Welcome to the 4th Annual Golden Tail Wags Awards! Normally we celebrate the weird and wonderful things we’ve seen on our Dog Friendly Places adventures the previous year. However, nothing was normal about 2020, and we didn’t go anyplace. So today we are turning the spotlight on the delightful cast of characters who made staying […]
Asa here. You may think that being friends with stuffed animals is all fun and games, but there’s a lot of responsibility too. For example, yesterday my stuffie friend Moosey was feeling a bit stuffy, and wanted fresh air. I never want to disappoint my stuffies, so I was more than happy to oblige his […]
As the year draws to a close, this is always the most difficult post for us to write, especially in 2020. The loss of human life this year is overwhelming, with so many families and pets grieving. Yet we feel it is important to continue our tradition of paying tribute to the dear dog and […]
Earlier this week we shared a video from 2016 of Asa and myself playing on the beach. As we watched, we were reminded of a valuable life lesson we learned that day that wasn’t readily apparent in our video. We learned the importance of helping a stranger in need and paying it forward. In fact, […]
As 2019 draws to a close, we’d like to pause and reflect on the lives of dear friends who crossed Rainbow Bridge this year. Some we knew since they were a puppy, while others we were just starting to know. Some we never met in person, but through their tweets and posts, they became dear […]
It’s not every day that one can surround themselves with joy, love, hope, healing, mischief, fun and 159 Golden Retrievers. However, that is exactly what happened at the 5th Annual New England Golden Jubilee! On Saturday, May 18, 2019, Golden Retrievers from across New England and as far away Florida, Georgia, Virginia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, […]
This week Mom and Dad’s trainer invited us to join him for a special class at the beach. The students were specially selected because we each had unique skills that we needed to work on with our humans. One dog, nicknamed “Cujo” by the trainer, is aggressive towards little dogs. Another dog, nicknamed “Dopey,” is […]
Now that we’re finally getting a hint of spring in Maine, it’s time to take Mom and Dad’s training outside. Let’s face it, we’ve been working really hard all winter, but we’ve been cooped up practicing at the same old dog friendly stores and in our neighborhood. Mom and Dad know what we expect of […]
Thus far in Mom and Dad’s obedience training we have focused on their polite leash walking and how to deal with mine and Asa’s celebrity status when human fans approach. Now we’re going to focus on training Mom and Dad on the polite greeting of dogs. However, it seems that Mom and Dad’s trainer and […]
As everyone knows, my motto is “Fetch is Life!” Now most may assume I learned how to play the best game ever from my big brother, Lemmy. However that is far from the truth. You see Lemmy took a different approach and enjoyed playing “Har, Har, I have the Ball and You Don’t.” Those rules […]
