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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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...