Top Dog Winner Lazy Dog Crazy Dog is reinventing doggie daycare and boarding in Portland. Its owners, Pete and Jackie McClellan, are also inventing a new language for their industry. For example, “tommy and taddy,” meaning “temporary mommy and daddy,” refers to them and their eight employees. The McClellans maintain the philosophy that a dog “is more than a family member.” Says Jackie, “We treat our dogs like they’re somebody’s kids. Like they’re our kids.”
Portland’s Tin Shed Café celebrates its 10th anniversary this month and a win for best pet-friendly restaurant in Spot’s Top Dog Awards.
Who says an old dog can’t learn a new trick? Certainly not local vet Ken Genova!
At 66, with 38 years in practice, Dr. Genova is best known as the owner of Tigard Animal Hospital (TAH) and Village at Main Pet Hospital in Wilsonville. On August 31, however, he added two new practices to his name, The Pet Clinic in Salem and Dr. Bauman’s Veterinary Hospital in Newport.
The expansion means he’ll now be splitting his time between four locations, but Genova has already worked out his schedule. “I like the beach,” he says with a grin.
Lara the Cat had a long white coat and silver-tipped tail, and her jade eyes had seen a world of abuse and neglect. She weighed six pounds and came into this writer’s life by way of a friend’s grooming shop, where she’d appeared one day and claimed residence on a high shelf in the back room.
The shop was a hub of activity and, after a few months, my groomer friend decided the 14-year old, declawed feline would be better off at my then-petless home.
Within a week we made our first emergency vet run. Lara had fallen and lay twitching for 10 minutes. She had obvious neurological problems, and another $1,000 might have given us an exact diagnosis, but, as my vet put it, if I wasn’t planning on meds or surgery, it might just be best to keep Lara comfortable.
Janee Bennion and Reid Tully enjoy a late afternoon rest in Arches National Park with their two white labs after a hard day of mountain biking on nearby BLM lands.What every adventurer needs to know about dogs in national parks
The early May day is a scorcher at Arches National Park outside Moab, Utah. Eighty-six degrees at 5pm.
Hikers straggle off the Devil’s Garden trail, a long, sun-drenched loop crossing slick rock fins and ledges. At the trailhead, a young couple fills a water bowl for two white Labs dozing under the drinking fountain.
This family will not be exploring the seven-mile trail. In fact, they’ll go no farther than the adjacent campground. Canine movement is highly restricted in U.S. National Parks, which begs consideration when planning a road trip with Rover.
Hiking with Dogs is Great Fun, but be Prepared
Like any self-respecting Labrador Retriever, one-year-old Bear is happiest playing fetch in a natural body of water. Lucky for Bear, his partner in crime, Gary Harr, is also at his best on a river or lake.
Harr, who leads dog-friendly hikes for the social networking group Meetin Portland (MIPL), frequently takes Bear for five-mile jaunts in the Columbia River Gorge, and on the Clackamas, Sandy and Willamette Rivers. Last spring he led MIPL hikes at Triple Falls in the Gorge and at Oaks Bottom/Sellwood Park. His weekend haunts also include the Sandy River Delta (exit 18 off I-84), where Bear can roam off leash and splash in the river, always in sight.