I am sure that most of you followed along in September as the Ottawa Dog Blogs got skunked and I went through an array of products and many MANY baths to try to rid them of the smell. I will freely admit that the Drypet towel was my SAVIOUR during this time.

A while back, a reader sent in a comment about how amazing Drypet towels were so I contacted Drypet about doing a review earlier that month and they wonderfully agreed and sent me a towel to test out right away. And test we did. In that week alone, the dogs probably had close to 5 or 6 baths. They stunk…oh man it was bad. They don’t like baths to begin with so they were not thrilled at my many attempts to rid them of their stench. My dogs have longer hair and they are tiny therefore they get cold quickly so after the bath, there is usually quite a bit of toweling off…usually not very successfully.

The Drypet towel quickly absorbs the water out of my dog’s hair leaving them, although not fully dry (did I mention my dogs have a lot of hair??), but significantly drier than any other towel I’ve ever used. It will allow me to bathe them in the winter months without having to blow dry them for quite some time afterwards! Now I towel off, use the dryer a teensy bit and they are good to go.

The best part about the Drypet towels is that although we Ottawa folk have to purchase online, the company is based in Toronto and therefore we get the towels through the mail extremely fast and don’t have to worry about any import fees. I love supporting Canadian companies and it’s wonderful to find one with such a standout product.

The towel is very well priced at 19.95 per 24″x36″ towel. They are available in Grey and the best part is you can have is customized for 24.95!!! What a great deal!

Just for Ottawa Dog Blog readers, Drypet has agreed to give us a special discount – $10 off!!! The Ottawa Dog Blog special code is cdp10 and will work from Nov 18-25. EDIT: please not the date of the sale has changed – 1 WEEK ONLY!!

These towels would make a great gift for any pet lover this holiday season.

Prize pack for the 4 winners chosen by the online voting public:

$75 gift certificate for prints by photographer Liz Kerrison.
Treat your Dog @ Bark & Fitz with Bath & Tidy Spa Date (includes bath, brush out & blow dry, ear cleaning, pawdicure, nail clip, face & toosh trim) at our Westboro or Kanata Grooming Salon $40 worth of treats from the BARK & FITZ collection (bakery treats, bottle or tin treats, sizzlin liver or Nechako Valley bones or chews)
Bonus gift of choice from our bargain bin of discontinued items.

Today Paddington is 3 – I can’t believe it! It seems like yesterday we brought her home. She has been such an amazing part of our lives and has been through so much with us, buying and moving into our first home, her major surgery, a new little puppy sister (Corduroy), our wedding and much much more. We love our little girls and are so happy to have both of them in our lives.

To celebrate her big day, we went to Bruce Pit Park and I had our own little photo shoot with both dogs. I took advantage of the beautiful weather and the sun setting and got some fabulous shots.

After we got home though, due to our skunk incident last night, it was off for yet another bath!

Happy Birthday Paddy – I hope you had a great day!!

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Westfest 2009 was a great success! Ottawa Dog Blog teamed up with Bark & Fitz Westboro and elizabeth&jane photography to do a fun and cheeky fundraiser for BARK Rescue. Thanks to everyone who participated, we were able to raise $550 for the organization! View the Bad Dog Mug Shot Gallery here.

The reasons for the bad dogs being booked are below:

Saturday

1. Corduroy – for chewing up my favourite DVD!
2. Kuma and Bandit – for chasing every dog possible!!!
3. Charlie – for ripping up the carpet through the dog fence
4. Cocochilla – she’s under arrest for being so cute!
5. Albert – there isn’t enough space!
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Every dog is a good dog…and every dog is a bad dog! Why not capture that naughty side of your beloved four legged friend to remember and laugh about the time she ate your orthotic shoe insert (Corduroy!), or the time she got into your recipes and chewed them all up (Paddington!). I am sure we all have stories!

The Bad Dog Mug Shot photo shoot will be taking place during the Westfest Weekend on Saturday June 13th and Sunday June 14th outside of Bark and Fitz on Richmond Road. Photos are $15 with proceeds going to BARK Rescue!

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On Saturday May 2nd, I attended the Paws with Love to Share Seminar put on by the Therapeutic Paws of Canada. I snapped a few photos while I was there and if you were there and had your photo taken, please feel free to download them through the flickr page (click “all sizes” and choose your desired size).

If you’d like to see all of the photos taken at the seminar, the gallery is here.

My favourites are after you read more.
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