Author Archives: Sherri Telenko
Recipe: Dog Tracks Tuna Melts … with Spinach
Dog Tracks Tuna Melts Tuna isn’t just for kitties. My dog comes running when the can opener zips around a fishy can. I’ve been baking so many pet treats recently, I was inspired to create my own recipe – from scratch. From tuna juice, actually – that liquid that goes down the sink (or occasionally […]
Once again… Canadian Pet Expo 2019, Toronto, Ontario. All Pet, All Weekend
Pet expos might be the best place to fill your photo with dog photos – especially those with ready-made sets like The Canadian Pet Expo on this weekend. The annual Canadian Pet Expo 2019, September 14 and 15, 2019, fills two units of the International Conference across from Pearson Toronto Airport. This year, line-ups flow smoothly and […]
Surprising things to do in the Soo … with a dog. 6 Pet-friendly Outings in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario
If you stop in the Soo with the dog, as I did recently with my little cocker-cross Victor, you’ll spend a lot of time outside running your pup and meeting and greeting others doing the same. Welcome to dogtrotting.net’s six pet-friendly outings in Sault St Marie
Dog-friendly Toronto Event: Liberty Pampered Pooches … meeting the Hounds in the Hood
Toronto’s Liberty Village was pleasantly surprising considering the area’s been gradually gentrifying thanks to the city’s perpetual condo building. Pampered Pooches might have been a 30-minutes visit, but Liberty Village is visitor and dog-friendly:
Take Your Dog to Selkirk: Provincial Park Daily Dog Dip … dog-friendly beach and more
A day at the beach, was just what the universe ordered. Selkirk is near Port Dover along Lake Erie in Southern Ontario. Pack water, snacks (we should have), reading material and maybe a beach chair. Then set course for the great outdoors – or at least a pocket of trees, trails and tadpoles (if you can find them).
Super Collies, Super Trainer and One Hero at SuperZoo 2019
Flash forward to 2017, and Sara, along with her Super Collies Hero and Loki, are gaining attention from Howie Mandel and Simon Cowell on T.V.’s America’s Got Talent Season 12. Sara and her dogs’ repertoire of tricks earned the Super Collies team fifth place that season, and an invite to appear on America’s Got Talent Champions Edition two years later.
Fetch the Funny: Amusing Dog Toys at SuperZoo 2019 Las Vegas
As a warm-up to the SuperZoo product series featured on dogtrotting.net, I’ll start with funny. Here are new pet toy themes amusing to both you and your pup. Ok, your dog likely won’t get the joke, but pet parents will. And that’s who snatching them off the shelves, right?
Travel to dog-friendly London’s Pawlooza … fifth time lucky at THE summer dog festival
This year, Pawlooza 2019, early morning thunderstorms might have reduced numbers to the festival – that usually sees about 25,000 people and 6,000 dogs blanket the Plunkett Estate donated for the day so dogs can run into the large pond and stream and vendors set up tents over the sprawling property that includes a dog agility barn, 27-car garage, horse stable and golf course.
Wiener-paw-looz-a Wiener-paw-rocks! Dachshunds Go Wild & 6 Ways to Make Dog Festivals Great
August 10, 2019 was the date of Wiener-paw-looz-a in Hamilton, Ontario, the annual fundraiser for the Ontario chapter of the Canadian Dachshund Rescue, a volunteer-run charity dedicated to rescuing homeless and surrendered Dachshund and Dachshund-crosses. Animals are pulled from shelters, or saved from puppy mills, and fostered until forever homes area found.
Take Your Dog to Kingston: Learn where to go (and not go) with your dog in Kingston, Ontario
Chez Piggy, one of Kingston, Ontario’s favourite restaurants, is dog friendly – outside in the courtyard, which frankly is where you want to be on a warm summer day. Because this restaurant is a converted limestone stable and originally zoned to contain animals, the site pre-dates many provincial laws and therefore permission to allow pets is grandfathered, making Chez Piggy exempt from Ontario’s ‘no dogs on patios’ laws.
