Features
Blind Ambition
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Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
Interview by Susan Sims, Publisher
Nicollette Sheridan sat down with FIDO Friendly to talk about National Guide Dog
Month and joining Natural Balance Pet Foods, PETCO and independent pet stores to support the cause.
FIDO Friendly: Tell us about your role as spokesperson for National Guide Dog Month and how did you become involved?
Nicollette Sheridan: Natural Balance [...]
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Slowly, but Insurely
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Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
With so many options and plans available, FIDO Friendly covers the questions readers need to ask.
By Carol Bryant, Photography iStock
When six-year-old Labrador Retriever, Katie, went in for a routine spay, she didn’t recover as expected. Transferred to Michigan State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital, it was discovered Katie had a very rare complication of her spleen, [...]
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Going Green With Fido
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Sunday, August 29th, 2010
Eco-friendly products can help reduce your dog’s carbon paw print.
By Doreen Y Disbro and Tracie Hall
…Feeding a raw diet or making your own dog food at home is one way to become greener with Fido. With both diets you can choose exactly what he or she eats, including organic and sustainably grown meats and vegetables. [...]
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TV Tattooed Rescuers Leave Their Mark
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Sunday, August 29th, 2010
An army for the animals, Rescue Ink proclaims: “Abusers are Losers!”
By Carol Bryant
Have you ever read a really good book and envisioned what the characters might look like if they were to lift themselves off the pages and into real life? What if those characters were super heroes who brandished formidable symbols of sorted [...]
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Rainy Day Schedule
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Sunday, August 29th, 2010
FIDO Friendly’s got an umbrella of rainy day games to keep pooches busy until the sun shines again.
By Carol Bryant
Rain, rain go away, come again another day, especially when Fido wants to play. Unto each life a little rain must fall, but that doesn’t mean a day of boredom and/or mischief for Fido. Using a [...]
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Dogs for Humanity
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Sunday, August 29th, 2010
Karen Biehl sat down with FIDO Friendly magazine to talk about her passion for animals and her celebrity pooch Eli.
FIDO Friendly: You have raised close to $10,000 for the Bark for Life event. How many times have you done this walk?
Karen Biehl: We have done it every year since 2006, for a total of 5 [...]
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The Return of Bianca & Beth Ostrosky Stern!
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Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
For the first time FIDO Friendly has a return cover girl; Bianca! And her owner Beth Ostrosky Stern. FIDO Friendly is smitten with this duo, and because of this we have asked Beth to return once again and grace this issue’s cover of FIDO Friendly magazine with her English Bulldog, Bianca.
Interview By Nicholas Sveslosky, Editor
Photography [...]
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Dogtown
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Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
Art for Animals
Illustrations by Cyrus Mejia
By Claudine Randazzo
(Continued from page 37, Issue 044.)
… Deciding to give them medical treatment and some training, care and love, the believed that maybe they could find the animals homes. When the place in Arizona became too small, one of the friends found the land in Kanab, UT, and they [...]
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Connie-townsend
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Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
A closer look at DOGS WELCOME, official painting for the Get “Your Licks on Route 66” Adoption Tour
Illustration by Connie Townsend
By Claudine J. Randazzo
(Continued from page 49, Issue 044.)
…FF: You were commissioned to paint the theme painting for FIDO Friendly magazine’s first annual Route 66 Adoption Tour, which you titled “Dog’s Welcome.” What did you [...]
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the cave
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Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
The Cave & The White House
Story and Photos by Finley Fagan
(See full Feature on pages 46- 47, Issue 044.)
“…It didn’t take long to realize that Gorafe is not your average town. Nestled into canyons on the edge of Europe’s only desert, most of its 540-odd residents live in cuevas (cave dwellings) chipped into the earth. [...]
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on the move
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Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
On the Move
By Carol Bryant
Image by iStock/Shorrocks
The Andrews family is moving from Wyoming to Wisconsin, complete with four kids, three moving vans and a carload of questions, such as “did we remember this” and “what if we forgot that?” Where does Fido fit in this mix of mayhem, moving and minivans? Enter pet relocation services. [...]
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large dogs
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Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
Living Small
By Julia Szabo
Image by iStock/Christopher Bernard
If you live in a small place, you can’t have a dog, right? Wrong! That’s one of the most common myths about dog ownership, and it’s high time it got debunked. Right now there are millions of wonderful dogs awaiting adoption at animal shelters across our country; thousands are put to [...]
