How We’re Quietly Making Your Dog Walks Easier—One Penny at a Time

How We’re Quietly Making Your Dog Walks Easier—One Penny at a Time

If you’ve ever felt like you’re the only one struggling on walks, you aren't alone.  We get the tugging, apologizing, avoiding eye contact. We see you. In fact, everything we do at 2 Hounds Design is for dog lovers like you.  People who love their dog deeply, but might secretly dread the walk.  So we played a game using pennies, and you wouldn t think it would make dog walks easier, but read more below!

That’s why, this week, we played the penny game. It's a classic lean manufacturing exercise. Sounds like a weird comparison, right? Pass pennies down a line, flipping them from heads to tails. Lots of laughter, heckling, and learning.  But we weren't making collars or harnesses?

It shows why the way we work behind the scenes matters deeply to the quality you experience every time you walk your dog.  It is a fun team building exercise that also teaches our team how even tiny improvements behind the scenes can make a big difference in how things work.

Small Game. Big Lessons.

The penny game teaches something that’s core to our values: batching work or building up piles of unfinished products slows things down and increases the chance for errors.

By keeping things flowing—one harness, one leash, one collar at a time—we catch issues early, minimize waste, and deliver gear that performs better from the very first walk.

(actually we found our "perfect" flow is with 5 at a time through years of trial and error)

Why It Matters to You (and Your Dog)

You might not see the stitching changes we make or the ergonomic tweaks to our line layouts, but you feel them. You feel them when your Freedom No-Pull Harness fits just right. When your order (hopefully) arrives on time. When your dog walks calmly and you can finally enjoy the moment instead of bracing for impact.

That’s the power of quiet, continuous improvement.

We're not just building dog gear, we're building confidence, and Every Stitch Counts

Lean manufacturing helps us deliver what matters most: stronger bonds between you and your dog, one joyful walk at a time.

You don’t need another gimmick or a complicated fix. You need something that just works. Our commitment to continuous improvement ensures that’s exactly what you get: thoughtfully made, battle-tested gear that helps you finally enjoy the one thing you’ve been craving:

A calm, joyful, no-drama walk with your dog.

And yes, a little game with pennies helped get us closer to that.

Thanks for walking with us.