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 [...]

Posted by: Vicki Powers on Friday, August 13th, 2010

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 [...]

Posted by: Vicki Powers on Friday, July 23rd, 2010

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 [...]

Posted by: Vicki Powers on Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

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 [...]

Posted by: Vicki Powers on Friday, June 18th, 2010

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 [...]

Posted by: Vicki Powers on Thursday, November 12th, 2009

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 [...]

Posted by: Vicki Powers on Friday, October 23rd, 2009

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 [...]

Posted by: Vicki Powers on Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

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 [...]

Posted by: Vicki Powers on Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

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, [...]

Posted by: Vicki Powers on Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

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 [...]

Posted by: Vicki Powers on Wednesday, August 26th, 2009