Is k9connoisseur.com safe?
http://k9connoisseur.com/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 3 of 4 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (58 of 93 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Long-standing dog-treat storefront with a stale phishing flag and no active threat detections
K9 Connoisseur is an online shop selling dog bones and treats, with a real contact email on its own domain, a phone number, and a Las Vegas postal address. The domain is over eight years old and the browser threat feed currently reports no threat, but one saved antivirus record from ESET still carries an old phishing flag that was never cleared. The site also discloses an Amazon Associates affiliate relationship and runs a normal cart checkout. Nothing in the reviewed evidence shows an active scam mechanism, so the score lands in the Low Risk band rather than Safe.
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Where this site sits
- Dangerous1–20
- High Risk21–44
- Moderate Risk45–69
- Low Risk70–84
- Safe85–100
The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.
Why 78/100
Low Risk covers scores 70–84. 1 finding pulled the score down; 4 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- Strong1 independent antivirus family reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe registrable domain is 3,051 days old, indicating a long-standing presence rather than a newly created storefront.
- SupportsThe browser threat feed returned no threat warning for the domain.
- SupportsThe site publishes an email on its own domain, a phone number, and a Las Vegas postal address.
- SupportsThe saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection
No points per finding are stored for this report: our analysis weighed all findings together to set the score. Each finding shows its saved severity instead (Decisive, Strong, Moderate or Minor). Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
K9 Connoisseur is an online shop selling dog bones and treats, with a real contact email on its own domain, a phone number, and a Las Vegas postal address. The domain is over eight years old and the browser threat feed currently reports no threat, but one saved antivirus record from ESET still carries an old phishing flag that was never cleared. The site also discloses an Amazon Associates affiliate relationship and runs a normal cart checkout. Nothing in the reviewed evidence shows an active scam mechanism, so the score lands in the Low Risk band rather than Safe.
A normal-looking pet supply shop
The homepage shows a hero image of a dog chewing a bone, with navigation for Home, Bones, Treats and Contact Us, plus buttons to explore each product collection. A cart is present for checkout, which is what you would expect from a small e-commerce storefront.
The operator publishes a customer service email on the site's own domain, a toll-free phone number, and a street address in Las Vegas, Nevada. Those are the kind of contact details a real shop needs to handle orders and returns.
The Terms of Service disclose participation in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, meaning the site may earn a small commission when visitors buy through Amazon links. That is a standard affiliate arrangement, not a hidden redirect or a forced purchase path.
Clean current checks, one stale flag
The browser threat feed returned no threat warning and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection, so there is no active technical danger visible from the outside.
One independent antivirus family, ESET, reported an adverse result and flagged the domain as phishing. The record is marked stale, so it may reflect an old compromise or a false positive that was never cleared. It is a real detection, but it is not corroborated by any current blocklist or by the site's own pages.
The domain is 3,051 days old, which is a supportive signal that the shop has been around for years rather than being a throwaway storefront. Age alone does not prove good conduct, but combined with the published contact details it makes an active fraud operation less likely.
What a visitor actually does here
A visitor browses bones or treats, adds an item to the cart, and checks out through the site's own storefront. The cart is a same-site commercial step, not a redirect to an unrelated payment page.
The page also links out to Facebook and to a Google Maps location for the Las Vegas address. Those are ordinary social and map links, not monetized redirects.
Why the score is 78
The saved checks found no material threat, but the evidence was not strong enough for the highest Safe tier. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
2/ 93
detectionsSaved analysis from October 20, 2026 - stale
2 engines flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 2
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 93
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| ADMINUSLabsMalicious | malicious |
| ESETMalicious | phishing |
All 93 engine results
- ADMINUSLabs - Malicious
- ESET - phishing - Malicious
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- alphaMountain.ai - Unrated
- AlphaSOC - Unrated
- Antiy-AVL - Clean
- ArcSight Threat Intelligence - Unrated
- AutoShun - Unrated
- Bfore.Ai PreCrime - Unrated
- BitDefender - Clean
- Bkav - Unrated
- BlockList - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- Certego - Clean
- ChainPatrol - Unrated
- Chong Lua Dao - Clean
- CINS Army - Clean
- CRDF - Clean
- Criminal IP - Unrated
- CSIS Security Group - Unrated
- CTX AI - Clean
- Cyan - Unrated
- Cyble - Clean
- CyRadar - Clean
- desenmascara.me - Clean
- DNS8 - Unrated
- Dr.Web - Clean
- EmergingThreats - Clean
- Emsisoft - Clean
- Ermes - Unrated
- ESTsecurity - Clean
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Clean
- Fortinet - Clean
- Fortra - Unrated
- G-Data - Clean
- GCP Abuse Intelligence - Unrated
- Google Safe Browsing - Clean
- GreenSnow - Clean
- GreyNoise - Unrated
- Gridinsoft - Unrated
- Guardpot - Unrated
- Heimdal Security - Clean
- Hunt.io Intelligence - Unrated
- IPsum - Clean
- Juniper Networks - Clean
- K7AntiVirus - Unrated
- Kaspersky - Clean
- LevelBlue - Clean
- Lionic - Clean
- Lumu - Unrated
- Malwared - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - Clean
- MalwareURL - Unrated
- Mimecast - Unrated
- Netcraft - Unrated
- OpenPhish - Clean
- Orcapot - Unrated
- PhishFort - Unrated
- Phishing Database - Clean
- Phishtank - Clean
- PREBYTES - Clean
- PrecisionSec - Unrated
- Quick Heal - Clean
- Quttera - Clean
- Rising - Clean
- SafeToOpen - Unrated
- Sangfor - Clean
- Sansec eComscan - Unrated
- Scantitan - Clean
- SCUMWARE.org - Clean
- Seclookup - Clean
- Snort IP sample list - Unrated
- SOCRadar - Unrated
- Sophos - Clean
- StopForumSpam - Clean
- Sucuri SiteCheck - Clean
- Synthient - Unrated
- ThreatHive - Clean
- URLhaus - Clean
- URLQuery - Unrated
- Viettel Threat Intelligence - Clean
- VIPRE - Unrated
- ViriBack - Clean
- VX Vault - Clean
- Webroot - Clean
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekershopping
- Googleshopping
Each vendor’s own label for the site, saved with the antivirus result. Labels are separate from the engine verdicts above and can disagree with each other.
