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Versatile Blogger award!

How fun! Dog Jaunt won the Versatile Blogger award from Vanessa and her furry cohorts at Nico & The Bandit, a delightful blog of “creative canine content” I recently discovered. Thanks so much! I’d put N&B on my list (see below), but I have to follow the rules, which are as follows:

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Winner of the Sleepypod Air pet carrier giveaway

Thanks so much to everyone who entered Dog Jaunt’s and Will My Dog Hate Me‘s giveaway for a Sleepypod Air pet carrier, and thank you to Sleepypod for sponsoring it!

We asked entrants to send us pictures of their dog’s “favorite toy or blankie — the one that you’d tuck into your dog’s carrier as you set off on a trip, because you know he loves it best,” and we told them that pictures including both toy and dog would get extra love. … Read the rest

Dog Jaunt’s one-year anniversary!

Well, to be honest, it was yesterday (April 11), which makes today the infinitely more poetic “year-and-a-day” anniversary of my blog. It started as a place to collect a lot of information I’d gathered in the course of taking several trips with our brand-new puppy.… Read the rest

Dog on my toes: Birki’s Woodby clogs

Happy April Fool’s Day! Yesterday, my sister-in-law sent me a photo of the Birkenstock Woodby clogs featuring a goofy dog across the toes:

Wouldn’t they be great for the BlogPaws conference, she joked…. Now I’m $93 poorer (less on Amazon than on Zappos, but free shipping from Zappos, so take your pick) — if you’re looking for me at the conference, look down!… Read the rest

Neue Galerie “Hund” line of dog products

New York’s Neue Galerie is a small but glorious museum specializing in German and Austrian art. The building itself — completed in 1914 by Carrère & Hastings for industrialist William Starr Miller — is an important part of New York’s architectural history, and the collection (and visiting shows) are superb.… Read the rest