Where we can find it, we choose Canadian. These are the Canadian companies whose gear has actually been through our testing — same scores, same standards, no free passes for being local.
A Canadian company isn’t a quality guarantee, and we don’t treat it as one — everything here earned its score the same way as everything else on this site. But when the Canadian option is as good as anything imported, we’d rather our money — and yours — stay closer to home. This page collects every Canadian company we’ve tested, and it grows each time a new one publishes.
Where we can find it, we choose Canadian — the launch Reel from our Lake Huron shoreline.
The roster
Five Canadian companies, seven tested products — each one scored the same way as everything else here.
Earth Rated Unscented Poop Bags🇨🇦Canadian companyRated 9/10 — A Montreal company, and the 600-count unscented bags are our year-round standard. A bag has one job — hold up — and this one does it.
Crumps’ Naturals Mini Trainers (Chicken)🇨🇦Canadian companyRated 8.5/10 — Three calories a treat, soft enough to eat mid-stride, and pocket-clean. The everyday training treat in Zibi’s pouch since puppyhood.
Bully Bunches Large Bully Stick Rings🇨🇦Canadian companyRated 8.5/10 — The current top chew in the rotation: the serious nightly ring chew, from a Canadian company.
Bully Bunches Yak Cheese Chews🇨🇦Canadian companyRated 8.5/10 — The long-lasting chew in the rotation since puppyhood — the second of Bully Bunches’ two reviews on this site.
K9 Academy Tracking Long Line, 30 ft🇨🇦Canadian companyRated 8/10 · Expert evaluation — Thirty feet of woven-nylon, rubber-grip freedom for sniff-driven dogs. This one is a clearly labelled expert evaluation, not a hands-on ownership claim — the review says so up front.
fouFIT Hide n Seek Nosework Cube🇨🇦Canadian companyRated 9/10 — Hide treats in the folds and the zoomies end. Zibi’s favourite toy, full stop — the wind-down ritual after 10,000-step days.
fouFIT Hide ’n Seek Snuffle Ball🇨🇦Canadian companyRated 8/10 — A knotted plush ball with treat-hiding crevices; the hunt moves around the room as it rolls. Loved from puppyhood through age two.
Tested and scored, not yet published. It joins the roster above the day its review goes live.
Messy Mutts — Silicone foldable travel bowl, the one that lives in the car. It has been tested and rated 8.5/10; the full review is written and sitting in the bank. There is deliberately no buy link here yet — nothing gets a buy link on this page until its review is published.
The rule we publish by
“Canadian company” describes the company — where it is based and owned. It does not mean every product is manufactured in Canada, and we never claim Canadian manufacture for a product unless that specific product’s manufacturing is verified. If a Canadian option is worse than an imported one, we say so and recommend the better product.
New Canadian-company reviews join this page as they publish — it’s a living list, same as our gift guide.
The reviews linked from this page carry the buy links; some of those are affiliate links, and ratings are never sold. Full details in the affiliate disclosure.
