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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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...