{"id":1903,"date":"2018-10-17T16:16:06","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T16:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thegooddogguide.com\/blog\/?p=1903"},"modified":"2018-10-17T16:16:06","modified_gmt":"2018-10-17T16:16:06","slug":"ruff-guide-to-a-dog-friendly-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thegooddogguide.com\/blog\/ruff-guide-to-a-dog-friendly-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruff Guide to a Dog Friendly Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The silly grin and gentle tail wag from our furry friends never fail to brighten our day. Not only do dogs make excellent house pets, but they are also proven to make our lives happier. After all, all they do is makes us laugh and smile (except of course if they get a poop or pee accident!).<\/p>\n<p>However, it\u2019s not all about them making us happy, because we, as responsible dog owners should also bring back the favor to them. There are lots of ways you can do that, one of which is by making your home as dog-friendly as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Let them roam freely and safely inside your house and backyard and giving them quick access to essentials like food and water goes a long way for your canine buddies. You can also give them toys to play on so that they won\u2019t get bored and be destructive.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s all about ensuring that they stay healthy, both physically and emotionally. And take note, dogs have feelings too!<\/p>\n<p>Well, some of you might think that having a dog is a walk-in-the-park \u2014 but it\u2019s not.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s just like raising a child, except for the fact that it\u2019s harder! But then again, it\u2019s not a big problem because we\u2019re going to help you become a responsible dog owner. As long as you love what you\u2019re doing and you know what to do, then you\u2019re on your way to raising your \u201csuper dog\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Want to know more? If so, then scroll down to check out this creatively <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axa.ie\/articles\/property\/the-ruff-guide-to-a-dog-friendly-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">informative graphic from AXA<\/a>. It\u2019s a life saver!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1904 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thegooddogguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ruff-guide-to-a-dog-friendly-home.png\" alt=\"Ruff Guide to a Dog Friendly Home\" width=\"950\" height=\"3214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thegooddogguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ruff-guide-to-a-dog-friendly-home.png 950w, https:\/\/www.thegooddogguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ruff-guide-to-a-dog-friendly-home-89x300.png 89w, https:\/\/www.thegooddogguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ruff-guide-to-a-dog-friendly-home-768x2598.png 768w, https:\/\/www.thegooddogguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ruff-guide-to-a-dog-friendly-home-303x1024.png 303w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The silly grin and gentle tail wag from our furry friends never fail to brighten our day. Not only do dogs make excellent house pets, but they are also proven to make our lives happier. After all, all they do is makes us laugh and smile (except of course if they get a poop or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[144,23,33],"class_list":["post-1903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","tag-axa-insurance","tag-dog","tag-dog-friendly"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thegooddogguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thegooddogguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thegooddogguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thegooddogguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thegooddogguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1903"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thegooddogguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1905,"href":"https:\/\/www.thegooddogguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1903\/revisions\/1905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thegooddogguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thegooddogguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thegooddogguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}