Barkytech’s Expert Buying Guides
Start here when you know the problem but not the product. Our buying guides take a category apart and show you the three or four decisions that genuinely change what you should buy — and the specs that sound important but won’t matter once the thing is in your house.
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Complete Guide to Automatic Pet Feeders for Dogs and Cats
An automatic pet feeder should make mealtimes easier without asking your pet to adapt to the wrong routine. Maybe your cat begins breakfast negotiations at 4:52 a.m. Maybe your large dog needs dinner while traffic has you marooned three exits from home. Maybe two…
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Complete Guide to Automatic Pet Doors for Dogs and Cats
By the ninth “can you let me out?” of the day, an automatic pet door starts to sound less like a gadget and more like a civil right. The catch is that these doors solve very different problems. Some move a panel for a…
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Buying Guide: Best Interactive Dog Toys
While dog toys come in all sorts of shapes, sizes, textures, and durability, interactive dog toys have the ablity to react or respond to your dog’s actions. With so many new interactive dog toys coming onto the market, which ones should you buy? Here…
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Smart Pet Gadgets: How to Choose Tech for Dogs and Cats
Shopping for pet gadgets can make a normal Tuesday look wildly under-engineered. Apparently your cat needs a bathroom with an app, your dog needs a fitness dashboard, and the water bowl has been waiting its whole life for Wi-Fi. Some of these smart devices…
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Complete Guide to Pet DNA Tests
A pet DNA test often begins with everybody looking at the same beloved animal and seeing something different. The shelter called your dog a Lab mix, but somebody sees hound ears and somebody else is certain there is shepherd in that tail. Your cat…
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Complete Guide to Pet Microchip Scanners
Most of us do not spend an ordinary day thinking about a pet microchip scanner. Then a loose dog turns up near dinner, a neighborhood cat decides your porch is home, or you realize the nearest open clinic is a long drive away. Suddenly,…
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Buying Guide: How Dog Talking Buttons Are Changing the Way Dogs Communicate
Imagine walking into your living room and hearing your dog press a button that says “outside.” Or “hungry.” Or, in some cases, “love you.” No, you’re not dreaming and you didn’t just wake up in a Disney movie. You’re witnessing the rising trend of…
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Pet Air Purifier Buying Guide: How to Choose for Dander, Hair, and Odor
When your dog has shaken rain onto the rug, your cat has claimed the bedroom, and a freshly scooped litter box still seems to have an opinion, an air purifier can sound like the answer to everything. It can help, but first consider what…
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Pet Vacuum Guide: Choosing the Right Vacuum for Pet Hair at Home
Your pet does not know the living room was just vacuumed. The dog settles on the rug. The cat leaves the litter box. Soon, fur and grit return. A pet vacuum has to fit the surfaces where each mess collects. That is why “best…
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Buying Guide: Best Dog Collar Subscriptions
If you are looking for trendy accessories that will make your dog look more fab, here’s our round up of the best dog gift box subscriptions you should try.
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Complete Guide to GPS Pet Trackers
Choosing a pet gps tracker can be confusing when very different devices sound so similar. One device shows a moving dot in an app. Another helps you search the basement, garage, or hedge line from a few rooms away. A familiar phone tag may…
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Complete Guide to Wireless Dog Fences
Shopping a wireless dog fence? Learn how virtual, GPS, and in-ground systems work, what to look for, and which type fits your yard. Learn more.
