Archive for Pets
Your Dog Can Paint for Houston Charity August 15
What a fun doggie event — and a fundraiser to boot! Bring your favorite pooch to the Bayou City Picasso’s by Paws this Sunday, August 15, and watch the budding artist emerge! Dogs will paint on canvas from 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.– with assistance — using water-based paint. Shampoos and wading pool will be [...]
Ultimate Dog Show in Houston July 21-25
This is a must-see event in my family every July! The Reliant Park World Series of Dog Shows has returned to Houston through Sunday, July 25. It’s a canine extravaganza for dog lovers featuring performance events, exhibitions, relay races, judging, seminars — and of course shopping. Check out the overview schedule online here. I haven’t [...]
DockDogs Returns to Houston July 2-4
IF YOU’RE a dog lover, this event is for you! The DockDogs competition returns to Houston July 2-4 where dogs compete in long jump, high jump, and speed retrieve events. The original Big Air competition is my favorite where dogs run down a 20-ft. dock and leap into a 40-ft. pool. Dogs of all sizes [...]
Dog Wash at Whole Foods Market June 19
Bring your smelly pooches to the Whole Foods Dog Wash Saturday, June 19, from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Volunteers will be washing dogs for a monetary donation benefiting Citizens for Animal Protection. Pet Paradise will provide giveaways for folks who donate pet supplies or a monetary donation. Here is a list of Whole Foods [...]
Yappy Hour Fundraiser: Barker Street Gourmet Dog Bakery November 12
MAKE PLANS to attend Yappy Hour with your favorite pooch Thursday, November 12, at Barker Street Gourmet Dog Bakery from 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Free treats for both dogs and humans — as well as a raffle fundraiser for Second Chance Pomeranian Rescue. Eight major prizes include a flat-screen TV plus baskets valued between [...]
Free Houston Weekend Fun October 23-25
It looks like the weather will be perfectly “fall-like” this weekend. Here are a few options to enjoy Houston for free: Enjoy spooky Halloween symphony music — It’s a kid-friendly symphony concert, Hocus Pocus Pops, in the beautiful outdoors at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in The Woodlands. Mezzanine and lawn seats are free for this [...]
Free Pet Seminars for St. Francis Day Weekend
HAVE AN UNRULY DOG OR CAT that drains your patience? Then you’ll love these free pet seminars this weekend as part of St. Francis Day weekend October 2-4. Friday, October 2, 6-9 p.m. –Pet Behavior Issues from Shelter to Success Saturday, October 3, 2 p.m. –Sit and Stay for Dogs: Solving Bad Habits Sunday, October [...]
Dog Day at the Astros Game September 7
HERE’S A FUN WAY TO SPEND your Labor Day holiday! Bring your favorite canine to the Houston Astros game Monday, September 7, for Dog Day at Minute Maid Park. Just $20 admits you and your pooch to the the 1:05 p.m. start against the Philadelphia Phillies, with $10 of each ticket benefiting the Houston Humane [...]
Hotel Derek’s Dog Day Out 2 Raises Funds for CAP
IT’S A SPECIAL EVENING for professionals and their pampered pooches at Hotel Derek’s Dog Day Out 2, held August 27 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. It’s an evening of schmoozing, cocktails and pampering for the pooches. Just $10 at the door provides complimentary hors-oeuvres, one drink on the house and cash bar, chair massage, [...]
Happy National Dog Day!
JUST HAD TO GIVE A QUICK shout-out to my favorite and only pooch, Ginger, on National Dog Day. My Schoodle is an incredible and loyal rescue dog from Poodle Rescue of Houston housed out of Prestonwood Kennels Pet Resort. It’s an awesome place with an awesome owner. Happy Dog Day, Ginger! You’ve brought so much [...]
