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.

In the spring of this year, I launched a photography business. I photograph dogs, cats, maternity, babies, kids, families, events and weddings. I love to take photographs and am so happy to be doing this in Ottawa!

I am very excited to announce a special seasonal promotion – Holiday Card Mini Sessions! It may feel like a bit early to be talking about the Holiday Season, but it’s the perfect time to get a great photo taken for your holiday cards!

Holiday Card Mini Sessions will take place on Saturday November 7th, 2009 at the Arboretum in the Central Experimental Farm.

For only $150, you will get:

• 20 minute session with Liz;
• 5-10 professionally retouched photos in a private online gallery;
• 24-5″x5″ custom designed holiday cards printed on your choice of Fine Art Linen or Watercolour card stock with 1 or 2 images from the shoot;
• Save $10 on any additional sets of 24 cards;
• PLUS receive an additional $30 print credit towards a la carte purchases.

Early Booking Special

Book your session before October 23rd and receive three FREE 5×7 prints of your favourite images from the shoot!!

This event is very limited, only ten spots are available so book soon to secure your spot and avoid disappointment! To book your session, email Liz.

Sessions great for family, dogs, kids…anyone!

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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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The Fur in the Family Westboro photo day happened this past weekend with photographer Sue Bird. This photo is of Anne, the manager of Bark and Fitz in Westboro and is just beautiful. The next, and last, Fur in the Family photo shoot is at the Bark and Fitz Kanata location on May 23rd!! Spots are filling up quickly so book yours soon by calling the store.

I have booked my session and I am very excited to work with Sue to get an amazing family portrait!

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Ottawa Dog Blog had the chance to interview photographer, Angela Hubbard from Beyond Bellies. Angela is new to Ottawa, having just moved here from Vancouver.

Name: Angela Hubbard | BEYOND BELLIES PHOTOGRAPHY
Location: Ottawa, ON
Website: http://www.beyondbellies.com
Camera(s): canon 5d – canon 1d mark II

How would you classify or explain your style of dog photography?
I like to call it ‘phot-DOG-graphy’ I have been very blessed for the past 15 years to have a wonderful photography career photographing people. All kids of people from celebrities, rock stars, weddings, portraits, which has now brought my career path to two of my most challenging subjects ever – children and dogs. My career and style started when I started shooting rock concerts for Rolling Stone and capturing artists in their element, while I was in my element. There was something with our 2 passions & energies mixing, something that just ‘clicked’ that was magical. This same energy has moved from rock stars to dogs… as every concert is different… so is every dog. You work with your subject, you know when it’s the right time, play in that energy and when they it’s done.. it’s done.

How did you get into doing dog-related photography?
When I was a kid, we always had dogs in my household. My mom wouldn’t have it any other way. She is THE dog walker! Also, being the 4th of 5 children our dog kept us active, my sister and brother were both artists and I stole their cameras and would take photos of our beagle, Snoopy. Funny how it all happened at such a young age, If I only knew then, it would be my life now.

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