Dogs for the Blind Invite Runners to Lace Up Their Shoes for a Good Cause
Leader Dogs for the Blind, Bark & Brew
In a typical year, Leader Dogs for the Blind breeds about 500 puppies and matches about 200 dogs with people who are blind or visually impaired. And for each one of those puppies, it requires about $48,000 to take it from birth through training over the course of 18 months before it can be matched with someone.
Continue reading >What's the Best Color for Dog Toys?
Science, Dogs, Colors
Dogs are not color blind, but they do see fewer colors than humans. The brightest colors in a dog's world are blue and yellow, making these the best choice when it comes to choosing a toy for your pup. And it's why our range of Rascals and Pro Fit fetch toys come primarily in blue and yellow.
Continue reading >6 Fun Ways to Celebrate Spring with Your Dog
Dogs, Activities
Spring is fully sprung and you and your dog are eager to get out and enjoy the warm weather and longer days. But what to do?
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