How the work is made and checked
Well Walked Dog publishes for dog owners first. Search visibility and product links never excuse vague, copied, unsupported, or unsafe content.
Purpose and scope
The current editorial focus is senior-dog daily life: mobility, rest, home safety, cleanup, travel, grooming, and the health observations that help owners speak clearly with a veterinary team. Older general dog-care articles remain available when they still serve a practical purpose.
Authorship and editorial direction
Mike and Ivy Berger are the Founders and Editorial Directors of Well Walked Dog. They guide the publication’s mission, standards, and focus. Those titles describe editorial responsibility; they do not represent veterinary, training, behavior, or product-testing credentials.
- Well Walked Dog Editorial Team is used for research-led health, product, and service articles produced under the site’s documented sourcing and review process.
- Mike and Ivy Berger is used for shared first-person stories, founder notes, and perspectives they genuinely authored or materially shaped.
- An individual Mike or Ivy byline is used only when that person genuinely authored the piece and the public author information accurately reflects that contribution.
- A named veterinary or other expert reviewer is credited only when that qualified person actually reviewed the article and approved the attribution.
A byline identifies authorship or substantive editorial responsibility. Site ownership alone does not make someone the author of every article, and editorial software or AI tools do not receive an author byline.
Source and claim standards
- Health and safety claims are checked against veterinary organizations, government sources, professional guidance, or primary documentation appropriate to the topic.
- Product specifications come first from the current manufacturer page, manual, size chart, or care instructions when available.
- Merchant descriptions and manufacturer marketing are not treated as independent evidence.
- Claims are narrowed or removed when a reliable source does not support them.
- Sources, product models, dimensions, and links are rechecked when a page receives a substantial update.
Product recommendations
Products are selected for distinct use cases, not placed in a numerical ranking. Guides explain measurements, setup, cleaning, fit, limitations, and situations in which a product may be inappropriate. Unless a page expressly documents hands-on use, the work is a document-based product selection—not a test or personal review.
Well Walked Dog does not reproduce Amazon ratings or customer reviews, publish static Amazon prices, or use an AI-generated lookalike as though it were the named commercial product.
Health, behavior, and safety
Articles can help an owner observe, organize, and prepare questions. They do not diagnose a condition, recommend an individual medication plan, or promise that a product will treat disease. Sudden, severe, painful, or worsening changes are routed to veterinary or other qualified professional care.
Use of AI and editorial software
Software may assist with source collection, outlining, drafting, link checks, and quality-control scans. It does not receive an expert byline and is not used to invent experience, test results, quotations, citations, or certainty. Published material remains subject to editorial review for usefulness, accuracy, safety language, sourcing, internal links, and disclosure.
Corrections and updates
Confirmed errors, broken links, changed product details, and unclear safety wording are corrected as soon as practical. A substantial revision updates the page’s modified date; dates are not changed merely to make old material appear new. See Contact for the correction route once the public contact method is listed.