Memorial Day, the unofficial start of summer, is around the corner and the holiday and barbecues seem to go hand-in-hand. If you plan on inviting your four-legged friend to the party, there are a few things to keep in mind before you fire up the grill. The American Kennel Club (AKC®) offers the following tips to ensure your dog’s safety at your next backyard barbecue.
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Category Archives: Dog Activities
All Dressed Up with Someplace Special to Go!
Yet another reason I’d love to live in NYC – they have pet fashion shows! This one, held at the Hotel Pennsylvania, was a fundraiser for the Mayor’s Alliance for New York City’s Animals.
This year’s show theme was 10th Anniversary Diamond Celebration: The Crown Jewels of Fashion and Rescue.
If you love to see doggies in tiaras (and really, who doesn’t), this was the event for you! Enjoy the video from the Doggie Nanny of Long Island.
Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!
Saturday Survey: Don’t Eat That!!
After seeing the blanket my brother’s dog made into Swiss cheese, it made me wonder what your dog eats that he or she shouldn’t.
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Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!
Bark for Life
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Now that’s hardly fair!
The South Florida Sun Sentinel reported yesterday on an Easter Egg Hung for dogs, held in Easterlin Park. Here’s the thing, they set out dog biscuits for the dogs to find, but they didn’t want them to eat them!
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Rescue, the Assistance Dog
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Saturday Survey: Training Your Dog
We featured a video earlier in the week of an extremely well-trained dog who followed commands like “1 step”, “back up” and “slow” while never taking his eyes off of the toy he so clearly wanted to play with. Could you and your dog do that?
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Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!
2014 Atlanta ProPlan Incredible Dog Challenge
Video from last weekend’s Eastern Regionals. So exciting!
Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!
AKC HUMANE FUND AWARD FOR CANINE EXCELLENCE: NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN
To celebrate the dogs that enrich, inspire, or in some meaningful way contribute to the lives of individuals or entire communities, the AKC Humane FundSM is seeking nominations for its AKC Humane Fund Awards for Canine Excellence (ACE). The submission deadline is July 1, 2014.
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America’s VetDogs
I just love it when several organizations partner together to produce really cool outcomes! The America’s VetDogs program partners prisons in Massachusetts and Maryland with the Guide Dog Foundation from New York to produce dogs trained to assist vets who were disabled in the service.
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