The Fresh Patch Blog

Welcome pet-parents, dog fanatics and animal lovers! Thank you for checking out our blog page. Our extremely knowledgeable team at Fresh Patch loves pets as much as you do and we work hard to ensure our content is ‘fresh’ and up to date with useful information for our customers. Our blog posts cover a wide variety of topics such as dog grooming and care, training techniques and tips, puppy potty training and getting the best out of our Dog Grass Patches.


Why You Should Give Senior Dogs a Chance

It’s a sad reality: there a lot of older or senior dogs in animal shelters that never really leave.  When we think about the excitement of a new dog, we...

Surf's Ruff

June is rolling around faster than we thought, and that means summer is at full speed ahead!  Staying cool in the rising temperatures might mean going to the beach, lake...

Dog Friendly Shopping

On these beautiful summer days when you need to run errands at a local outdoor mall or run to a store a couple blocks down, you'd feel bad leaving your...

The Dog Lives!

Ah, summer.  For students and teachers, that means a whole lot of free time.  So starts the season of movie-going.  And with the new movie Max coming out, it reminded me how...

Tips for Indoor Potty Training

If your dog isn’t used to house training, and you’ve just ordered your own Fresh Patch, here are some a few small tips to get Fido acclimated. Establish a potty...

Evidence Shows Dogs Prefer Petting Over Praise

Yes, we all know that special “doggy” voice we use just to praise our pooches when they do exactly what they’re supposed to. We use it as a reward with...