Everyday Essentials
Everyday essentials Cerberus uses — flea & tick, GPS, toys, crates, and more.
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Seresto Flea & Tick Collar for Large Dogs
Last year, in 2025, Cerberus was bitten by a tick and that showed up in his bloodwork at the vet. Although he never contracted any illness from it, we were recommended the flea and tick collar in addition to oral medication to prevent flea and ticks from attaching. The flea and tick collar is, in some ways, superior to oral medication because it stops the fleas and ticks from attaching in the first place which of course prevents them from infecting your dog. We picked Seresto specifically because it is the #1 dog flea and tick collar in the industry, and we havent been disappointed. The collar lasts for 8 months and we're on our second set of collars for Cerberus and his sibling. No fleas or ticks have attached since he started wearing this collar, even in dense brush where there are large populations of ticks. This is a pick that maybe is our top recommendation of anything we've used for Cerberus.
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FI Smart Dog Collar GPS Tracker
The FI Smart Dog Collar is probably the luxury version of all dog trackers. In addition to tracking your dog's movement, sleep, heart rate, and location, FI has a social media feature that allows you to post to the FI social media platform which is included in their app. You can compete for leaderboard spots for miles walked and other fun challenges. FI also integrates with other fitness apps such as Strava and automatically load activities that you've done with your dog to your account feed.
The positives of the FI dog collar:
- Real time tracking of your dog from the FI smartphone app
- Social media and fitness integration elements
- Health markers and activity trackers
The negatives:
- The FI collar requires annual/monthly subscription to be able to utilize its features
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EcoKind Himalayan Cheese Dog Chews
The Himalayan Yak Cheese Dog Chews are a great, clean and long treat for your dog. Cerberus has spent many hours chewing these down slowly. They smell much better than a typical dog treat. Theyre healthier than the synthetic heavily died dog treats we often feed our dogs. The downside? They are pretty costly and the cleanup can be a lot if your dog is messy like Cerberus. This is still one of his favorite, long-lasting treats but we save it for special occasions due to price.
Kimee Dog Ball Chew Toy
Whether you have a dog that just loves to fetch or chews on everything, the Kimee dog ball is a great choice for you. These foam dog balls are durable and roughly the size of a tennis ball but slightly lighter. They can be used in a standard tennis ball thrower for dogs as long as you leave them slightly looser since they are more aerodynamic than tennis balls and tend to go further. We use these all the time to play fetch in or near water and have noted that they appear to be completely waterproof. Sometimes Cerberus will literally just sit on the couch with one of these and periodically squeeze it in his mouth. All of the original balls we purchased 4 years ago are still fully intact and used today. This is our top pick for dog toys.
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OneTigris X-Armor Dog Harness
The OneTigris harness is great for working dogs or really any dog that needs a sturdy multi-purpose harness. What we most like about the harness is its cool tactical appearance, the handle on top that you can use in close quarters, and the quality of the hardware used. The harness has attachment points on top near the base of the neck as well as the chest area (this is used to prevent pulling since your dog will be forced to turn if they pull). The one downside of this harness is that the Velcro adjusters are quite long and can be messy to try to tuck in or hide so that they aren't dragging on the ground or flapping around.
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Impact Collapsible Dog Crate
Weve all seen the ads for the impact dog crates and I think the question most people are trying to answer is "does the quality of this crate justify the price?". The short answer: it depends. This crate is overkill if you don't crate your dog often or they aren't high anxiety. Impact crates come in handy for those dogs that are a little bit crazy and will pick at any weakness in the crate they can find until they collapse it or break out. Weve used the collapsible variety for Cerberus and other dogs and no dog has ever come close to breaking out of it. We generally think the nails on metal can be grating to listen to so we'd definitely recommend using a mat of some kind to minimize that sound. Overall, we would probably recommend the fixed crate (not collapsible) because either way youre going to end up with a very heavy crate thats too heavy to comfortably move around and with the fixed crate you get additional strength and even more resistance to anxious dogs.
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Ruffland Waterhole
We got this for Cerberus and my other dog because it looked cool and dealing with stainless steel rusting was getting old. What this reservoir shines at is keeping a lot of water in a neat easy to carry design. I've also noticed that the freezing point of the reservoir seems to be slightly higher than a stainless steel bowl (meaning the stainless steel bowl freezes over first) during the winter. Dogs also seem to prefer the reservoir because it keeps water cooler for longer. No rusting, no real way for dogs to destroy it, the Ruffland Warehole is our top pick to handle thirsy dogs.
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