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Marcus Webb
Products & Living Writer
- Contributing Writer
Marcus Webb writes about the gear, gadgets, and everyday choices that make life with a pet easier. His coverage runs from product picks to training and the causes worth paying attention to, always with an eye on what actually earns a place in your home.
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- Oct 6, 2026An AI Box Can Drill Your Dog. It Can't Do the Part That Matters.
- Sep 29, 2026Yes, Dogs Line Up With Earth's Magnetic Field to Poop. No, It's Not as Solid as It Sounds.
- Sep 28, 2026A Dog Costs More Than a Used Car. Where You Live Swings It by $10,000.
- Sep 25, 2026Fostering a Dog? The First 3 Days Matter More Than the Next 3 Months.
- Sep 24, 2026Your Hand Is the Worst Place for a Leash. 7 Hands-Free Picks for Active Dogs.
- Sep 23, 2026The Dog Stole the Movie. Someone Off-Camera Made That Happen.
- Sep 23, 2026The Fluffy Sheepdogs That Saved an Island of Penguins
- Sep 18, 2026Shelters Say the Same Thing About Lost Dogs: Nobody Has a Usable Photo
- Sep 17, 2026Before You Cut a Hole in Your House, Answer This: What Else Can Fit Through It?
- Sep 16, 2026The Poop-Flag Vigilante of Venice Was Rude, Anonymous, and Right
- Sep 13, 2026A $150K Salary, Two Senior Dogs, and a $695 Month I'd Spend Again
- Sep 12, 2026The Dreamy Part of Working From Anywhere With a Dog Is a Lie. Here's the Real Job.
- Sep 10, 2026Skip the 'Pet Cam.' The Best One Is a Security Camera.
- Sep 6, 2026Agility Training Starts With a Cardboard Box, Not a Course
- Sep 4, 2026Too Wild to Keep, Perfect to Save Lives
- Sep 1, 2026We Cracked the Origin of Cows and Cats. The Dog Still Stumps Us.
- Aug 30, 2026Baby-Talking Your Dog Isn't Silly. It's Science.
- Aug 28, 2026Your Dog Won't Break the Bank With One Big Bill. It's the Slow Drip That Gets You
- Aug 27, 2026The Only People Who Should Own a Husky Walk 11 Miles a Day
- Aug 27, 2026The $599 Dog Crate Isn't for Your Dog. It's for the Four Things Wire Crates Get Wrong.
- Aug 24, 2026The Vet Now Comes to You, and Your Pet Is Calmer for It
- Aug 20, 2026Your Dog Doesn't Out-Muscle You. They Out-Balance You.
- Aug 18, 2026The Weird Little Rituals Pet Parents Refuse to Skip
- Aug 13, 2026This Brand Refuses to Call Its Dog Toys 'Toys.' Here's Why That's Not Just Marketing.
- Aug 12, 2026Van Life With a Dog Isn't a Vibe. It's a Heat-Management Job.
- Jul 29, 2026I'm Lazy About Scooping. The Litter Genie Turned Me Into a Neat Freak.
- Jul 27, 2026Every Trail Closed to Dogs Was Closed Because of a Dog Owner
- Jul 27, 2026Some Dogs Fix a Tangled Leash. Yours Might Not, and It's Not About Smarts.
- Jul 24, 2026Your Puppy Bites Your Ankles Because It Works. Here's How to Make It Not Work.
- Jul 24, 2026Your Tug Toy Isn't Failing at the Rope. It's Failing at the Handle.
- Jul 23, 2026A Former Ringling Clown Is Rewriting the Pit Bull's Reputation, One Hoop at a Time
- Jul 20, 2026The One-Word Diagnosis Is Ruining Your Dog's Training
- Jul 15, 2026Your Dog Doesn't Need a Longer Walk. They Need a Backpack.
- Jul 14, 2026A Nightlife Guy, a Stubby Bulldog Mix, and 7-Minute Trail Miles
- Jul 14, 2026Your Dog's Next Treat Could Help Wipe Out an Invasive Species. That's the Whole Idea.
- Jul 13, 202611 Red Flags That Say Walk Away From This Breeder
- Jul 11, 2026The Best Dog Food Container Isn't the Prettiest. It's the One That's Actually Airtight.
- Jul 11, 2026Your Herding Dog Has No Sheep. Give It Eight Exercise Balls Instead.
- Jul 10, 2026A Man Shot a Dog for Running at Him. He Was Never Charged.
