Issue 91: Winter 2023

Fido Friendly Issue 91

Feature
12 Stays of Christmas
Celebrate the season with packages that are gift wrapped especially for you and your dog.

Toxic Winter Plants
Experts reveal the dangerous holiday plants for Fido.

Saving Dogs and Cats in the Israel Gaza War
An interview with Network for Animals.

GAZETTEER 
Pu from issue 90 and update anything in fine print.

Trends
Contest Winners
Meet the lucky dogs who recently won big time!

Travel 
Adventures in Petsitting
When dogs become the real stars of the season.

Where does Fido ‘winter’?
Port Aransas is for Sun-Lovers and Snowbirds.

Breckenridge, Colorado
You and Fido will get hooked on the charms of this Colorado Rockies paradise.

Home
How I Spent My Summer Vacation Winner
Meet Seven and read about his FIDO FABulous Summer!

HOWLiday Gift Guide
Spoil your precious pup with some of the season’s hottest gifts for Fido.

Living
The Backyard
Brooklyn: The Dog who Changed the World.

From this issue

Recent Articles
  • Adventures in Petsitting

    Mabel - a two-year-old ball-obsessed Golden Retriever who willingly walked mile after mile through the Cotswolds

    The Third Mabel
    Mabel, from the Latin for ‘lovable,’ proves to be the perfect name.

    By Jane Thomas

    My first Mabel was over ten years ago, 140lbs of lolloping Saint Bernard convinced she was a lapdog. She cried the first night when I closed the bedroom door so, much to her drooling delight, I gave in and surrendered a good four fifths of the bed. My second Mabel was a few years back, a beautiful...

  • Columbia, South Carolina

    War Dog Monument in Columbia, South Carolina

    By Robin Tierney

    Columbia, the capital of South Carolina, beckons "come" to dog lovers with dozens of memorable places to stroll amid beauty and peace. All will make you smile, and one may also make you cry. 

    With so many choices, let's leash up Fido and get right to it.

    Among the nation's best, yet lesser-known, greenway networks, its 12-plus miles of trails edge the Broad, Congaree and...

  • Stars of Social Media

    Dog on Ruff and Puff bus

    The Ruff and Puff Dog Daycare School Bus Takes Clients to a Private Dog Park

    By Elise Phillips Margulis

    Its social media audience loves seeing the cuties’ antics on the bus and in the park.

    Denzel Morrison, owner of Ruff and Puff, is a professional dog trainer. He shared his inspiration for opening a dog daycare operation, “I grew up with dogs, so I knew I wanted to do something with them, and...

  • Brooke Shields

    Brook Shields and her pup, Tuzi

    Interview with Publisher, Susan Sims

    Brooke Shields is Brand Officer for Prospect Pet. Fresh off the release of her best-selling book Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old and the launch of her age-positive haircare brand Commence, Brooke is expanding her mission into a new space: pet wellness.

    Brooke Shields is a mother, acclaimed actor, best-selling author, entrepreneur, and founder of...