During his nine years of training dogs, Jef Blake has developed a philosophy based on doing what is best for each individual dog. He shares his home with 9-year-old Milo, a chocolate lab, and three younger border collies: Gael, Voucher and Klepto. Jef is currently competing with two of them, but he spends equal time every [...]
Author’s Note: This is part 3 in a series about the Surf Dog Phenomenon in Southern California. In Part 2 of Pups in the Pipeline we reported some exciting Surf Dog events scheduled for this season. We had lots of fun at SurfinPaws, held on July 11th at Huntington Dog Beach, which raised $5,000 for [...]
Editor’s Note: Sherri Fries is an i Love Dogs Ambassador who has agreed to share with our readers her family’s summer adventure traveling from Virginia to the Northwest. Her first post takes us through Canada to Fairbanks, Alaska. She is now heading towards Anchorage. We are up in Alaska which is an incredibly beautiful state with [...]
You might sense a recurring theme in most of our summer blog posts, and that theme might sound something like this: travel, dogs, travel and dogs, travel with dogs. Call us one-track-minded, but it is a topic that we pet-parents are increasingly concerned with and interested in. Why? Well, just because there is a noticably increasing popularity in pet-friendly services and activities, [...]
Author’s Note: This is Part 2 in a series about the Surf Dog Phenomenon in Southern California. In Part 1, we met Buddy, the legendary Jack Russell Terrier who has been surfing with Bruce Hooker for the past 9 years. Buddy will be competing again this year in the Surf Dogs Surf-A-Thon to be held on [...]
“I’m addicted to agility,” Conn said. “I love it. I love the friendship and the relationship with the dogs.”
The first in a series on the Surf Dog Phenomenom sweeping Southern California. Meet legendary Jack Russell Terrier, Buddy, who rides 3X overhead waves! Get all the news about this summer’s Surf Dog events where these pups are surfing to raise money for their furry and non-furry friends.
Can it get any better than this? Friday, June 26th is Take Your Dog to Work Day, and if your company doesn’t know about it, you need to go ahead and tell them right now! Take Your Dog to Work Day started in 1999 to promote the adoptions of homeless dogs and to celebrate the special bonds that people have with their beloved pets. Presented by BringPetsHome.org, the day will spotlight the many pups in need at shelters and rescues, bringing to light the truly incredible experience of adopting a dog and becoming a pet-parent.
It all goes back to the human fascination with flying and outer space. The fact that, as we learned in 2006, Pluto isn’t really a planet doesn’t take a thing away from the immense enjoyment humans and dogs share tossing and catching a disc in the air. Following the 1930 discovery of Pluto the Planet and the subsequent 1931 naming of our [...]
