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We spent Friday visiting the America’s Family Pet Expo in Costa Mesa. It was great re-connecting with old friends and meeting new ones. I spoke with Jeanne Chinn with JCLA (Great Bags!) and got the latest scoop. Checked out LUCA for Dogs designer dog beds with owner Kimi. Caught up [...]

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I met Gael Ross at the BlogPaws, pet blogger conference in Washington D.C. and was struck by her commitment and passion for people and their love and loss of their pets. I have been noticing how in the news and in various on line communities how much we all are [...]

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Take a few UCSB students, a class project, create real products to give to the class, and Dura Doggie was born! After talking with the guys in both San Jose and Orange County, I finally got them on the program. Their commitment to making a difference with everything they do insures [...]

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I first met Josie, with Beach Animals Reading with Kids or B.A.R.K. last year at the Best Friends, No More Homeless Pets conference. Spotting her at the Family Pet Expo in Orange County was a happy surprise. Josie is an amazing person who tirelessly is there for animal / pet companions. [...]

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Several weeks ago I saw an article forwarded from Pets for Patriots. Ok, I was curious about this organization. So, my first thoughts were that they are assisting in the placement of service dogs with vets with PTSD. Well I was WRONG. Isn’t it interesting how we see something and automatically “know” [...]

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A long time ago, I fixed airplanes, flew a few and even had a hot air balloon but we didn’t have anything like Pilots N Paws to support. Now we do! A few years ago Debi Boies was in the process of adopting a Doberman from another part of [...]

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This is a previous interview from the archives.

Dr. Kris Nelson is a committed advocate for animals… In our conversations she made it clear that the care of animals comes first. Join us as she shares with us stories from the clinic, about having a “cat scan” at home, and [...]

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The beginning. Visiting the Pet Expo in Phoenix last year, I was looking around and getting a feel for what these Pet Expo’s were all about. I turned around and saw the banner at the back of the booth: Lost Our Home Pet Foundation. Being curious, I introduced myself [...]

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This week I have Kathy McGuire on the program. I received an email a few weeks ago letting me know that they are up to some great things in Camden. So, I checked it out and yep, they are.  Kathy is the passion behind New Jersey [...]

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This week we revisit our trip to New York and the AKC Meet the Breeds event. We had just finished setting up and were walking around to see who else was in the expo and we discovered a section of booths featuring K9 enforcement groups. Like [...]