Paw Prints the Magazine

Towser Talk – The Marriott TownePlace Suites in Englewood, CO

By Jeff Scheetz
We pulled into Denver with Towser in tow for the UFO Major frisbee tournament on Saturday, and the much lauded Quadruped on Sunday. Two days of serious disc dogging competition (Saturday’s competition had 140 teams!!!). When you are doing two full days of dog sports you need a good place to unwind and [...]

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FAIR Campaign Launched to Educate and Encourage Dog Owners to Learn More About Forest Access

Bend, OR, August 10, 2010 – The Forest Access is a Right & Responsibility (FAIR) campaign was launched to help citizens access quality off-leash recreation opportunities on the Deschutes National Forest.
We believe it is possible for skilled land managers to provide quality opportunities for all recreationists, while sustaining our public lands. Because recreation is so [...]

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Expedition Paw Prints Reviews The Eureka Northern Breeze

By Dale E. Smith
Tent camping in the 1960’s and ‘70’s taught me some valuable lessons about car camping. To start with, you have to search out that perfect campsite. You know the one, just enough trees but not too many because they block the wind. Find a level spot to pitch the tent. (It’s no [...]

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Towser Talk – The Raintree Inn in Newcastle, IN

In order to get an invitation to the Skyhoundz disc dog world championships, you have to be among the top teams at a regional qualifier. The qualifier for the North Central region took place in New Castle, Indiana. Our hotel of choice while attending the event was the Raintree Inn just off interstate 70 in New Castle.

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Towser Talk – Travelodge in Gray Summit, MO

By Jeff Scheetz
This hot weekend in July brought us to the Travelodge Six Flags in Gray Summit, Missouri. We would be competing in disc dog events at the nearby Purina farms for the weekend. Gray Summit is located just 35 miles from St. Louis, and the Travelodge sits conveniently just off of I-44.
Our room was [...]

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Make Your Dog a “Cool Cat”

Last winter Ruff Wear became a gear supplier for our Expedition Paw Prints series. Keegan was decked out with hiking boots, camp pads, life jackets, fleece coats etc. Now that summer has arrived, we needed some gear that would cool him off.
For summertime fun Ruff Wear sent us a Swamp Cooler™ cooling vest. Here is [...]

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Dog Runs, Bear Attacks Hiker in Kentucky

This is a news article from Kentucky.com. The website of the Lexington Herald-Leader
http://www.kentucky.com/2010/06/29/1327571/gorge-closes-after-bear-attack.html
By Dori Hjalmarson, Josh Kegley and Karla Ward – Herald-Leader Staff Writers
This story is the reason our National Parks systems DO NOT allow our pets on back country trails. This also why if you are hiking or backpacking with you dog in [...]

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Move Over Rover, I’m Trying To Drive!

by Dale Smith
Owning dogs and having to take them places has always created problems for me. Our dogs, the smallest of which is around 60 pounds, are not very well trained when it comes to riding in the car. It especially gets to be a challenge when we put all four in. We have a [...]

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Towser Talk – Wingate by Wyndham, Bentonville, AR

With the SUV loaded with lots of gear, two people and one dog, we headed out early in the morning for Bentonville, AR to compete in the Bigwag Arkansas Disc Dog State Championship. While Bentonville may be best known as the home of Wal-Mart, it is also a real jewel in the Ozarks with a lot of green space and of course it’s close proximity to crystal clear Beaver Lake.

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Planning to take your dog boating?

Thankfully, the warm days of summer have arrived. With the beautiful weather, so beckons the call to go out on the water and many of you will choose to take your canine friends along for the boat ride. If you do, be sure to follow a few common sense guidelines:

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Aloha, Aloft

Travel Tails kept us close to home June 4th. This adventure would take us to Leawood, Kansas, a suburb on the Kansas side of the Kansas City Metro and about 8 miles from our house. It is an area we know all to well; the studio for our radio show is just a few blocks away.

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Towser Talk: Tie me up, tie me down (with a seatbelt)

When you have an active dog like Towser, the prospects of putting him in a vehicle and traveling are always a little daunting. Since we spoiled him as a puppy and let him roam around the Rav4 wherever he liked, it has been hard to explain to him that not only is that not safe for him – it’s not safe for any of us! He has fallen off the console and shifted the truck into park going down the interstate, and since he knows how to roll down the windows in the back…

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Towser Talk: FloAnn’s Cottages, Estes Park, CO

By Jeff Scheetz and Towser (Photos by Jackie)

My wife Jackie and I had a trip planned to the Denver area at the end of May so our dog, Towser, could compete in the Skyhoundz World Qualifier disc dog competition. Since the competition would only require us to be in Denver for a couple of days, we thought we’d take a little extra time in the Centennial State to … what else … spend some time in the mountains. We ultimately decided on FloAnn’s Cottages in Drake, Colorado.

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Towser Talk: The Hotel Teatro, Denver, CO

By Jeff Scheetz & Towser (photos by Jackie)

When my wife Jackie and I began making plans to travel to Denver at the end of May so our dog, Towser, could compete in the Skyhoundz World Qualifier disc dog competition we knew we’d require a pet-friendly hotel. We ultimately decided on the Hotel Teatro in downtown Denver.

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Easy Rider

What dog owner hasn’t once considered including their dog(s) in their vacation plans? It may seem especially appealing when the trip involves traveling by car. Some of you might even do it regularly & have some tips for the rest of us. There is no doubt that, from time to time, traveling with your dog can be a fun way to go. There is also little doubt that it can go the wrong way. I’m even going to bet that as each one of you read the first few sentences of this article, your imagination or your memory quickly created a little movie depicting that very scenario. Your canine road film might have played out as a love story, a romantic comedy, a drama, a thriller or a horror movie. I definitely know how I saw my own just now.

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