Dog Friendly Trails
Dog friendly hiking trails for you to explore!
School buses are awesome! It is the ultimate car ride for dogs: They are filled with kids who want to play. Kids who are easily distracted and may lose track of their delicious lunches and snacks. And unlike Mom and Dad’s cars, school buses have a runway straight down the middle for dogs to stretch […]
The Kennebunk Plains, located in Kennebunk, Maine, is a tranquil location to walk your dog. Consisting of approximately 2,000 acres, the miles of sandy trails offer easy walking over gently rolling hills, through grasslands, blueberry barrens, pine heaths, and swampland. The Kennebunk Plains is home to many unique and rare species of birds, reptiles and […]
In honor of Labor Day, I’d like to give a shout out to the hardest working dogs I know – the K9s of the Working Dog Foundation! These highly trained dogs are accomplished professionals who are on duty day and night helping to protect our police officers and assist them locate and rescue missing persons; detect […]
Recently I read an amusing article by the AKC listing Golden Retrievers as the fourth smartest dog, behind Border Collies, Poodles and German Shepherds. With all due respect, clearly their research is flawed. We are brilliant and should be ranked at the top of that list. So while I enjoy a little rest and relaxation […]
Barks & Rec, also known as the Eliot Dog Park, is open! Thanks to Chad Gregor’s Eagle Scout project, dogs now have a fun place to hang out and socialize in Eliot, Maine. Located in the back corner of Frost Tufts Community Park (195 Old Road), Barks & Rec offers two separate play areas for […]
As you know scientists have recently declared me a Golden Wolf, and Asa will eventually grow up to be a Dire Wolf. Well you can’t even begin to imagine our excitement when on a recent trip to Ipswich, MA we drove past a school for Wolves! According to the Wolf Hollow website their goal is […]
Kenyon Hill Preserve in South Berwick is an interesting place to hike with your dog in Maine. Adjacent to the more popular Mount Agamenticus in York, Kenyon Hill offers a serene hike through dense forrest, past wetlands, by the headwaters of the Ogunquit River, and up hilly terrain to enormous granite boulders. There are also […]
Dognabit! I can’t take it anymore!!! I’m sorry, that outburst was very unbecoming of a Golden. But once again Asa ruined a perfectly good nap by insisting on laying on my head. Recently though my good friend, Shawn, reminded me that Asa is only doing it because he loves me and wants to be with […]
I’ve been told that I’m long overdue in explaining our unique names, so I guess I should finally do it. We are named for my Mom’s ancestors who lived in the 1800s on Star Island at the Isles of Shoals off the coast of New Hampshire. Lemmy was named after Lemuel Caswell. Lemuel was a […]
On Sunday, September 20, 2015 Yankee Golden Retriever Rescue (YGRR) will be celebrating their 30th Anniversary with a luncheon and benefit auction! Proceeds from the silent auction, live auction and raffle will benefit the important work they do helping Golden Retrievers. There will also be a presentation by Andrei Markovits, author of From Property to […]