Scurrying around the Bay Area looking for fun this weekend? Then why not stop by the 3rd Annual Bay Area Pet Fair and Adoptathon in San Rafael! Held at the Marin Center on September 6th and 7th, the fair is the largest dog-friendly event of its kind in Northern California.
This year, Dogster is not only a proud supporter of the event, but is a sponsor of The Other Dog Show, a fun, cutting edge, spectacular event that's dog years ahead of its time. Come hang out with us and watch cool adoptable and adopted canines compete for titles such as Most MuttaliciousBest Lap Dog and Best Non-Dog! The Other Dog Show takes place at 1:00 p.m. on both days of the fair.
Multiple venues offering demonstrations, performances and expert presentations, including The Muttley Crew canine athletes; animal nutrition, massage and whole energy wellness; police K-9 demos; small animal care; and many others
A Kids Pavilion with opportunities for youngsters to learn from humane educators, interact with animals and get their faces painted by Popo the Clown
Interactive opportunities for your dog, including bobbing for hot dogs, recall through distractions, tricks and an agility course
Super furriendly humans from Dogster HQ in San Francisco will be present on both days, so if you're in the area, by all means come by and give us a woof! For more information about the fair, head on over to their website! See you there!
Behavior and training expert Ann Lockley has a lifetime of experience – surgical nurse at the largest veterinary hospital in Canada, running a no-kill animal shelter, managing an internationally acclaimed kennel of show dogs and training her German Shepherd Dog for Search and Rescue - uniquely qualifying her to help your dog be as happy and well adjusted as it can be.
We're so happy with how much money is being raised for Cure Canine Cancer so far thanks to our new annual subscription drive in August, we're going to continue it all the way through September. AND from September 1 through September 30th we're also going to donate $2 for each annual Plus subscription renewal. So in September, whether you renew or start new, we'll donate $2 to Cure Canine Cancer for each annual subscription payment.
Cure Canine Cancer is an amazing endeavor do what it names says: "1 in 4 dogs die of cancer. Many more suffer from the terrible effects, together we can cure this disease in the next ten to twenty years - the lifetime of a dog."
We just redesigned the site with a new look. Check it out! We can now show much bigger pictures, and made it easier to comment and read comments (as they have been great and so much fun seeing everyone having a ball.)
Another new feature is that you can subscribe by email, and we'll send a daily email to you with a digest of all the most recent entries. You can sign up for daily emails now!
If you have any thoughts about the new design, please share them.
Dogster Site News and Updates for August 25th, 2008
Woof woof! I'm very pleased to announce Dogster's first Plus Subscription Drive. Subscribing members mean a lot (A LOT!) to us. It confirms to us that you really love and use the site and that we can commit even more fully to making it just how you want it. Each annual subscription goes a long way to covering our server, hosting, office and development team costs.
As of July 25th all funds raised will go to Cure Canine Cancer, an exemplary medical research effort being run by the excellent Morris Animal Foundation. The more folks that join Plus during this time period, the more money will be donated to this important cause, and the more we know you are with us for the long haul =).
All very exciting! We hope you also noticed that we recently doubled the number of photos that Plus members can upload and share. Plus members can now post 100 photos for each of their pets and have an updated Photo Book to display them in. We've also been adding a lot of new items to the Gift Shop that you can give to your pals with your free monthly Zealies. And there are now 5 Plus-only Forums dedicated to Plus Pups.
So pawlease if you love the site, want to enjoy your experience more completely, or just want to help out a couple of amazing organizations, buy a new annual subscription between now and August 31st.
Should be a good one! Don't forget you can meet the show contestants or join the fan group. We even added a real-time chat to the Group so you can talk with furiends while you're watching it!
Important Alert Notice! Please Read!
It's come to our attention that Dogster is possibly being overrun by dogs in crazy hats. Now we are regular pawple here and it's no big deal to us to see a dog in a top hat or baseball cap or good old fashioned frontier cowboy hat. No biggie, happens everyday. But let me as you ... have you ever seen a dog wearing a chicken butt??? or a propeller beanie??? or ... a can of spam! Ever want to give one as a gift???
Well we here at Dogster are not going to take this sitting down! We lift up our paws and bark for for a chicken butt in every pot. Fight fire with fire, we say.
