Q: We moved into a new home and need to install a dog door through the wall to our backyard. Where do we install it? A: Put it where there aren’t any obstructions. How do you know where there are no ...

Here at the Strategist, we like to think of ourselves as crazy (in the good way) about the stuff we buy, but as much as we’d like to, we can’t try everything. Which is why we have People’s Choice, in ...

We have a border collie mix that we’ve had since he was a puppy. He used to eat his food in the hallway between the basement door and the wall. We noticed as he got older that he would not go near his ...

Dog doors, a.k.a. pet doors, are small, covered openings cut in the bottom of exterior doors, designed for pets to easily go in and out of a house without the help of their owners. The idea is to give ...

Gayle Plessner and her husband love their dogs, but the sound of the rain on the roof of their Westlake Village home made them lament winter, the season of muddied paws, in 2012. “I remember thinking ...

Controlling access to your home while still allowing your pets the freedom they crave calls for a technological solution like ...

There are estimated to be more than 30,000,000 house pets in North America. And if you have a dog or cat, then you are well aware of the fact that they may have to get outside for a host of reasons.

Here at the Strategist, we like to think of ourselves as crazy (in the good way) about the stuff we buy, but as much as we’d like to, we can’t try everything. Which is why we have People’s Choice, in ...