Hi everyone! Just wanted to let you know that pet journalist and author Maryann Mott is dishing out the tips on The Daily Dog Tip, the Dogster blog that serves up a juicy tidbit of canine information every weekday.
Maryann’s books and articles can be found at Petwriter.com and you can follow her on Twitter here. She will be joining us every now and then as a guest tipster on both Dogster and Catster. Her first tip for this week is live already and can be seen here.
More about Maryann:
For more than 15 years Maryann has written exclusively about pets. Her thorough and accurate reporting has led to assignments with a variety of publications including: The New York Times, Family Circle, Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor as well as National Geographic online. Articles written for syndicates has landed her work in the online editions of Newsweek, Yahoo!, MSNBC, USA Today and U.S. News and World Report.
As a contributing editor to Dog Fancy magazine (the oldest and largest pet publication in the country) she pens the popular Newshound and Lifestyle sections each month.
Over the years she’s worked as a staff newspaper reporter as well as veterinary assistant. In 1996 Maryann was editor and publisher of Desert Pet News in Palm Springs, California. The newspaper featured shelter animals for adoption and educated owners on how to properly care for their pets. Later, while living in Lake Arrowhead, she started the Altitude Agility Club and served as president of the Mountain Humane Society.
Maryann now resides in Arizona. In 2005, Maricopa County Animal Care and Control (a.k.a the pound) named her Volunteer of the Year. Currently she volunteers delivering meals to senior citizens here in my hometown.
Maryann shares her life with two dogs – K.C., a rescued Chow mix, and Sasha, an energetic 9-year-old Belgian Sheepdog cross.
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Hi again everybody – just wanted to pop in and let you know that travelers and bloggers Helen Fazio and her dog Raja are dishing out the tips on The Daily Dog Tip, the Dogster blog that serves up a juicy tidbit of canine information every weekday.
The pair have loads of great pet travel information and will be joining us every now and then as a guest tipster on both Dogster and Catster. Their first tip is live already and can be seen here.
More about Helen and her dog Raja:
Helen feels most comfortable in places where she doesn’t speak the language; she likes to do almost everything, except hunt and watch TV sports. Raja is a Shih Tzu. Directly descended from the Mongolian wolf, Raja is hardy and loves to roam with his pack. Tamed in the monasteries of Tibet, he takes the long view. Finished in the palaces of 16th century China, he is elegant. Rescued from China by the artistocrats of Europe, he is a ham. Make sure you check out their blog, which is here, and follow them on Twitter.
And here’s a video about Raja and the website!
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She’s back! This week, Pupstyle.com’s, resident Pet Style Expert Dara Foster is stepping in again as a guest tipster on The Daily Dog Tip, the Dogster blog that serves up a juicy tidbit of canine information every weekday. We’re excited to have Dara join our team of talented pet experts and can’t wait to see what she’s got in store for us this week. This week’s first tip is live already, you can check it out here.
And if you’re looking to see more of Dara, she’s got an E! Special going on July 1st and will be on TODAY with Kathy Lee and Hoda on July 6!
(Check your local listings for times and show details.)
More about Dara: Dara Foster is a world renowned Pet Style Expert best known for her humorous,”taste-making” pet style blog PupStyle.com, and as a regular pet style contributor on NBC’s TODAY show. She is also he resident Pet Fashion Expert on Tibesti.com and host of her own radio show “The Pet Set” on PetLifeRadio.com.
In 2003 Dara jump-started the luxury dog products movement with her own brand of boutique dog collars – Dara Foster New York LLC and blog, Pupstyle.com. Preferring to critique and write about other people’s cool designs, her full-time attention was turned to sourcing and writing about great pet product design for Pupstyle.com.
If you’d like to sign up to receive The Daily Dog Tip via email, so that you don’t miss tips from Dara or any of our other grrreat pet experts, you may do so here, or to add the RSS feed to your reader, click here. Want it all? You can also get them via Twitter when you follow @dogster.
Dayna Dreger is joining us to share some dog tips this week on The Daily Dog Tip, the Dogster blog that serves up a juicy tidbit of canine information every weekday. We’re very happy to have Dayna on board this week to join our team of talented pet experts. We’re looking forward to everything she’s got in store for us for the rest of the week. Two of her tips are up already – you can see her tip on mental exercise here and her dry nose tip here.