- Jul 9, 2026The Free Treasure Hunt That Turns a Dog Walk Into a Job
- Jul 8, 2026Skip the Dog Park. San Francisco's Presidio Has 8 Better Stops.
- Jul 8, 2026The Best Dog Documentary Ever Made Is Barely About Dogs
- Jul 7, 202610 Dogs With Noses So Good They Have Day Jobs
- Jul 5, 2026Only One Piece of Dog Car Gear Actually Saves Their Life
- Jul 2, 202612 Holiday Gifts Your Dog Will Actually Use, Not Just Unwrap
- Jul 1, 2026The 'Easy to Train' Breed Is Mostly a Myth. But These 11 Stack the Deck.
- Jun 30, 2026California Tried to Stop Making Unhoused People Choose a Roof or Their Pet. Newsom Said No
- Jun 28, 2026Austin's Most Famous Dog Bar Just Closed. Here's What's Still Standing.
- Jun 28, 2026Bocce's Bakery Made a Pumpkin Spice Dog Treat. Why the Spice Part Matters
- Jun 27, 2026The Fires Rewrote LA's Dog-Hiking Map. Here's What's Actually Open.
- Jun 23, 202647 Dogs Rescued in a Week: How South Carolina Started Winning Against Dogfighting
- Jun 21, 2026I Tried Three Puzzle Feeders to Stop the Kibble-on-the-Floor Circus. Only One Survived.
- Jun 20, 2026One Great Dog Trip in Every State (Without Botching the Logistics)
- Jun 19, 2026A Sleepy Pug Gave Millions of People Permission to Rest. We Could Still Use It.
- Jun 18, 2026A Bored Dog Wrecks Your Couch. These 6 Picks Wreck Their Boredom Instead.
- Jun 16, 2026Dallas Just Lost Its Most Famous Dog Bar. The City Will Be Fine.
- Jun 16, 2026The Only Pet Insurance Question That Matters: Can You Write a $6,000 Check on a Tuesday?
- Jun 15, 2026The Dating App Just for Dog People Had a Great Idea. It Still Didn't Make It.
- Jun 14, 2026Dog Trackers, Decoded: Match the Technology to Where You Live (10 Picks)
- Jun 13, 2026Your Dog Runs. Your Cat Hides. Searching for Them the Same Way Is Why You Lose Them.
- Jun 13, 2026An $84,000 Seat for Your Dog. The Real Story Is Why Anyone Would Pay It.
- Jun 12, 2026An Amazon Driver Took Their Cat on Camera. The Microchip Couldn't Bring Her Back
- Jun 11, 20267 Dog-Training Mistakes, and the 3 Root Causes Behind Almost All of Them
- Jun 11, 2026Your Dog's Toy Stash Is Adorable. The Growl Over It Isn't.
- Jun 9, 2026Your Dog Doesn't Care About Your Square Footage. It Cares About You.
- Jun 6, 2026Can't Afford the Vet Bill? Don't Panic-Post a GoFundMe Yet
- Jun 6, 2026Some Dogs Learn Words by Eavesdropping. Scientists Just Proved It.
- Jun 5, 2026The Ball Launcher That Started With a Kid Dodging Homework
- Jun 4, 2026"Stubborn" Is a Diagnosis With No Cure. Here's What Your Dog Is Really Saying
- Jun 4, 2026One Fake Email Nearly Shut Down This Animal Shelter
- Jun 2, 2026Yes, Your Dog Can Go to a Major League Game. Here's How It Actually Works.
- May 29, 2026The Aelfie Pet Pillows Are Goofy on Purpose, and Each Solves a Couch Problem
- May 29, 2026The Pet Tech Worth Buying, Judged on Subscriptions, Durability, and Whether It Works
- May 27, 20269 Everyday Human Habits That Genuinely Baffle Your Dog
- May 27, 2026The Subway Banned Loose Dogs. One Backpack Is the Loophole That Actually Works.
- May 25, 2026Your Dog Is Bored, Not Bad. 5 Enrichment Toys That Fix It.
- May 24, 2026These Vets Cook Your Dog's Dinner From a 2,000-Year-Old Rulebook
- May 21, 2026The Most Sustainable Dog Bed Is the One You Never Have to Replace
- May 16, 202693 Dogs Died in Her Care. A Year Later, the Case May Never See a Jail
- May 14, 2026The Pet Detective Is Real. So Is the Whole Industry Pretending to Be One.