Security Scans
Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.
What we observed
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Visual context from the captured page
The homepage features a large hero image of a dog chewing a bone, with navigation links for 'Home', 'Bones', 'Treats', and 'Contact Us', and buttons to 'Explore Our Bones' and 'Explore Our Treats'.
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
The homepage features a large hero image of a dog chewing a bone, with navigation links for 'Home', 'Bones', 'Treats', and 'Contact Us', and buttons to 'Explore Our Bones' and 'Explore Our Treats'.
What the page says about itself
What the site says about itself, quoted from the pages we read. The site wrote these words; they are not our findings.
- Page title
K9 Connoisseur Dog Treats
- Meta description
K9 Connoisseur online store | Simple, clean, and natural products you can trust and be proud to give your K9. Treat your K9 the way they deserve. Made in the USA!
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- About page/pages/our-storyRead
- Terms/policies/terms-of-serviceRead
- Refund / returns policy/policies/refund-policyRead
- Shipping policy/policies/shipping-policyRead
- Contact page/pages/contact-usRead
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
K9 Connoisseur Dog Treats
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 58 antivirus results.
What independent research found
The search completed without a material external warning or corroborating report.
What remains unverified
1 of the 4 applicable core capabilities did not complete, so those gaps remain visible in the coverage ledger.
What kind of site and risk is this?
Threat category
No threat category confirmed
Service and business model
Shop
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01The registrable domain is 3,051 days old, indicating a long-standing presence rather than a newly created storefront.
- 02The site publishes an email on its own domain, a phone number, and a Las Vegas postal address.
- 03The browser threat feed returned no threat warning for the domain.
Web research findings
Independent findings for k9connoisseur.com, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence. A missing result is shown as unverified, never converted into a clean bill of health.
No independently sourced scam reports or credibility records were found for k9connoisseur.com. That is common for new or low-traffic sites and does not clear the site.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
04 · Domain & Infrastructure
Domain & infrastructure
The plumbing behind the site — who registered it, how it’s encrypted, where it’s hosted, and where it links out. A valid certificate or a calm server doesn’t mean the business is honest — scam sites pass these checks too. Use this to corroborate the verdict, not to overturn it.
Infrastructure map
How the saved page connected to the wider web.
- Domaink9connoisseur.com
- Redirects tok9connoisseur.com
- Hosted byShopify, Inc.
- Referencescdn.jsdelivr.net · code.jquery.com
Domain Timeline
- Jun 14, 2018Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 8 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 22, 2026Saved security review — Rated Low Risk
This saved scan found no material threat, but the evidence was not strong enough for the highest Safe tier.
k9connoisseur.com has operated for years and this review found no material threat — a long track record, though it is never a guarantee on its own.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
- Contact email on the site's own domain (howl@k9connoisseur.com).
- Phone number listed ((800) 952-5210).
- Postal address visible on the page.
- Links to 6 social profiles.
Domain & Encryption
Certificate issued for k9connoisseur.com.
A shared content-delivery network address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it.
Analytics and ads
- Microsoft Clarity
Chat, reviews and email
- Klaviyo
Scripts, fonts and CDNs
- jsDelivr
- jQuery CDN
- unpkg
- cdnjs
Payment providers the page loads
- Shop Pay
Read from the first 20 outside domains the page loads and the shop platform it uses; the web server and platform rows are under Hosting & Technology. A payment script on the page does not prove the shop accepts that method at checkout, or that you are protected.
Redirect Chain
The site refused our redirect check, so the chain below is the one our page reader followed.
- 1301http://k9connoisseur.com/
- 2200https://k9connoisseur.com/
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruspartial
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentcomplete
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
suspiciousMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
1 independent antivirus family reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.
Operator / customer risk
unknownComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
No confirmed evidence in this dimension.
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 2 of 93 engines flagged | Limited | Adverse | stale fallback · analysed Oct 20, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 22, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 22, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 22, 2026 |
| Independent research | The search completed without a material external finding | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 22, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result2 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Oct 20, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 22, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 22, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 22, 2026
- Independent research
- ResultThe search completed without a material external finding
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 22, 2026
07 · Safety FAQ
Safety FAQ
Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers reflect the saved verdict and evidence in this report.
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Long-standing dog-treat storefront with a stale phishing flag and no active threat detections
K9 Connoisseur is an online shop selling dog bones and treats, with a real contact email on its own domain, a phone number, and a Las Vegas postal address. The domain is over eight years old and the browser threat feed currently reports no threat, but one saved antivirus record from ESET still carries an old phishing flag that was never cleared. The site also discloses an Amazon Associates affiliate relationship and runs a normal cart checkout. Nothing in the reviewed evidence shows an active scam mechanism, so the score lands in the Low Risk band rather than Safe.
09 · Community
Community
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