Issue 94: Fall/Winter 2024
Trends
Contest Winners
Meet the lucky dogs who recently won big time!
Travel
Adventures in Petsitting
Blue Doors and Baubles Tunisia
Traverse City
Sandy Paws, Wagging Tails: So Many Ways to Have Fun in Traverse City
12 Stay of Christmas
It wouldn’t be a holiday without your furry companion, and we have found 12 of the most Fido-friendly destinations to visit with the entire family, Fido included.
How I Spent my Summer Vacation
As told by Turbo, the family dog on a recent trip camping at wood lake (East Harrison) in BC.
Home
25 Days of Gift Giving
Enter for your chance to win a FIDO FABulous prize each day in December.
Holiday Gift Guide
Find the PAWfect gift for Fido this year.
Living
The Backyard
The Peace Puppy: A Memoir of Caregiving and Canine Solace
By Susan Hartzler
Feature
Pet Rehab
Publisher Susan Sims recounts the day an emergency veterinarian suggested euthanasia for her dog, Honey, and the steps she took to heal her dog.
Stars of Social Meda
Visit just three of the stars we found online from Cash the donkey raised inside the family home, six poodles dressed in matching outfits being read a bedtime story, and a million-dollar fundraiser using firefighters and rescue dogs for a calendar.
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...