DogWatch Blog

Maggy is a sweet, spunky English Springer Spaniel who has graduated from DogWatch hidden fence training. She’s so adorable and has such a fun personality, Jake and Afton with DogWatch are considering getting an English Springer puppy of their own. She lives in Mendota Heights where she loves running along as her parents and human… Read More

Jake and Afton Steigauf are the owners and operators of DogWatch of the Twin Cities. They took over the business from Afton’s dad Guy, who started taking care of local dogs in 1991. Afton grew up around the business and learned all about the benefits of having a DogWatch hidden fence. She has been a… Read More

Mudge the St. Bernard from Chanhassen is a DogWatch dog, but his family didn’t always work with DogWatch of the Twin Cities. With their previous dog, Mudge’s parents bought a dog fence from another company and it worked well to keep that dog in the yard. When they got Mudge, though, they decided to call… Read More

Afton and Jake with DogWatch of the Twin Cities got a cat. It’s not news at this point, they got the cat back in May 2018. But almost a year later, here’s the update: we love it! Neither of us has ever had a cat before, not even as children. They’re so different from dogs…. Read More

Vinnie the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppy is a mild, sweet guy from Eden Prairie. When his parents got him, they had raised their kids and accomplished many things, but they had NEVER had a dog. Not even when they were kids. So they were a little nervous and wanted any help they could get…. Read More

The newest training product from DogWatch is our BarkCollar Mini. We’ve been selling a BarkCollar for years, but it can be a little bulky for our smallest DogWatch dogs. We’re excited to have a product made just for small dogs, or any dog who could use a more compact, lighter collar. If you have an… Read More

One of our favorite blog posts is about our customers’ talent for naming their dogs. Here’s part 2 of the most unique dog names we’ve heard in the Twin Cities: Big Al Ditka Geno Hatchi Houston Mudge Nigel Nell Nemo Newt Porter Rookie Rowan Tuffy Ursula Vinnie Wrigley

Daisy and her family moved to Eden Prairie from out of state, and they immediately had a DogWatch hidden fence installed. She learned about her new yard, her new neighbors, and her boundaries all at the same time, and she easily learned where she could and couldn’t go. She’s a sweet, loving girl. But like… Read More

Moving to a new house is always a strenuous, stressful process. Now imagine if you’re a dog going through it, and you have no idea what’s going on. Where are the couches going? Where are my people going? What do you mean this is my new house? Dog runaways during a move are very common… Read More

Kipper is a wonderful French Brittany Spaniel with a cool story. His family consists of two parents and three adorable kids from Canada. He was born in Canada too, and then the whole family moved all the way to Poland. Kipper spent three years there and learned all about a dog’s life in Europe. And… Read More