(Ottawa Dog of the Week for February 8th/10)

“Stuart is a Shnauzer/Poodle Mix and has been the rock at his Mom’s side ever since he came into her life as a 5 week old puppy. He’s a happy laid back guy who doesn’t care too much for organized dog sports, but loves to curl up on the couch and watch a good home makeover show. He loves is new baby sister, Boogie, and spends most days keeping his Mom company from her home office where she is the founder of a national charity, Fertile Future. The highlight of Stuart’s year was being the ring bearer at his human’s wedding last summer. His humans know just how lucky they are and feel so grateful to have this little angel in their lives.” – Stuart’s Humans, Liz and Scott

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Some students at Carleton University are doing a study and they need our help! They have created a survey with the purpose to gather information on pet owners and their use of veterinarian services in the Ottawa area. The survey does not ask for any personal information of the users, just about your dogs.

Take the survey here.

Thanks!

A while back we had a wonderful guest post about the DogBook for Facebook program. Now there is one for iPhone and iPod Touch. What really excites me is the Lost Dog option. This could be such a great asset for someone who has lost their dog or found someone else’s dog.

I have an iPhone and have tried this app out on both it and the iPod Touch and it works beautifully. The best part is it actually recognizes Ottawa as a location so it does suggest parks like Bruce Pit and Conroy Pit. You can join the parks if you frequent them as well as add photos – I just added some now for Bruce Pit!

Another great thing is the app is free! You can download the application through the iTunes App store or right from your iPhone or iPod Touch.

Oh man could this BE any cuter??

I have written several articles on the importance of diet as pertaining to the quality of life your dog leads. It is so important to me to help to spread the word. We’ve also had several guest writers chime in on different topics such as feeding a raw diet.

There are more articles to come, one in particular about my adventures in switching my dogs to a home cooked diet (it’s not as scary as you might think!).

For now, I was directed to a great article online about the dangers of processed food.