If you’ve been following along, you know I’ve begun posting an adoptable dog from a shelter each Sunday. It’s true that one of the biggest needs shelters have is for people to foster and adopt the dogs they have in their care. However, if you can’t adopt a dog, there are many other ways you can help your local shelter. Here’s our list of the top ten things they need. Continue reading Tuesday Top Ten: Shelter Donation Needs
Hoping Your Dogs’ Weekend Was Better Than Mine!
As most of you know, I’ve been trying to get our dogs into dock diving, but so far no luck. We tried with Cooper at the Pet Expo in Columbus last month – who knew a Vizsla would be scared of the water?
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Shelter Sunday: Roxie’s Fund, Inc. – Silver Spring, MD
This week’s featured dog is Richie, a Corgie mix currently housed at Roxie’s Fund, Inc. in Silver Spring, MD.
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Saturday Survey: Dog Crate or Dog Cage
We’ve often talked about crate training on doggies.com, but I know some people use cages instead. What’s the difference? It’s not in the construction at all, but rather in the function.
A crate is typically used to give your dog a place to get away from it all, his own personal den. It can also be a useful training tool when you are housebreaking. A cage, on the other hand, is typically used to keep your dog out of the way or to punish the dog for bad behavior. So, which is it at your house?
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Car-Eating Dog Video
Choosing the Perfect Dog: Advice from the Dog Whisperer
OK, so I’m a little behind, but I’m still making my way through the March issue of Reader’s Digest. They had some very good advice from Cesar Milan, The Dog Whisperer, on how to find the perfect dog for your family.
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Miller High Life Dog Show
Just saw the new Miller High Life commercial. You know how he goes into various sports arenas and takes back their beer because they aren’t worthy? In this one, he goes inside an arena and sees it has been converted for use as a dog show. He just can’t believe it. Then, at the end he says, “Is that a portrait of a dog?” It doesn’t translate well for me to tell you about it, but I can’t find it on YouTube yet. It is absolutely hysterical, so watch for it.
Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!
UPDATE 9/11/10: Found the YouTube video:
Paw Pawty!
There will be a Paw Pawty tonight on Twitter from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. EST with the hashtag #blogpawty. If you don’t have Twitter, but want to follow along, you can watch the streaming conversation here.
Of course, everyone is invited to attend! There will be DJ’s spinning tunes, yummy drinks and tasty noms served up by the barktenders and a TON of AMAZING pwizes to give away throughout!
I’ve never been to one before, but I’m so excited!
Hope to see you there.
Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!
Loyal to the end, and then some
There was a neat (but sad) story in my local paper the other day. This elderly man had bought a Golden Retriever for his wife several years ago, but when the wife died in 2006, he and the dog became inseparable. Continue reading Loyal to the end, and then some
Tuesday Top Ten: Dog Treat Recipes
I was cleaning out the basement over the weekend and came across a copy of the Three Dog Bakery Cookbook (by Dan Dye and Mark Beckloff). So, here are the ten recipes I thought sounded the best.