More about Dayna: Dayna Dreger BSA, M.Sc. is a research technician in canine molecular genetics by day. The rest of her time is devoted to dog training and competition. She is a trainer with Hub City Kennel and Obedience Club, where she focuses on training Rally-O, and River Runners Canine Association, a NAFA flyball team. She is also an assistant evaluator with the St. John Ambulance Therapy Dog Program.
She trains and competes her own dogs (two Dogster Shelties, Gio and Romeo) in CKC and CARO Rally-O, CKC obedience, AAC agility, NAFA flyball, tracking, herding, and therapy dog work.
Dayna is the author of a popular dog blog, Life is Better With Sheltie Hair, where she provides entertaining stories of her adventures in dog sports as well as informational articles on canine epilepsy, positive training, raw feeding, and dog-specific issues.
If you’d like to sign up to receive The Daily Dog Tip via email, so that you don’t miss tips from Dayna or any of our other grrreat pet experts, you may do so here, or to add the RSS feed to your reader, click here. Want it all? You can also get them via Twitter when you follow @dogster.
Dr. CJ Betancourt is joining us to share some of her great dog tips with us this week on The Daily Dog Tip, the Dogster blog that serves up a juicy tidbit of canine information every weekday. Having CJ on board this week and joining our team of talented pet experts is a real honor. We can’t wait to see what else she’s got in store for us this week. She’s out of the blocks with two great tips already – you can see them here and here.
More about Dr. Betancourt, Executive Director of The Foundation for Service Dog Support: CJ Betancourt is a retired physician and a service dog team member. She has lived with physical disabilities since 1973. She has 34 years of experience in the medical field including the practice of medicine, medical directorship, research, statistical analysis, database design and education. She also reads Braille and is the Foundation’s Braille material editor. CJ is actively involved in setting up the Puppy Raising and Canine Safety Programs.
If you’d like to sign up to receive The Daily Dog Tip via email, so that you don’t miss tips from Dr. Betancourt or any of our other grrreat pet experts, you may do so here, or to add the RSS feed to your reader, click here. Want it all? You can also get them via Twitter when you follow @dogster.
This week, we’re super pleased to be able to offer up tips from trainer and pet expert Casey Lomonaco who is stepping in as the guest tipster on The Daily Dog Tip, the Dogster blog that serves up a juicy tidbit of canine information every weekday. We’re excited to have Casey join our team of talented pet experts and can’t wait to see what else she’s got in store for us this week. Parts 1 and 2 of her Responsible Dog Ownership: Good Human and Canine Citizenry are live already and can be seen here and here.
More about Casey: Casey is a Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner, a Professional Member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers, an AKC Canine Good Citizen Evaluator, and a business partner at Clicking with Canines in Endicott, NY; where she teaches classes with Steve Benjamin and Abbie Tamber, also KPA CTP.
At this stage in my training career, she focuses on family dog training; with a goal to eventually specialize in the application of scientifically supported behavioral modification techniques to save the lives of aggressive and reactive dogs while promoting improved and safe relationships with the humans who love them.
Continuing education is a vital factor in her ability to continue offering her clients innovative, effective, efficient and scientifically sound training techniques. She enjoys reading every training book and watching every training video she can get her hands on, observing and networking with other trainers, attending conferences and seminars given by many of the world’s most respected trainers and behaviorists. She also values the opportunity, as a KPA graduate, to continue assisting Steve Benjamin at KPA workshops and watch the training development of future KPA CTP.
She is a published author of training material for both professionals and the pet owning public, available on www.clickertraining.com (Karen Pryor Clicker Training).
AND, as if all that grrrreat stuff wasn’t enough, she’s also the proud human who’s owned by Dogsters Mokie and Monte! So with tips coming from a fellow Dogster, you know you’re in good paws!
If you’d like to sign up to receive The Daily Dog Tip via email, so that you don’t miss tips from Casey or any of our other grrreat pet experts, you may do so here, or to add the RSS feed to your reader, click here. Want it all? You can also get them via Twitter when you follow @dogster.
Are you looking for products that are not only good for your dog, but also good for the earth? Then head on over to Paw Luxury, where their mission is to offer luxury, high-quality, durable, holistic and earth-friendly products for the everyday dog and their owners.