- May 14, 2026That Dog With Its Head Out the Window Is a 50-Pound Projectile Waiting to Happen
- May 13, 2026Your Dog Isn't Disobeying When He Chases Squirrels. He's Hunting
- May 12, 2026Your First Instinct Will Lose Your Lost Dog. Do This Instead.
- May 12, 2026He Ran the Pentagon's Networks and a Dogfighting Ring. He Got 18 Months.
- May 9, 2026The Neighbor's Dog Barks All Day. You Have More Power Than You Think.
- May 5, 20266 Automatic Ball Launchers for High-Energy Dogs, Sorted by What Matters
- May 5, 2026This Brand Treats Your Dog's Bed Like Real Furniture. It Started With a Scared Labrador.
- May 1, 2026The Victorians Didn't Invent Dog Breeds. The Stone Age Did.
- Apr 30, 2026A Scruffy Rescue Named Chicken Taught Two Full-Speed Careers How to Chill
- Apr 30, 2026'The Truffle Hunters' Is Really About the Dogs. That's the Whole Point
- Apr 29, 2026Movie Theaters Ban Dogs. These 7 Drive-Ins Never Got the Memo.
- Apr 29, 2026Your Dog Slips the Yard. A Cop Shows Up. What the Data Says Happens Next.
- Apr 26, 2026The Rescue-Chihuahua Coincidence That Built a Cult Leash Brand
- Apr 22, 2026End the Pet-Chore Fight With a Contract, Not Another Argument
- Apr 18, 2026The CDC's Dog-Import Rules Punish the Rescues Doing Rabies Prevention Right
- Apr 13, 2026A Dog Was Caged on an Open Trailer at 80 MPH in 26-Degree Cold. One Driver's Video Saved Him.
- Apr 12, 2026Big Dogs Don't Lose Their Homes Over Behavior. They Lose Them Over Leases.
- Apr 11, 2026The Dog-Friendly Car Guide That Starts With Safety, Then Picks the Ride
- Apr 11, 2026The Dire Wolf Fantasy Is Filling Shelters With Real Huskies
- Apr 10, 2026The $20 Toy That Bought Back My Workday
- Apr 8, 2026Not All 'Dog-Friendly' Parks Are Equal: 15 of America's Best, Ranked by Freedom
- Mar 20, 2026Your Dog's Attention Is a Bank Account, Not a Personality Trait
- Mar 16, 2026Your New Home Smells Like Nothing to Your Dog. That's the Whole Problem
- Mar 9, 2026Your Dog Lives in a Different World Than You. Here's the Science
- Feb 22, 2026Brewery Day With Your Dog: How to Do It Right, Plus 9 Taprooms That Get It
- Feb 10, 2026Colorfil vs. an Air Purifier: Which One Actually Fixes Dog Smell
- Jan 30, 2026The People Who Saw It Coming: Inside the St. Gabriel Animal Hospital Rescue
- Jan 29, 2026AirTags Still Aren't Pet Trackers. But the 2026 Model Closed Two Big Gaps
- Jan 21, 2026Does Your Dog Actually Need a Coat? A Buyer's Guide (Plus 12 We'd Buy)
- Jan 20, 2026A Furniture Designer Got Fed Up With Ugly Dog Beds. So He Fixed Them
- Jan 12, 2026A Viral Dog Reunion Rewrote California Law
- Jan 5, 2026The Pentagon Spent $1 Million Testing Drugs on Beagles. Congress Just Cut It Off.
- Dec 22, 2025The Holiday Decoration That Sends Cats to Surgery (It Isn't the Ornament)
- Dec 21, 2025The Bark Potty Is Really a Math Problem: One Pad vs. 60 Plastic Ones
- Dec 18, 2025Rescuers Saw the Starving Dogs and Left. Four Times.
