Category Dog event
Travel Oxford County, Ontario: Ain’t Nothing Like a Pound Dog
NOTE: The Second Annual Pound Dog HOWLER Fun event is November 6, 2016 at the Snyder’s Farm, Ayr, Ontario. 10:30 am to 2:30 pm. There’s a haunted house here? Ok, this is my kind of farm. I’m at Snyder’s Family Farm in Ayr, Ontario on another adventure with my schnoodle Victor. But we’re not here […]
Dog-friendly Toronto, ON: Who Let the Dogs Out? Woof Woofstock Pet Festival!
The minute we entered our 19th floor room at the Chelsea Hotel on Gerrard Street in Toronto, Victor bee-lined for the desk. “Wait a minute,” I yelled as he dragged me in before I could get his leash off. He’d found it. We’d booked a bring-your-canine-buddy suite (for $35 extra) and waiting in the room […]
4 Cheeky Lessons Learned at the Canadian Pet Expo in Mississauga, Ontario
The dog-friendly Canadian Pet Expo and 2015 Reptile Breeders Expo (International Centre, Mississauga, Ontario) might consider renaming its fall expo – or at least flipping it. Arguably, it was less about furry pets and more about reptiles. The same company runs a spring version (see previous post), and the September 19-20, 2015 attempt was remarkably […]
9 things you need to know about Wiener dogs. First, they’re actually Dachshunds….
Here’ some stuff you need to know about dog disc disease, thanks to Dodgerslist.com, an online forum about this issue who had a booth presence at Wiener Plawlooza:
London, Ontario: Pawlooza the most bark-worthy dog event of the summer
Minutes after we arrived at Pawlooza dog festival my schnoodle Victor wanted a tattoo. Not really a tattoo (and not really his idea), it’s a spray “paint” orange heart on his back-end thanks to Kelly Keillor, assistant groomer at The Friendly Groomer in London, Ontario. Fee was a donation. Most of the money spent at […]
Best Ontario Dog Days of Summer Events – Here’s the List!
Looking forward to summer with the pooch? There’s enough dog-friendly festivals around that you don’t have to leave him at home. Mark your calendar! Here is the 2015 list of dog-related events and festivals coming up in Ontario and other parts of Canada. This list is updated regularly as the Events Page of http://www.dogtrotting.net, so […]
Toronto, Ontario: How to Survive the Annual Canadian Pet Expo and more
Reptiles must be the new rabbits this Easter. An unprecedented number of vendors, mostly snake breeders, were at the Canadian Pet Expo this holiday weekend (April 3-5, 2015) at the International Centre in Mississauga, Ontario. Visitors could take home almost any variety of baby snakes for $75 and up. Fortunately, a reptile rescue organizations was nearby […]
