Affiliate disclosure.

Dog Orthopedic is reader-supported. When you click an outbound product link on this site and make a purchase, we may earn a small commission from the retailer at no extra cost to you.

Programs we participate in

• Amazon Associates Program. Dog Orthopedic is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
• Other retail partners. Where applicable we link to Chewy and direct-to-consumer brands through their respective affiliate programs.

How affiliate links affect rankings

They don't. Commission rates and the existence of an affiliate program have no influence on which products we test, how we score them, or how we rank them. If a product fails our testing, it doesn't make the list — regardless of how lucrative its affiliate program might be.

FTC compliance

Affiliate links on this site are marked with rel="sponsored" attributes per Federal Trade Commission guidance. Articles that contain affiliate links display a disclosure near the top of the page.

Imagery and image sourcing

To be unambiguous: most lifestyle and editorial photography on this site is licensed from Pexels, a royalty-free stock photography platform. Pexels images depict generic dogs, environments, and situations — they are not photographs of the specific dogs or products we test in-house. Every Pexels image is captioned with the photographer's credit and a link to their profile.

Product photographs (specific orthopedic beds, supplements, harnesses) are pulled from Amazon via the Amazon Creators API and are used under the program's license. When we describe testing notes from our test home, those observations are independent of the imagery — the Pexels photo on the page is illustrative, not evidence of the test described in the text.

Questions

If you have questions about our affiliate practices, write to us via the contact page. We're happy to explain.