And this week, Adam, Wendy & Lola are stepping in as guest tipsters on The Daily Dog Tip, the Dogster blog that serves up a juicy tidbit of canine information every weekday. We’re super excited to have Paw Luxury join our team of talented pet experts and can’t wait to see what they’ve got in store for us this week. Their first tip about products made in the U.S. is live already, you can check it out here.
More about Paw Luxury: Our name, Paw Luxury, is inspired by the commonality that pets and humans in a sense both have paws that need love to. We define “luxury” as your dog living the good life, it’s all about wellness with some pampering thrown in. We believe you can fuse green living with the cachet and comforts of luxury living-for a healthier life now and for future generations.
We are first and foremost a down to earth company that cares about the earth and the dogs and people that inhabit it. Like our dog’s lovable, kind and warm spirit, Paw Luxury is always approachable and inviting. We measure everything we do against our goal to reflect warmth and a generosity of spirit in the products we sell, our actions and interactions.
We are mindful and approach our work with humility and purpose, authenticity and creativity. We offer products that are real & functional for the everyday dog about town – combining style with ease of use, accessibility, and meaningful intent with enduring quality. We educate through awareness and inspire social responsibility through our genuine concern for the world.
If you’d like to sign up to receive The Daily Dog Tip via email, so that you don’t miss tips from Paw Luxury or any of our other grrreat pet experts, you may do so here, or to add the RSS feed to your reader, click here. Want it all? You can also get them via Twitter when you follow @dogster.
Looking to meet dog lovers like you? Or are you interested in hearing about what’s going down with celebrities and their dogs? Then take a swing on by Leashes and Lovers, where pet expert Sheryl Matthys and the gang are sure to quench your thirst for pooch-related social scene updates.
And this week, Sheryl’s stepping in as a guest tipster on The Daily Dog Tip, the Dogster blog that serves up a juicy tidbit of canine information every weekday. We’re excited to have Sheryl join our team of talented pet experts and can’t wait to see what she’s got in store for us this week. Her first tip about partying with your pooch is live already, you can check it out here.
More about Sheryl: Sheryl Matthys, The Dog Expert, helps you learn what your relationship with your dog can teach you about yourself, and how that knowledge makes your human relationships more successful – in life, with friends, family, associates, and in love! As creator of Leashes and Lovers online social community, a certified dog trainer with a psychology degree and master’s in Radio/TV, Sheryl’s doled out advice to thousands of dog lovers.
If you’d like to sign up to receive The Daily Dog Tip via email, so that you don’t miss tips from Sheryl or any of our other grrreat pet experts, you may do so here, or to add the RSS feed to your reader, click here. Want it all? You can also get them via Twitter when you follow @dogster.
Looking for just the right hand-knit sweater for Fido? Can’t find the perfect toy for the dog who has everything? Then head over to Pupstyle.com, where resident Pet Style Expert Dara Foster is dishing out tips on the latest and greatest in luxury dog products.
And this week, she’s stepping in as a guest tipster on The Daily Dog Tip, the Dogster blog that serves up a juicy tidbit of canine information every weekday. We’re excited to have Dara join our team of talented pet experts and can’t wait to see what she’s got in store for us this week. Her first tip is live already, you can check it out here.
More about Dara: Dara Foster is a world renowned Pet Style Expert best known for her humorous,”taste-making” pet style blog PupStyle.com, and as a regular pet style contributor on NBC’s TODAY show. She is also he resident Pet Fashion Expert on Tibesti.com and host of her own radio show “The Pet Set” on PetLifeRadio.com.
In 2003 Dara jump-started the luxury dog products movement with her own brand of boutique dog collars – Dara Foster New York LLC and blog, Pupstyle.com. Preferring to critique and write about other people’s cool designs, her full-time attention was turned to sourcing and writing about great pet product design for Pupstyle.com.
If you’d like to sign up to receive The Daily Dog Tip via email, so that you don’t miss tips from Dara or any of our other grrreat pet experts, you may do so here, or to add the RSS feed to your reader, click here. Want it all? You can also get them via Twitter when you follow @dogster.
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For more than 15 years Maryann has written exclusively about pets. Her thorough and accurate reporting has led to assignments with a variety of publications including: The New York Times, Family Circle, Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor as well as National Geographic online. Articles written for syndicates has landed her work in the online editions of Newsweek, Yahoo!, MSNBC, USA Today and U.S. News and World Report.
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