Issue 93: Summer 2024
Trends
Contest Winners
Meet the lucky dogs who recently won big time!
Travel
Adventures in Petsitting
Dogs in the Dales.
Chattanooga
When going to Chattanooga, pack your best hiking shoes because you and Fido will definitely get your steps in.
Boise, Idaho
Hotel Renegade
A real gem in the Gem State.
{verdigreen} Hotels & Residences
For pet-friendly travelers seeking rest, refuge or reset.
Home
Bowser on a Budget
Summer getaways welcome travelers with special amenities and adventures for dogs.
New Products Guide
Look inside to find what’s new!
Living
The Backyard
Remember me as Sunshine
New book honors dogs loved and lost with portraits and poems.
Feature
Finding Gobi
In 2016, Dion was running a 155-mile ultramarathon in the Gobi Desert. Who he found in the desert would change everything.
How do you say goodbye?
A touching memoir of a life well-lived.
Introducing Fido to Fluffy
New cat? New dog? Dos and don’ts for the perfect introduction.
Jon Provost
Jon Provost never dreamed that 60-plus years after he starred as Timmy on “Lassie,” people in more than 50 countries would still be watching the show.
Get Your Licks on Route 66®
Cross-country pet adoption tour helping to save lives, one shelter at a time kicks off for the
16th year.
TRAVEL DIRECTORY
Fido deserves to stay at the best hotels. Find the PAWfect accommodations for both you and your dog.
From this issue
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Adventures in Petsitting
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...
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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...
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Stars of Social Media
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...
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Brooke Shields
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...