our favorite PUPPY STUFF

trainer picks

We polled our estimable Wonder Trainers on their favorite puppy supplies, services, books and places in Portland. Here are the winners. Get in touch for additional recommendations.

 

+pet stores

  • Filling Station

  • Green Dog Supply

  • Healthy Pets NW

  • Meat for Cats and Dogs

  • Sellwood Pet Supply


+vets

  • Animal Healing Arts

  • Brooklyn Yard Veterinary Hospital

  • Mt. Tabor Veterinary

  • Two Rivers Veterinary Clinic

  • Viking Veterinary Care


+overnight care

  • Coexist Canine Coaching

  • Dog Adventures Northwest

  • Plucky Puppy

  • Ruff Mutts

  • Sit Stay Fit


+books

  • Before and After Getting Your Puppy by Ian Dunbar

  • Clicking with Your Dog by Peggy Tillman

  • Control Unleashed: The Puppy Program by Leslie McDevitt

  • On Talking Terms with Dogs: Calming Signals by Turid Rugaas

  • Perfect Puppy in 7 Days: How to Start Your Puppy Off Right by Sophia Yin


+harnesses

  • Freedom

  • K9 Blue Balance

  • Perfect Fit Modular

  • Ruffwear Front Range

  • Wonder Walker


+food brands

  • Rawbble

  • Stella & Chewy’s

  • Vital Essentials

  • Open Farm

  • Smallbatch


+treats (complete diet food)

  • Rawwble

  • Smallbatch

  • Stella & Chewy’s dinner patties (broken into pea-sized bits)

  • Vital Essentials


 

+food puzzles

  • Fun Feeder

  • Snuffle Mats

  • Lickimat

  • Toppl Toy

  • Tricky and IQ Treat Balls


+chewing outlets

  • Ocean Chews

  • bully sticks (low/no odor)

  • frozen carrots

  • turkey necks (freeze-dried)

  • turkey tendons


+places for exercise

  • Forest Park

  • Kelley Point Park

  • Mt. Tabor

  • Sandy River Delta/Thousand Acres Park

  • Sauvie Island (farms, beaches and hikes)


+companies for exercise

  • Dog Adventures Northwest

  • Doggy Business (older pups)

  • Ruff Mutts

  • Portland Dog Runner

  • Sit Stay Fit


+places for enrichment

  • food cart pods

  • NW 23rd area

  • Portland Saturday Market

  • riverfront parks

  • Tin Shed (brunch with your puppy!)


+rescues/shelters

  • Multnomah County Animal Shelter

  • One Tail at a Time

  • petfinder.com

  • Pixie Project

  • Project Pooch


labrador puppy on beach at Sauvie Island