- Dec 5, 2025A Dallas Insider's Dog-Friendly Map: 7 Spots, and Who Each Is Really For
- Dec 5, 2025The PET Act Closed One Loophole in How Companies Test Chemicals on Dogs and Cats
- Dec 2, 2025BARK Wants to Sell You a $150 Dog Concierge. When It's Actually Worth It
- Dec 1, 2025This California Bill Could Force Landlords to Finally Allow Pets
- Nov 19, 2025Read the Human First: How to Greet a Dog You've Never Met
- Nov 18, 2025Two Patients, One Couch: A Musician, His Rescue Dog, and the Lesson Between
- Nov 17, 2025Dog Insurance Costs More Than the $25 Ads Suggest. Here's the Real Number
- Nov 17, 2025That Online Service-Dog 'Certificate' Was Never Required. A Court Just Confirmed It
- Nov 13, 20258 Ways to Be the Dog Owner Your Building Doesn't Complain About
- Nov 12, 2025Bury the Bin, Not the Truth: A DIY Dog-Waste Digester, Done Safely
- Oct 28, 2025The Container Sold as 'Pet-Proof' Is Killing Cats
- Oct 28, 2025The $150,000 'Bodyguard' Dog Fails at the One Thing Buyers Want Most
- Oct 22, 2025Build a Walk Wardrobe That Lasts: Leash, Harness, and Collar Picks That Won't Die
- Oct 8, 2025A Whole City Spent 20 Days Hunting for a Hardware-Store Cat. It Worked.
- Oct 1, 2025The 16 Cats That Lived: What a Rensselaer Rescue Reveals About Hoarding
- Sep 30, 2025For a Cat, the Wrong Harness Isn't Gear. It's an Escape Hatch.
- Sep 29, 2025The Tick Tool in My Pack Isn't for Removing Ticks. It's for Removing Them Right
- Sep 20, 2025Your Dog's Canoe Problem Isn't the Water. It's the Boredom.
- Sep 19, 2025Petco Is Going Dark in 25 More Locations. Here's the List So Far.
- Sep 12, 2025Most Catio Plans Overbuild. How to Match One to Your Cat and Your Weekend
- Sep 5, 2025Puppy or Grown-Up Pet? Stop Choosing With Your Heart, Run This Audit
- Aug 26, 2025A Giant Dog Shed on His Fries. The Internet Fight Missed the Real Rule.
- Aug 23, 2025The Rescue That Was Hiding Its Own Cruelty Case: 45 Animals Seized in New Jersey
- Aug 9, 2025Before You Buy Dog Stairs, Settle the Ramp-or-Stairs Question (and the Rise Math)
- Jul 31, 2025Most 'Orthopedic' Dog Beds Aren't. How to Read the Spec, Plus 9 That Pass
- Jul 25, 2025She Sued the Blue Angels Over Her Dying Cat. The Noise Science Is Real
- Jul 11, 2025You've Been Walking Your Dog Wrong
- Jul 9, 2025He Kicked a Working Beagle Off the Ground. The Beagle Went Back to Work.
- Jun 18, 2025A San Diego Judge Redefined 'Abandonment' for Cats. Shelters Everywhere Are Watching.
- May 15, 2025The #1 Thing People Love Doing With Their Dogs Isn't the Walk
- Mar 6, 2025A Pink Poodle Fell Into an Icy River. The Dye Job Saved Her.
- Nov 6, 2024Colorado Just Created a Brand-New Kind of Animal Doctor. Here's What It Means for Your Pet.
- Oct 16, 2024'Love at 30,000 Feet': The Pilot Who Adopted the Hurricane Kitten He Flew to Safety
- Oct 11, 2024The Pets Who Survived Hurricane Milton Left Before It Hit
- Sep 9, 2024Hundreds of Thousands of Dogs Died Last Year. This Film Blames Us.
- Jun 19, 2024'Lifetime' Coverage Wasn't. Nationwide Just Dropped 100,000 Pets.
- May 14, 2024A Shelter-Style Mutt Just Topped a 350-Dog Field at Westminster. Meet Nimble.
- Apr 23, 2024LA's Big Shelter Idea: Pay People to Foster
- Feb 19, 2024'Pit Bull' Isn't Even a Breed. That Didn't Stop the Headlines.
- Dec 11, 2023The 'Street Vet' Was Named CNN's Hero of the Year, Then Gave the Prize Away
- Dec 11, 2023'Thank You for Not Ignoring Me': The Street Vet Who Wrote the Book on Mercy
- Jun 2, 2023Why "Bowie's Amendment" Is Fighting for California's Shelter Animals
- Nov 18, 2022Smart Pet Gear, Sorted by the Problem It Actually Solves
- Feb 14, 202257 Puppies, 38 Rescues, One Hamster-Powered Scoreboard
- Jan 19, 2022Texas Banned Dog Chains. The Real Fix Was a Deleted Sentence
- Aug 24, 2021He Lost 90% of His Business. Then He Groomed 1,461 Dogs for Free.

