Dog Friendly Trails
Dog friendly hiking trails for you to explore!
Working Dog Foundation 20th Anniversary Fall Festival
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 […]
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Wicked Smart
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 […]
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Eliot Dog Park, Eliot, ME
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 […]
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Wolf School
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 […]
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Kenyon Hill Preserve, South Berwick, ME
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 […]
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Personal Space 101
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 […]
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My Spirit’s Home
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 […]
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Yankee Golden Retriever Rescue 30th Anniversary Celebration
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 […]
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Pac Puppy
Hanging out in my yard with Asa is like being with Pac Man. But instead of ghosts, he is tirelessly chasing crickets. You see our yard has exploded with crickets. They are everywhere! And Asa has taken it upon himself to try to eat them all. Problem is Asa doesn’t have the best eye / […]
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Hilton-Winn Preserve, York, ME
Located in York, Maine, the Hilton-Winn Preserve is a great place to hike with your dog. Owned by the York Land Trust, the trail winds its way past low-lying forested wetlands with vernal pools, through dense upland forest, and over the Ogunquit River. Traces of the Hilton and Winn families’ two centuries of ownership of these […]
