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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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...