Remember reader Patty, who reported this week on her e-mail exchange with Toronto’s Pearson airport about the location of its pet relief area? Here is Truffles, her nine month-old Havanese — and a wedge of fresh coconut. It turns out that Patty and Truffles live in paradise, or, more precisely, the Abaco Islands, in the northern Bahamas.… Read the rest
Now here’s something I’ve never seen before — a pet store in an airport. It’s called Dog-E-works and it’s in Tampa’s airport, among that cluster of shops on the second floor that you see when you go up the escalators from ticketing, or come in on the airport trains from the concourses (there’s apparently another one in Orlando’s airport).… Read the rest
I’m traveling without Chloe for the first time in two years (I figured she’d rather stay home with my husband than sit in a crate for hours at a stretch while I watch the entire Sarasota Opera season in one weekend), so I was thrilled to death to see this picture of her yesterday.… Read the rest
In the course of finding last week’s photo from Venice’s Carnevale, I also found this week’s photo — it’s from the 2009 Mystic Krewe of Barkus parade in New Orleans (the theme was “Battmut: The Bark Knight”).
This year’s Barkus parade happened on February 27 (the theme?… Read the rest
Venice’s Carnival begins tomorrow, February 26 — what better way to celebrate than this? Notice how the dog’s carrier is made from the same silver metallic fabric as the outfit it’s resting against.
I’d love to see your pup, and hear what you’ve been up to together this week — please post your photos on Dog Jaunt’s Facebook page so we can all enjoy them!… Read the rest
I rounded the corner in my neighborhood bookstore yesterday and found myself nose to cardboard nose with Pammy the Port-a-Pug. The kit is published by Chronicle Books, which asserts that Pammy and her littermates have “all the perks and benefits of real dog ownership without the exhausting cleanup or the expensive upkeep” and — here’s the part that caught my attention, of course — are “easy to transport.”… Read the rest
This week’s photo is of Tapas, my friend Richard’s wonderful Chihuahua, waiting to board a plane for their return trip to Seattle. The gorgeous carrier is made by Pet Flys. I admired Pet Flys’ “Enter the Dragon” carrier back in December 2009, but the Super size (which is the size Chloe would need) is too big to work as an in-cabin carrier.… Read the rest
One of the many things we like about Halo, our hair salon, is that it’s dog-friendly — the staff coos over Chloe, and the two stylists we see the most bring their dogs to work with them. This is a picture from yesterday morning.… Read the rest
My husband and Chloe and I were out on a walk when we encountered this family and their fleet (well, there were two) of strollers. One held a very young child, wrapped up for the cold, and the other, larger stroller held a senior dog curled up on a thick plaid blanket.… Read the rest
I’d forgotten that we took this photo! We were visiting Florida back in December, and took Chloe with us on a trip to the local Lowe’s store. It was her first time in a shopping cart, but she settled down once I spread a store flyer out under her (she doesn’t like open metal mesh under her paws).… Read the rest
