This week on the podcast we’re joined by Emily, founder of DevilDood Designs and DevilDood Direct. DevilDood originally began selling collars and has since become an online stockist of all things canine with a big social media following.

Emily talks to us about her three dogs Colin (the devildood himself!), Rhapsody & Arnold, how she fell in love with dogs and what drove her to create the business. We find out how the business has grown so quickly in such a short space of time and most importantly we discover what exactly a ‘dood’ is! Clue: it’s not a cool way of spelling dude!

Emily is extremely passionate about educating dog owners on how to care for their pooches and is an avid proponent of ‘Y’ shaped harnesses over chest strap harnesses. We discuss the details of why and how a chest strap harness could potentially be damaging your dogs shoulders. We also take a deeper look into raw feeding (following on from episode 1) and discuss whether or not your canine needs vaccinating each year. The answer might surprise you!

This episode is crammed with little tidbits of information (did you know natural chew treats with the hair left on could be an alternative preventative for worms?) and as a result we over ran slightly. Think of it as nearly half a bonus episode. There was just too much to talk about!

You can reach Emily by email at [email protected] but will likely get a quicker response on social media using @devildooddirect & @devildooddesigns on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

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