This weekend is Bark in the Park at Clay’s Park near Canton, Ohio. The event started this afternoon, but I couldn’t get off work, so we didn’t get there until about 6:30 this evening, and it was all over but the crying.
10th Annual Walk and Run for Homeless Pets
Getting Ready for the Marmaduke Movie Release
As I’ve said before, my mom’s cousin-in-law is Brad Anderson, the cartoonist behind Marmaduke, which means any mention of the dog’s name usually catches my eye. Well, we’re finally getting close to the much-anticipated release of the movie Marmaduke.
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Tuesday’s Top Ten: Ways to Keep Your Dog Safe
This week’s top ten list is brought to you courtesy of the Humane Society of the United States. Here are their top ten ways to keep your dog safe.
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Fifth Annual Loews Coronado Bay Resort Surf Dog Competition
Gotta love it – dogs on surfboards! Pictured here is Abbie Girl, winner of this year’s small dog competition.
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Saturday Survey: Do You Have a Goofy Picture of Your Dog?
I had a lot of fun with yesterday’s post of goofy dog pictures. Which got me to wondering – do you have any to add?
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Friday Funny: Pictures of goofy dogs – and even a few cats
An e-mail from my brother – some of these were so funny, I had to even include the cats. If you look at the bottom of each picture, the original source is noted. You’ll have to click on each picture to see the whole thing – these are just the thumbnails.
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Stamps for Shelter Pets
Did you know you can now help out shelter pets simply by mailing a letter? Maybe it’s time to take a break from e-mail and paying the bills electronically so you can use some stamps now available from the US Postal Service. According to their press release:
The U.S. Postal Service continued a 50-year tradition today with the dedication of its latest social awareness stamp — Animal Rescue: Adopt a Shelter Pet. The 44-cent stamps, on sale nationwide, feature photographs of five cats and five dogs from animal shelters and rescue groups.
“As a pet owner myself, I find this campaign enormously gratifying. Because of these stamps and the Stamps to the Rescue campaign, more people will learn about the plight of shelter animals,” said Joseph Corbett, Postal Service Chief Financial Officer. “More people, we believe, will adopt shelter animals, fewer people will abandon their pets, more people will spay or neuter their animals, and fewer animals will suffer.”
HALO, the holistic pet company partly owned by Ellen DeGenerous, has pledged to buy food for 1 million shelter animals during the stamps’ roll-out campaign.
For more information, check out Stamps to the Rescue.
Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!
Wednesday’s Wild Wacky World of Dog News
Just a few of the stories that have been in the news over the past couple of days:
Drakko from The Pet Patrol
I was at the hospital last night visiting a friend and had the pleasure of running into Drakko. He is a Pet Therapy specialist serving at Mercy Hospital through a partnership with The Delta Society.
This beautiful Golden Doodle wears boots. I asked if he had trouble on the slick hospital floors, and his handler Teresa said that he was fine on the floors, but his feet get so muddy, she puts boots on him when it rains so he doesn’t track dirt all over the hospital.
Thanks for all you do, Drakko and Teresa!
Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!