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By Doug Gelbert
(Republished with permission from Hikewithyourdog.com)
So you think gold strikes are things you only read about in history books? Tell that to the prospectors still hunting gold in 2009. California has more than 25,000 active gold-mining claims. And when we slide into times like these when money gets scarce, people’s dreams drift back to that big gold strike - in the first three months of 2009, 1,173 more claims Continue Reading »
Pet Airways, a revolutionary new airline company will be the first pet-only airline, where Pets Travel in the Main Cabin of the Plane! The company’s first flights are scheduled for July 14, 2009. Initially Pet Airways will serve five cities for pets traveling to New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Denver and Los Angeles. The company said that it will expand nationwide with easily accessible pet check-in lounges in major metropolitan areas. Continue Reading »
By The Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
Santa Barbara, CA - The Santa Barbara Botanic Garden is pleased to offer its newest membership opportunity. Help support the Garden with a special membership just for your pooch. Purchase a Doggie Membership and you will receive a SBBG bandana fit for your pooch, a Doggie Membership Card, and a special invitation to the Garden’s Doggie Bagel Brunch/Play Date Party this Spring.
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By edhat.com
(Republished from www.edhat.com)
When it was announced last month that the annual Dog Parade (Santa Barbara Big Dog Parade) would be canceled this year, the dedicated staff of edhat.com got to work looking for an alternative. Of course, Edhat had an ulterior motive. We’ve been counting the number of dogs in the parade since 2004. This year, it seemed, we had nothing to count! Continue Reading »
By Doug Gelbert
(Republished from Hikewithyourdog.com)
No tour of movie Western filming locations with your dog would be complete without a stop at Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park, just north of Los Angeles. Both Rin Tin Tin and Lassie, the two biggest canine action heroes in cinematic history, mugged for the camera in these rock formations shaped by the San Andreas Fault over which they rest. The rocks are named for Tiburcio Vásquez, one of California’s most notrious stage coach robbers of the 18oos who used the sloping rocks as a hideout. Continue Reading »
By Doug Gelbert
(Republished from Hikewithyourdog.com)
If your dog isn’t allowed on trails in some of our favorite parks, what is the most obvious solution? Take your dog to a park without any trails. That’s what you find when you visit America’s inland sand dunes. The next few months are the ideal time to visit these sandboxes with your dog, when the sands aren’t boiling beneath your dog’s paws. Continue Reading »
By PAW (Pet-friendly Accommodations Worldwide)
(Republished from www.luxurypaw.com)
PAW Names the 2008 ‘Top Dogs’ in Luxury, Pet-friendly Hotels
PAW; Pet-friendly Accommodations Worldwide, (www.luxurypaw.com) the only on line hotel booking engine specializing in luxury, pet-friendly hotels releases the results of their 13,000 mile, 30-state, 50-luxury, pet-friendly hotel adventure and reveals who the ‘Top Dogs’ are when it comes to luxury pet-friendly hotels in the US. Continue Reading »
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