Category dog-friendly travel destination
Dog Friendly Michigan: My Mutt travels to The Michigan Winter Dog Classic 2020 in Novi
Duck herding … it’s a thing. That’s one of the surprises at The Michigan Winter Dog Classic 2020 in Novi, Michigan. This four-day annual dog show attracts 160 breeds recognized by the American Kennel Club, along with the local Oakland County Kennel Club and the Livonia Kennel Club, to the Suburban Collection Showplace. Where can […]
Happy New Year: Testing Our Dog Leg Brace at the Festival of Lights, Burlington, ON
Welcome to the Burlington, Ontario annual Festival of Lights Show in Spencer Smith Park along Burlington Bay. It’s been one year since my cocker-cross dog, Victor, was fitted for a back-leg brace. The first place we tested it was along the shores of cold reflective water illuminated by coloured bulbs assembled into various shapes: trains, […]
This Little Doggie Meets Santa – Happy Holidays Pet Pics (with earthbath wipes)
Happy Holidays! I’m so relieved my aging little mutt Victor is here celebrating with me this year (and hopefully next year too). I schlepped him out to five – yes, five – ‘Pet Photos with Santa (and others)’ days benefiting various animal rescues I support all year. Special thanks to earthbath for sending us eye, […]
Update: Holiday Online Auction for Monkey Dog Rescue – Don’t Shop, Bid!
Check out Monkey Dog Rescue online holiday auction. Bid on great stuff and save dogs too. Don’t shop. Bid!
Travel to Dog-friendly Michigan Malls and Go Boldly Harness Review
Michigan, mutts and more. This fall, my dog and I spent a weekend filling shopping bags in the Rochester Hills region.
Happy Halloween Lil’ Doggie
Where can you find a dog-friendly restaurant? Bring Your Dog Cafe is one of three in the city that have carefully sealed the food prep area from dog access granting them permits to operate. (Check out another here). Cafe, restaurants and bakeries first, they’re dog playgrounds second and occasionally locations for pet rescue fundraising efforts, thanks to local photographers.
Travel Jarvis, ON: Dog-friendly Harvest Festival & All the Tractors You Can Sniff
Dog festivals are everywhere – and so are festivals allowing dogs. Dogtrotting.net has been compiling an expanding list of dog events across Canada (and now the U.S.) and that list is expanding yearly to include neighbourhood and regional events filling fields and street parking lots (check out Liberty Village in Toronto here) like pop-up shops […]
Cool Weather Camping with the Dog … a beginner’s guide (and dog beach!)
Pancake Bay, like anywhere outside, is best experienced with your pup so camping it is and I packed the car with the best intentions. I don’t own an RV – I needed a tent, a sleeping bag, bug spray and an air mattress.
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
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).
