The Red Dog Inn

NBC reports on Canine Partners, a great program helping Britian’s servicepeople who sustained injuries in combat.  The Red Dog Inn applauds Prince Harry for getting involved with such a worthy cause.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/38279498#38263805

Read this article to learn how the Gulf Oil Spill is impacting pets.  Shelters are over run. If you are getting ready to adopt, consider on of these.

http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2010/07/14/reporters-notebook-oil-and-the-family-pet/

While flipping around the channels tonight, I saw something I have to applaud. 

Perhaps you saw the trailers for the Hannah Montana movie. Ms. Cyrus was riding a horse without a helmet.   Today, in a preview for the new Disney Channel program, Hannah Montana Forever, I saw Miley Cyrus wearing a riding helmet while riding. 

KUDOS to Disney Channel and Ms. Cyrus for setting a good example for others! Thanks for the help!

What does every home with pets need?  A ROOMBA by iRobot. 

The Pet Series works every bit as well as your upright, but will vacuum your home up to 7 days a week. Yes, you have to clean the bin and brushes more frequently than your upright, but the time savings is appreciated.  Further, you can program it to vacuum when you’re not home.  Imagine, being able to check a chore off your list so you can spend more time with your pets! 

THANKS, iROBOT!

What every pet home needs -- a robot!

PHOTO STOLEN FROM iROBOT.

If horseback riding is part of your plans this summer, PLEASE wear a helmet!  Regardless of the saddle you ride, please wear a helmet.  Even if you’re only walking, please wear a helmet.

Horses trip. Riders fall.  Protect all that education you have invested in. Please wear a helmet.

Please read what Julie Goodnight, a professional clinician, ranch horse competitor and all-round good egg, has to say about helmets in her brilliant blog: http://juliegoodnightontheroad.blogspot.com/2010/07/july-10th-is-national-helmet-awareness.html#comment-form

BTW… if you’re looking for a QUALIFIED riding instructor, I highly recommend looking one up on www.CHAinstructors.com.

Hiding out from fireworks

On July 4th, Lula took up defensive positions on the couch plastered against my left hip.  Butters became the best foot warmer ever created.  But when friend, Julia, shared this photo of her basset, Barkley, I almost fell off the couch!  Yep, that’s Barkley hiding out from the fireworks in the dryer.  Where does your dog seek cover?

Check out this article about how Duke University’s Canine Cognitive Center is learning how our pet pooches think. 

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/07/04/1544294/the-friendly-brain-of-family-dogs.html

Happy Independence Day! Let's Party like it's 1783!

LIBERTY LOOKS GOOD ON YOU!

MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND SUSTAIN YOU UNTIL TIME IS NO MORE.

“Hurrah for the flag of the free.
May it wave as our standard forever
The gem of the land and the sea,
The banner of the right.
Let despots remember the day
When our fathers with mighty endeavor
Proclaimed as they marched to the fray,
That by their might and by their right
It waves forever.” — Stars and Stripes Forever, J.P. SOUSA

WITH MUCH GRATITUDE & AFFECTION,

SUZI & THE ZOO

Though, Lula’s less than thrilled with that 1812 Overture song.  There are cannons!