Thu 18 Mar 2010
Posted by Elisa Jordan under Event, i Love Dogs
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The Westminster Dog Show has dazzled dog lovers for 134 years and this time around was no different. Hundreds of dogs from around the globe descended on New York 
City to participate in one of the most respected dog shows in the world.
I Love Dogs ambassador Jo Anne Ybaben and her Papillion Dash were among those lucky enough to compete at this year’s show. Dash, who is only 2 years old, has already had an exciting and prolific show career. Like all Westminster competitors, Dash has secured the title of champion and is considered one of the finest dogs in his breed.
Ybaben was thrilled when she found out Dash would attend Westminster. “I was excited but nervous,” she said. “It’s a really big deal.”
Arriving for Westminster is not unlike arriving in New York itself—everything is an exciting whirlwind. (more…)
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Mon 15 Mar 2010
More than 50 dog lovers, most of them escorted by their pooches, gathered on Hotel Maya’s beautiful Luna Solstice Patio in Long Beach recently for the i Love Dogs and Hotel Maya TweetUp/Facebook MeetUp to benefit spcaLA.
Guests were asked to bring a bag of kibble to help relieve spcaLA’s dog food shortage, and did they ever deliver – a grand total of 390 pounds was donated!
Thanks to the generosity of Dogswell and the Animal Care Center of Huntington Beach, who both pledged to match the donations pound-for-pound, spcaLA will receive a whopping 1,170 pounds of dog food – more than half a ton! – for its hungry shelter pooches. (more…)
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Tags: Animal Care Center of Huntington Beach, Bark Pet Photography, Bassett Hound Rescue of Southern California, Chewsy Dog, Denise Dochnahl, Dogswell, Hotel Maya, Kim Rodgers, Nadine M. Rosen, Patrick Mahaney, spcaLA, TweetUp, Vincent Sandoval
Mon 15 Mar 2010
Posted by Elisa Jordan under i Love Dogs, rescue
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A Chihuahua has found himself in the middle of a Cinderella story, only in this story it’s a diamond collar instead of a glass slipper that’s the perfect fit.
Although members of the organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) protested this year’s Westminster Dog Show under the premise that pedigree dogs take away shelter dogs’ chances of finding a forever home, in this case the opposite is true.
A few days before the show, i Love Dogs participated in the 2nd Annual PETaPOTTY Westminster Experience, one of the many events that lead up to America’s most famous dog show. Hosted by SkyBark at the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City, the evening’s festivities included a fashion show that featured none other than i Love Dogs Diamonds’ exclusive diamond dog collars. (more…)
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Tags: Chihuahua, Hotel Pennsylvania, i Love Dogs, i Love Dogs Diamonds, Jeune Cherie, Last Chance Arkansas, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, PETaPOTTY Westminster Experience, rescue, Rondout Valley Animals for Adoption, SkyBark, Westminster Dog Show
Wed 10 Mar 2010
Posted by Laura Goldman under News
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Should personal information about convicted animal abusers be made available to the public, just as it is for sex offenders?
If a California bill is approved, the state will be the first in the U.S. to require adults convicted of animal cruelty felonies to register with their local police and provide their names, home addresses, places of employment and current photographs. That information, along with the offense, would be posted online. (The website pet-abuse.com currently offers a limited registry of animal abusers in the U.S.)
The bill, SB 1277, was introduced on February 19 by Dean Florez, the State Senate’s majority leader and chairman of the Food and Agriculture Committee. He wrote it with help from the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF), an animal-protection group that created the website exposeanimalabusers.org to promote efforts to pass this law in other states. (more…)
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Tags: Albert DeSalvo, American Pet Products Association, animal abuse, animal abuse registry, animal cruelty, Animal Legal Defense Fund, ASPCA, Boston Strangler, Dean Florez, Humane Society of the United States, Jeffrey Dahmer, Madeline Bernstein, Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Los Angeles, Ted Bundy
Fri 26 Feb 2010
Posted by Linda Chavez under News, entertainment
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Have you ever wished you had enough fashion sense to dress your dog up in the trendiest of outfits? Or have you pondered fluffing up your puppy’s ensemble with some high-fashion couture, the likes of which even celebrities would envy? Well, if you don’t know your left paw from your right, or an argyle sweater from a cashmere one, your plan to make your dog the neighborhood’s sharpest pet fashionista may hit a few snags.
Not to worry, pet style junkies. Luckily, the fashion world has bestowed upon dog lovers the ever effervescent, and bow wow chic, Dara Foster, pet stylist extraordinaire and co-founder of PupStyle.com. Established in 2003 in tandem with Foster’s own brand of boutique dog collars, PupStyle.com has since become the online universal center of luxury dog products. Though her collars became a popular accessory among New York’s elite, Foster soon shed the neckwear and focused her attention on selecting only the most perfect dog fashion trends to highlight on Pupstyle.com.
Instantly popular, Pupstyle.com catapulted Foster into pet fashion stardom, positioning her as the premiere pet style expert. Though a powerhouse of dog fashion, Foster’s sweet nature isn’t lost in this “snobby dog blog.” The woman behind the trendsetting comes with an exemplary background that any dogvocate would applaud. (more…)
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Fri 19 Feb 2010
Posted by Laura Goldman under Event, Health, i Love Dogs
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Winds of 10 miles per hour were reported in the i Love Dogs office on a recent Saturday due to all the tails wagging at our first Wellness Party.
People gathered with their pooches to meet and greet the i Love Dogs staff and ask questions of Dr. Mike Zareski, owner and head veterinarian at Western Veterinary Group, and our own in-house dog trainer, Eugenia Vogel. (more…)
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Fri 12 Feb 2010
Posted by Elisa Jordan under i Love Dogs
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If you’re in the movie industry, the highest honor you can receive is an Academy Award nomination. If you play baseball, it doesn’t get any better than a chance to win the World Series. If you’re in the competition dog world, the chance to compete on the Westminster Dog Show’s green carpet at New York’s fabled Madison Square Garden symbolizes the highest achievements in breeding and conformation excellence.
This year, i Love Dogs ambassador Jo Anne Ybaben will have her first opportunity to shine at the nation’s highest profile dog show. Ybaben, who represents i Love Dogs at various events around the country, will accompany Dash, a young but already accomplished Papillion champion. (more…)
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Mon 8 Feb 2010
Posted by Elisa Jordan under News
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With President Barrack Obama’s call to increase the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan by 30,000, the need for systems to support those numbers will also increase. The estimated cost for the first year alone is approximately $30 billion.
At least a fraction of that cost seems likely to fund the need for military-trained dogs that accompany soldiers on their patrols. By all accounts, dogs trained to sniff out explosives and mines have saved countless lives in the Afghan desert, but these dogs cost a significant amount of money to train and maintain. The San Francisco Examiner reports that amount to be about $40,000 per year, per dog. (more…)
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