I posted this week about an innovative program in NYC, pairing dogs with underprivileged kids at schools. What about your dog – does he have a job?
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Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!
Category Archives: Dog Activities
Canine Good Citizens Making an Impact on NYC At-Risk Youth
My two passions, dogs and at-risk kids, brought together in this amazing program in New York City.
Read more on Woofipedia and on A Fair Shake for Youth‘s website.
What a wonderful outreach!
Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!
Ft Worth Dog Train
From the regional NBC affiliate:
What a great idea! I’m thinking shelters ought to do this to show off the pups who need to be adopted.
And I love the newscaster’s reference to the book Go, Dog! Go! – one of my favorite children’s books of all time.
Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!
A Dog in the Marching Band
How cool is this? Dogs never cease to amaze me!
This was on the local news – Brecksville and Broadview Heights are small communities near Cleveland, Ohio.
Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!
Bandit: The Comforting Canine at USO Fort Leonard Wood
This one will warm your heart!
Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!
Saturday Survey: Mondioring
Earlier this week, I posted about a Salt Lake City man and his dog, Idol, who are going to the world championships in Mondioring this fall. This was not a sport I had ever heard of. How about you?
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Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!
Idol and The Sport of Mondioring
Are you familiar with the sport of mondioring? I sure wasn’t until I saw this news piece from Fox 13 in Salt Lake City.
As I understand it, you get no money for winning, and it can be expensive to compete, so of course, who wouldn’t want to get involved?!?!
Continue reading Idol and The Sport of Mondioring
Hot Dog Races
I opened up my daily e-mail alert about all things dog today, and found nothing but horrible news about maulings, torture, cruelty, and general mayhem…except for this one happy story. I’m not in the mood to write about everything that’s wrong in the world today, so I chose the happy story. Continue reading Hot Dog Races
Snuggle Delivery
What a great idea out of Broward County! The Humane Society there has started making “snuggle deliveries” to local businesses as a means of stress relief.
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National Best Friend Day: Enter to Win $300 Petco Gift Card
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