Issue 91: Winter 2023
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
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Nighttime Nuzzles in Costa Rica
There is nothing more rewarding than gaining the love of a dog.
By Jane Thomas
We weren’t supposed to land in San Jose, Costa Rica, a few days before the city shut down for Easter. That is, I forgot to check – again – when the moveable feast would be occurring. Accommodation prices throughout the region baffled me until I realized my error, and it was with a degree of desperation I leapt onto...
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Bowser Goes to Banff
A Fido-Friendly Mountain Adventure
By Jane Cassie
There are fringe benefits to being a dog owner. Along with free kisses, surprise wake-up calls, and the occasional sock theft, you also get a personal trainer who never skips leg day. Especially when hiking the trails around Banff National Park and Lake Louise.
“Sorry, there’s no exception to the pet rule,” the ticket seller says, stone-faced....
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When Freedom Finally Came
Inside the Historic Rescue of 500 Beagles from Ridglan Farms with Beagle Freedom Project.
By Susan Sims, Publisher FIDO Friendly Magazine
There are moments in animal rescue that forever change the people who witness them. For Shannon Keith, founder and president of Beagle Freedom Project (BFP), the release of 500 beagles from Ridglan Farms in Dane County, Wisconsin, was one of those moments.
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A New Chapter with Brandon McMillan
Television Host, Animal Trainer, Husband, Father and Once Again, the Voice Behind Get Your Licks on Route 66®.
By Susan Sims, Publisher FIDO Friendly Magazine
I first met Brandon McMillan in 2015 when he graciously agreed to serve as spokesperson for our Get Your Licks on Route 66® cross-country pet adoption tour. Over the next three years, Brandon lent not only his celebrity status but his...