“Katie” has gone to the dogs – for one day, that is! On Thursday December 13, Katie Couric dedicates her show to our canine companions. Dog lover Carrie Ann Inaba stops by to talk about the animal cause close to her heart, you’ll meet some hero dogs and the people they’ve helped, plus an organization that helps shelter dogs gets an amazing surprise from Pedigree.
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Thursday on Katie Couric – An Entire Show Dedicated to our Canine Companions
Wednesday, December 12th, 2012New Jersey Requires Seat Belts for Dogs
Saturday, August 4th, 2012New Jersey has become the first state to require that all dogs and cats be buckled in. Fines from $250 to $1000 can be levied. Dogs may be seat belted with a special dog harness available through various pet stores or may be in a carrier. Cats will probably have to be in a carrier as they are not so keen on harnesses. However, either approach will do. Ray Martinez of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission says that the purpose of this law is to prevent distraction of the driver. It is aimed first and foremost at the people who drive with dogs in their laps. However, it goes beyond that to all animals in the car. If the car is involved in an accident, or even if the driver breaks quickly, dogs can be thrown as projectiles into seats or the windshield to obvious harm. Or they can hit people as well. We at dogfriendly.com have encouraged people to seatbelt their dogs in for a long time; we’re not so sure that this should be a law, but it’s a good idea anyway for the safety of the dog and people in the car.
Top 200 Places: Mt Bachelor Cross Country Skiing
Monday, June 25th, 2012Mount Bachelor Ski Resort
13000 SW Century Drive
Bend,
Oregon 97709
800-829-2442
As one of North Americas’ largest ski resorts, skiers, snowboarders, and Nordic skiers will find great conditions with plenty of snow, a large terrain, short lift lines, great value, 4 different terrain parks, and an Olympic size superpipe. Mt. Bachelor is nearly 3700 acres of varied terrain atop the high desert of the Central Cascades in the Deschutes National Forest. They also offer tubing, snowshoeing, dog sledding, and they host the North American Pond Skimming Championships each year. They are open from mid-November to Memorial Day for the ski season, and from July 1st through Labor Day for summer sightseeing. Dogs of all sizes are allowed throughout the year. In the summer, your pet can even ride the chair lift, and is allowed throughout the park. In the winter, there are some ski trails and trails that dogs can be on. Dogs must be leashed at all times, and cleaned up after. Dogs must be friendly and well behaved.
DogFriendly.com, with tens of thousands of places listed to take your dog to, will be releasing on it’s Dog News blog, Facebook page and on Twitter a list of 200 Top Places that you can take your dog in the U.S. and Canada. This list, while intended to highlight top places that are especially pet-friendly, is not designed to be the absolutely top 200 places that we could find, but a sampling of the top places so that all regions, types of attractions, hotels, B&Bs, vacation rentals, parks, beaches, shopping and more can be considered. No doubt each of you will find many other places not on this list or our full list of dog-friendly places at http://www.dogfriendly.com. Please let us know about them by commenting on the blog or emailing us at email@dogfriendly.com. You can also let us and our readers know if you agree or disagree with the selections, or your experiences there. Please keep in mind that places often change their policies regarding dogs and thus may have different policies at any time in the future.
The blog entries can be found at http://dogfriendly.com/dognews/?cat=243, our Facebook page, or Twitter.
