Exceptional Equipment Design
Your exceptional dog deserves gear just as unique as they are!
At The Exceptional Dog Shop, I want to help your dog live their best life.
My business exists to support real relationships between challenging dogs and their humans: relationships built on trust, communication, and respect…
Especially when life with your exceptional dog isn’t always easy.
What This Means for You and Your Dog
When you choose equipment from The Exceptional Dog Shop, you can expect gear that is:
- Thoughtfully designed to keep your dog safe and secure
- Geared towards daily, real-world behavior management
- Clearly labeled with dog weight recommendations
- Equipped with secure, dependable hardware options
- Built with high-quality materials you can rely on not to fail
I want you to feel great about selecting hand crafted gear, so offer a Product Guarantee and Refund Policy that stands behind our equipment.
We believe in being transparent so that you can choose equipment that you can put your trust in and have peace of mind every time you walk your pup.
Whether you’re navigating reactivity, fear, big feelings, big bodies, or simply looking to enjoy calm walks together, we’re here to support you.
Our Commitment to You
I do not offer equipment designed to cause pain or discomfort, or that restricts natural movement as a method of behavior control and suppression.
I firmly believe that tools such as prong collars, choke collars, or shock collars create more problems than they solve, and can damage your relationship with your exceptional dog.
Instead, every piece of equipment I design is guided by these principles:
What We Design For
✅ Safety & Security First - no accidental escapes
✅ Fear-free and cooperative handling whenever possible
✅ Positive reinforcement (R+) training
✅ Options that address challenges from touch sensitivity to reactivity, and more
What We Do Not Support
❌ Shock-based tools
❌ Prong collars
❌ Choke collars
❌ Suppressing behavior through discomfort, flooding, or punishment
Our first priority is to provide products that keep your dog safe and secure, followed by offering designs that give their humans the tools to manage behaviors in real-world situations.
Because I believe that dogs learn best when they feel safe.
Why This Matters
Equipment plays a role in how dogs experience the world. Tools that cause discomfort or suppress behavior without addressing underlying emotions can damage trust and make situations more dangerous, not less.
That’s why my work aligns with science-backed, force-free best practices supported by veterinary and behavior professionals.
The American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) states:
“Aversive training has been associated with detrimental effects on the human–animal bond, problem solving ability, and the physical and behavioral health of the patient… [It] often suppresses signals of impending aggression, rendering any aggressive dog more dangerous.”
A Final Word
You deserve peace of mind when choosing equipment for your dog.
And your exceptional dog deserves to feel safe, and loved.
If these values resonate with you, you’re in the right place. I’m here to help you choose equipment that works with your dog, not against them, so you can learn together.
You can find definitions for the training and equipment terms used on this page here: Terms I Use
