Issue 95: Spring 2025
Trends
Contest Winners
Meet the lucky dogs who recently won big time!
Photos of Fido cover two pages.
Travel
Adventures in Petsitting
Exploring rural England with a pair of Golden Retrievers
Bowser on a Budget
As the weather warms, spring is the perfect time to explore new destinations with your dog.
Travel with your Cat?
Felines make great traveling companions, too!
Home
Spring Essentials
Great finds for Fido.
Living
The Backyard
Remembering Norbert - 2009-2025
The world has lost a beautiful spirit when Norbert, the three-pound therapy dog crossed Rainbow Bridge in January this year.
Feature
People Helping Pets During LA Wildfires
Helen Woodward Animal Center, ASPCA and Pet King Brands are making a difference.
Stars of Social Media
Visit just three of the stars we found online from Coconut the Chihuahua playing dress up, SPAW treatments for Elvis, a black Lab who lives in Sweden, and Zorra who travels on planes, boats and loves whitewater rafting.
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...