Hello faithful readers! I have been thinking about re-vamping the Ottawa Dog Blog so that it is more informative and easier to find things like services. I would love your input as to what you’d like to see happen in the re-design.
thanks so much!
Liz
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Not many people know this, but I am getting married in August. We are having a nice small ceremony and reception in our backyard surrounded by family, with two family members in particular; Paddington and Corduroy. It was important to me to have my dogs at my wedding, probably because I am a self-proclaimed crazy dog lady and because they are such a huge part of our lives. I am thrilled that the pups will be free to be with us on our big day.
I am not dressing the dogs up at all, Paddy may wear her pearl collar, but that’s about it. I do have a friend who is having their dog be the ring bearer and because of this, have made sure he looks spiffy in a bow tie. Certain websites have entire sections dedicated to doggy wedding gear and there was even a dog marriage at Woofstock in Toronto this summer.
While my personal opinion is that dog marriages are a tad silly, I do think it’s cute for a male dog to don a bow tie, but Paddington’s pearls are as far as I would go in dressing my dogs up for our wedding.
What are your thoughts on having dogs in weddings? What about dressing up for weddings?
What is your opinion on feeding your dog table scraps or people food? We don’t give table scraps persay, but our girls get people food. Yogurt and a baby carrot every morning, Corduroy gets some pineapple pieces before we leave to get rid of her poo eating habits. They get cheese every once and a while and Paddington loves peanut butter. When we give them these treats, we make sure it is never at the table or while we are eating – we don’t want the dogs to start to beg.
People do have mixed feelings when it comes to this topic though. Some people don’t give any people food at all and others don’t seem to mind.
What is your opinion? (post opinions in the comments)
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Ottawa Dog of the Week for May/20.13
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The photos taken at Westfest 2012 at Masters n Dogs are now ready to be downloaded. Thanks to the dogs and their humans who participated!
If you had a photo taken at Westfest 2012 at Masters n Dogs, 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!
Liz Bradley is a dog lover who lives in Ottawa, Ontario with her husband, Thomas, and their three little girls, Paddington, Corduroy and Wellington. Paddington is a Morkie (Maltese/Yorkie) and was born in September 2006 - she's a ball of energy and both Thomas and Liz love her to bits. Corduroy is a Malshi (Maltese/Shih Tzu) and was born in January 2008 - she is bold, determined and will lick you constantly if you let her. Wellington, our newest addition, is a one-year-old ShihTzu/Yorkie mix who we rescued in March from Animatch. She is full of energy and her favourite things are bananas, her Kong Wubba toy and curling up on her humans for a nap.
Liz has many sides to her including, photographer and graphic designer... ...read more
