Despite our best attempts to breed them into small, cute, lap-lounging pets, dogs are still, at their core, outdoor animals. And while yours might be perfectly happy lounging around the house all day, ...

Wes Siler is your guide to leading a more exciting life in the great outdoors. As Outside’s outdoor lifestyle columnist, he writes about the intersections of science, news, politics, gear, vehicles ...

We all dream of living somewhere our dogs never need to be on leashes, where they can roam free and obey us perfectly by voice command. But that just isn’t the world we live in. Most of us need to ...

I’m an obsessive pet owner myself, and because of that—not in spite of it—I can answer emphatically: Yes, you were wrong. It’s great that you leash your pup on busy trails to respect other hikers. As ...

If you're a frequent dog walker, runner, bicyclist or even just a front-porch enjoyer, you've likely encountered an off-leash dog barreling at you at one point or another.