Category: News
New Jet Blue fees for traveling dogs
Just when we thought our travel budget had been stretched to the max (ouch! those gas prices are killing us at the pump), we've learned that one of the reliable value airlines is jacking up the price to take Jack Russells, pugs, Chihuahuas and all other dogs along for the ride. Jet Blue is now charging $100 for dogs to fly (double from the old $50 rate). This news hit us hard. We already feel taken advantage of when we pony up $2 for a soda (no more freebies) and $15 for our luggage. These extra fees add up and may force us to swap our beach vacation for a week-off at home.
Take your dog to work day June 20 2008
Ginger the spoiled big city Sheltie here, with sunglasses on, barkin' up a storm for the 2008 Take Your Dog to Work Day. My human writes profiles of charter yachts, and yes, I have had drinks on the aftdeck of a megayacht in New York harbor. But Take Your Dog to Work Day is decidely not all about the foie gras dog biscuits and the Marilyn Monroe doggy dresses, delightful as those luxuries may be. No. Take Your Dog to Work Day is all about the love. If as a dog you love your human, you will humor her by acting like it's tons of fun to go to work with her on this day. Who knows? You might even get to sniff some good butt, if other humans bring their dogs along. I probably shouldn't talk that way but it's my nostalgie de la boue coming out, darling! For more info, you can peruse a great write-up on TYDTWD by that inimitable K-9 journalist and Pampered Puppy Staff Writer Scott Rose. I have insider info saying that he carries the day's newspaper in his teeth, giving it up to his Sheltie to read.
Florida Dog Magazine
Ginger the spoiled big city Sheltie reporting. I was miffed last winter when I had to miss Westminster because my human dragged me along for a yacht charter in Florida. But there's a silver lining in every cloud, and boy did I ever find it this time around. The 220' vessel on which I traveled was so luxurious that it had aboard all the back issues of Florida Dog Magazine. I love the advice column Perfectly Frank, written by a Schnauzer. And the fashion coverage is consistently a wowzer. Pawpurrazzi photos of the hottest Florida K-9 happenings make me feel that extra touch of glam. And I just had to wag my tail when I read my Houndscope and learned that this summer'll be great for training humans. Get your Homo sapiens to show you this swellegant publication today!
Pampered pooch: the movie!
It's been five years since Legally Blonde 2 - five years since a truly pampered pooch got a starring role in a Hollywood film. That's just too long, in our opinion, but thankfully the powers that be at the movie studios are gearing up for the September 2008 release of a live action film called, and we kid you not: Beverly Hills Chihuahua. It's a little tale of an over-the-top pampered pooch (our favorite kind!) who gets lost while on vacation in Mexico. (We're thinking Home Alone 2 crossed with Legally Blonde, yes?) The film is packed full of recognizable celebs, including Jamie Lee Curtis, Selma Hayek, Drew Barrymore (who narrates for the Chi), Edward James Olmos, Piper Perabo, Andy Garcia, George Lopez, Cheech Marin and more. For more information about the film including two adorable screenshots from the film featuring the wee Chi, check out IMDB's page on the film. This is one post-summer release we'll be watching closely, so stay tuned!
Sharon Montrose: blogger
One of our all-time favorite pet photographers, Sharon Montrose (of Dogtionary, French Bulldogs: Lightweights Littermates and Carryons: Traveling Chihuahuas fame), has now joined the rarified air of the "blogosphere" and has her own blog! Based on what we've seen so far, expect little intros into her personal thoughts and opinions (including Prince, who is cool - we agree) as well as really, really amazing pooch photography. Yum. The teeny tiny OHHHH so cute Frenchie in her <a href="ht