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PawTrotter: a great iPhone & iPod Touch app for dog people
By BL Ochman
PawTrotter lists more than 130,000 current pet-related businesses and services in the USA for you and your dog. Once it gets your GPS location, PawTrotter brings up an easy-to-use ‘wheel’ interface on your iPhone or iPod Touch.
It provides nearby dog parks, runs, and beaches, pet-friendly hotels, grooming and washing locations, veterinarians and pet hospitals, pet boarding and sitting and pet stores. You can rate the spots PawTrotter finds, and add your own reviews with photos and your rating.
You can narrow your searches by category, distance, price, and rating; look up addresses and phone numbers for pet-related destinations or businesses, then call or map them from your iPhone or iPod Touch.
You’ll also be able to see details on required pet deposit amounts for hotels, hours of dog parks, beaches and more. It’s $2.99 from the iTunes store, and a percentage of PawTrotter profits are being donated to the American Humane Association.
POTUS & Bo: new official White House Photos
By BL Ochman
Bo chases President Barack Obama on the South Lawn of the White House, May 12, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Moira McLaughlin at Dog Art Today reports that Stephanie Dahle, a Forbes journalist, has taken over as editor of The Obama Dog Blog. Stop by regularly to see all things first pup.
More Bo photos here
Rocky Mountain Goats’ Amazing Cliff Climbs
By BL Ochman
Living in mountainous regions around North America, sure-footed Rocky Mountain Goats can be found at altitudes of up to 13,000 feet, climbing cliffs in search of food. However, despite their name, they actually are large-hoofed mammals and not goats. Nonetheless, as these photo attest, they are amazing climbers who can easily escape most predators.
Lots more photos here, along with pictures of Morocan goats who climb trees(!) to eat a particular fruit that is similar to olives.
March 4, 2010
New and improved cat perch
By BL Ochman
There’s simply never been a better cat perch!
I used to have a wonderful white cat. She would somehow jump on top of a door, wait for me to be brushing my teeth, and then jump onto my shoulder. It scared me out of my wits every night for years. Heh!
And I’d always hear the unmistakable, soft sound of my cat, laughing.
via Dr. Jill Elliot
Non-Profit Oregon Dog Food Bank gives away 40,000 pounds of pet food a year
By BL Ochman
Pet owners in need in Clackamas County, Oregon, have received 40,000 pounds of free pet food in the year since the non-profit FIDO (Friends Involved in Dog Outreach) Dog Food Bank program started operations.
The group’s website describes the food bank as “One way to help financially challenged families keep their dogs at home and out of the shelters.” It’s open the 3rd Saturday of the month from 10 am – 1 pm, and provides a month’s supply of food for up to four dogs per owner.
The dog food bank is 100 percent donation-based and relies on volunteers to pack the pet food. Donations are welcome to help the dog food bank carry on their wonderful work.
Pawfun salutes FIDO.
February 28, 2010
The holy cat chorus
By BL Ochman
Who knew cats could sing?
All this time, I thought Noni Kitty Ochman was just yowling for dinner. Keep listening or you’ll miss the best part!
via Dr Jill Elliot
February 25, 2010
Dog who eats with his hands
By BL Ochman
What a face! I especially like the spot where the dog licks the hand.
via Petopia, Hat tip to Bob Bryan
How Orvis Makes It Appear They Haven’t Raised Dog Bed Prices
By BL Ochman
A while back, packs of gum and candy bars got smaller, but their prices remained the same. Manufacturers figured that we would resist or at least grump about paying more, so they gave the illusion of not raising their prices. That’s exactly what Orvis has done with their Orvis Tough Chew Dog Bed.
When I bought Benny his first Orvis Tough Chew Dog Bed, four years ago, it came with a terrific waterproof liner – great for the mad chewing puppy he was at the time.
Orvis offers to replace the Orvis Tough Chew Dog Bed, no questions asked, if your dog chews through it. Benny Bix Ochman managed to chew through the cover and the liner, both of which were graciously replaced two years ago.
He’s grown, and instead of his original medium-sized Orvis Tough Chew Dog Bed, he now needs a large.
When I ordered it today, I was surprised to see that the liner is now an additional $40. Same philosophy as the candy manufacturers – providing the illusion that prices have not gone up, when in fact the price has risen significantly. Leaves a bad taste. Just saying.
Noni Kitty Ochman’s latest technique for waking the staff
By BL Ochman
Noni Kitty Ochman (seen here with some friends) has learned well from his buddy, Romeo the Cat.
Both excel at coming up with new techniques for waking their staff.
Noni’s latest is great (for him.)
Checking to be sure I am fast asleep, he rubs his whiskers on my face very lightly. He waits a few seconds. Then he does it again. I wiggle my nose.
And he ever so lightly rubs his whiskers on my face, again. Within seconds of his second pass, I wake up, mumbling “what the fu*k?!”
This, he knows, is “human” for “ok, ok, you win, I’ll feed you.”
Bugger.
February 17, 2010
Pawfun Pet-friendly travel: Walker House, Lenox, Mass.
By BL Ochman
Travel without Benny Bix Ochman Labradoodle Puppy? Not if I can help it!
Pet-friendly accommodations are the only ones I care about, and if you’re reading Pawfun Blog, I bet you feel the same. And I’m sure you’ll like the most recent one we found – Walker House in Lenox, Mass.
Benny, his cousin Izzy, my cousin Karen, and I spent a lovely weekend at historic, pet-friendly, Walker House. Innkeepers Peggy and Richard Houdek are in their third decade of welcoming guests to their landmark in classic American Federal architecture, built in 1804. Besides humans, there were four dogs visiting and five cats living at the Inn, and all got along (mostly) swimmingly.
The atmosphere is relaxed and casual, coffee and company were great, with guests from New York, Connecticut and Mass. Oddly enough, like us, all of the guests we met worked in media or marketing.
Music, good restaurants, zany antiques and dog-friendly hiking – heaven!
The eight spacious rooms, some with fireplaces, are each named for famous composers. Guests are invited to enjoy the parlor, its grand piano, library’s worth of books and welcome hearth, as well as the Walker House Cinema, where guests can chose from hundreds of films, operas, plays, and notable events nightly on a giant twelve-foot screen. Zany antiques and off-beat finds are everywhere you look.
Lots of lovely restaurants are within walking distance, as is off-leash dog-friendly Kennedy Park, where well-marked trails provide several levels of hikes. We also contributed to the economy at a nearby outlet mall and some tiny shops.
Here are some photos from the trip. Click on thumbnails to enlarge:
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