Bring your SPOOKTACULAR DOG to Masters ‘n DOGS Westboro anytime during the month of October to perform a wicked trick for our staff or tell them why your dog is so WICKED. By donating $5 to B.A.R.K. rescue during the Wickedly Westboro month, your dog’s 4 star trick will earn a bag of treats + a raffle ticket for a chance to win one of 7 prize packs worth over $100–2 top prizes from Champion Pet Foods includes a monthly bag of Orijen Cat & ACANA or Orijen Dog for one full year! Treats 4 Tricks & Wicked Deeds will be handed out as of October 1st during regular store hours and the SuperNATURAL RAFFLE prize pack winners will be drawn on November 2nd. Our WICKED PHOTO BOOTH contest is in conjunction with Tricks & Wicked Deeds 4 Treats. Visit our Monthly Features on our blog for details.

Wag on over to Masters 'n DOGS in-store PHOTO BOOTH set-up and register for our "Most Wicked Dog" contest. Don't forget to bring your camera!

Small Fry Maïa photobysuebird.com

Now that winter is really here, some of our tiny and/or short fur friends have been inquiring about indoor social time at Masters ‘N Dogs Westboro. Sign up for our dog social club info and meetings by writing to Stella at: barkinwestboro@gmail.com
Some of you are already registered. If you’ve been to a social last winter when we were Bark & Fitz, we still have your info on file.

Please tell us your dog’s name and breed (or breed description if a mixed breed), month and year of birth, what food your dog is presently eating and what type of treats that it prefers. This will help us set up the socials properly. We try to group them by size and breed when the clubs start getting up there in number of participants. We aim to have a Small Breed Puppy group and a Large Breed Puppy grouping. Indoor socials will be on either Tuesdays or Wednesdays from 6:30 to 7:30. We ask that all members are gone by 7:45 so the staff can close up shop after a long day at work.

Indoor dog socials are meant to expose dogs of similar size & breed to other dogs and their masters. We offer treat samples, food samples, feature toy of the month, a basket with gently used toys “to share” and discussion time with our knowledgeable staff. We sometimes have special guests such as Bark Busters, a local artist or photographer and will have special promotions with store products for club members only. We ask for a donation to BARK rescue as an entry fee for these indoor socials. Once a month we will draw a door prize for social club members who’ve attended our indoor events.

Tue January 17th: Boxers
Wed January 18th: Small Fries (under 19lbs)
Tue January 24: Bullies & Pugs (bulldogs, frenchies, pugs)
Wed January 25: Small Breed Puppies
Tue January 31st: Large Breed Puppies
Wed February 1st: Doxies (dachshunds)

Masters ‘N DOGS Westboro, 354 Richmond Rd, Ottawa in Westboro Village, 613-792-3711

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(Ottawa Dog of the Week for December 12th, 2011)

“Here is the cutest puppy in the world: Sprocket! He’s named after the
Fraggle Rock dog. His mum is Maltese-Shih Tzu and his daddy is Schnauzer-Poodle. He’s already out-grown both of them, weighing in at a whopping 11 pounds. He was born into his foster parents care through BARK, the rescue organization, and adopted by us, his forever-family!” Sprocket’s Human, Lesley.

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Masters ‘n Dogs in Westboro is hosting the DOGS in DISGUISE Howl O Ween contest where the 3 winners will be determined by online voting.

Bring your DOG in DISGUISE to Masters ‘n DOGS, 354 Richmond Rd in Westboro Village during retail hours between October 20th to the 30th to register and have its photo taken. The $5 registration fee will be donated to BARK rescue.

This is not a “bring your own photo contest” or a “Halloween photo shoot”, it’s more of a photo ticket entry for an online voting contest.

CONTEST RULES

• photos must be taken by a staff member at Masters ‘n Dogs
• your dog can simply look like someone (Lady GaGa, Bono, Queen Elizabeth) or something ( clown, chocolate bar, a mop) to qualify–it does not necessarily have to be wearing a store bought costume
• homemade or put together costumes are strongly encouraged (wig, glasses, human apparel)
• what you name the disguise as will be just as important as to what your dog actually looks like for the photo

Online voting polls will open on October 31st and close at midnight on November 2nd. VOTE and tell all your friends & family to vote by visiting Masters ‘n Dogs new blog through our website: http://mastersndogs.ca/blogs/news

Masters ‘n DOGS Westboro, 354 Richmond Rd near lululemon & MEC. 613.792.3711

3 top vote getters will win a prize pack from Masters ‘n Dogs worth over $100! Treats, tricks, Around the Hounds collar & Masters get a gift too!

Shiraz disguised as Simon Cowell

Stella as a Bag Lady

The BARKin Westboro Awoofs photos taken at Westfest 2011 at Bark & Fitz are now ready to be downloaded. Thanks to the dogs and their humans who participated!

If you had a photo taken at Westfest 2011 at Bark & Fitz, please follow these instructions to pick it up:

* Click here to open the album
* Find your dog and click the photo to make it bigger
* Above the photo there will be a down-facing arrow icon – click on the icon to download your photo!

*Note: even if it rains, we’ll still be doing the portraits! Liz will just be inside the store instead of under the tent so still come out!!*

BARKin’ Westboro Awoofs at Westfest!
Bark & Fitz outdoor booth
June 11th & 12th, 2011

Join photographer Liz Bradley in our red carpet area for the Best Dog Awoofs. You decide what your dog is best at and find a movie, series or tv show that he/she can star in. We will have a press wall, trophy and accessories for your dog as he/she receives the award & goody bag.

Here are some sample Awoofs
Shiraz: Best Howling in Home Alone
Stella Artois: Best Begging in Guess who’s Coming to Dinner
Wellington: Best scoot out the front door in Escape from Alcatraz
Paddington: Best Jump & Fly in Superman the movie

The $20 fee includes a donation to B.A.R.K. rescue, a finished digital print of the ceremony, a nail clip for your dog (or coupon to redeem at a later date), a ‘thanks for donating doggy bag’ and a raffle ticket for a chance to win awesome prizes from Ottawa Dog Blog, Elizabeth&Jane Photography and Bark & Fitz Westboro.

Hope to see you there!
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