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It’s raining on my face: Pilots ‘N Paws

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Three local rescue groups in the northern Virginia area (including HART and FOHA, who you may remember from such awesome dogs as Bella and Tavish) participated in a massive Pilots ‘N Paws event on Saturday.  The event was called the “Dog is My Copilot” Rescue Flyaway, and it helped save over 300 dogs.

As part of this flyaway event, more than one hundred dogs were brought from high-kill shelters in North Carolina to groups in northern Virginia. The dogs have now been placed in foster homes and shelters with no-kill pledges. Pretty cool, huh?

I have a special video to share with you today – it’s from the Asheville Humane Society, one of the groups in North Carolina helping to send these lucky pups on their way to northern Virginia and other destinations. (Insert obligatory tissue warning here.)

Is it raining on your face too?  It just so happens to be a pretty soggy day here, so perhaps everyone will just think I was outside too long.

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Three cheers for Barktoberfest!

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As you may remember, I adopted Tavish from a local rescue group called Friends of Homeless Animals (FOHA). It just so happens that FOHA is hosting a big event on September 29 (one week from today), so I wanted to tell you about it. It’s called Barktoberfest: A Purrfect Pet Celebration, and it’s going to be lots of fun. If you’re in the DC or northern Virginia area, consider stopping by!

(Bonus plug: I help with the FOHA Twitter account, and I’ll be live-tweeting from the event. What are you waiting for? Go follow!)

Tavish says... support FOHA!

In addition to food, vendors, and the usual festival-type stuff, there are a ton of great events planned, including:

Even better, oodles of adoptable FOHA dogs and cats will be at the event. Come out and meet them!

For more info, visit the Barktoberfest website.

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Game of Bones: Dinner is coming…

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Today, I have a duo of dogs for you… let me see your creative captions!

(As for my Game of Thrones-inspired efforts, I fully recognize they’re pretty silly. The dogs were staring at me last night waiting for food, and the rest is history…)

Lady Bellalyn of the House Bark

Lord Tavington of the House Squeaky Eggister

So, how would you caption these photos? (No Game of Thrones reference required.)

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7 books I wish my dogs would write

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The posts at Something Wagging This Way Comes never fail to get me thinking. This recent post is no exception: 7 Books I Wish Dog Trainers Would Write. (Head on over and check it out… I’ll wait here.) I hope the one about teaching your dog to stop shedding gets written. If I could, I’d reserve a copy now.

Since Pamela’s got the dog training books covered, I thought I’d turn my eye to another segment of the market – books about dog behavior. I’m sure we all have a few mysteries in need of solving (and after all, imitation is supposed to be the sincerest form of flattery – I hope Pamela feels sufficiently flattered today). To solve these mysteries, I’m going to the source.

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