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Do Metro Pet Magazine’s Policies Hurt Pet Charities?

Posted on 09. Jun, 2011 by dsmith.

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If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!By Dale E. Smith
There have been many darts thrown at me the last couple of years. All of them directed my way for speaking my mind when it comes to animal charities, shelters and rescues, even though Paw Prints has [...]

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Buffalo fits the Bill, (and your dog)

Posted on 04. Jun, 2011 by dsmith.

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By Dale E Smith
Dog Collars, hmmmm. As a general rule we shy away from doing product reviews on dog collars. The main reason is we really don’t know what we would say about them unless they are extraordinary in some way, shape or form. I mean really, it goes around the dogs neck and it’s [...]

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Camping with pets: First aid kits

Posted on 04. Jun, 2011 by dsmith.

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By Dale E Smith
This is another installment of our camping with pets series. We are going to cover first aid. We aren’t teaching you first aid but hoping you’ll find tips on what to have in a first aid kit for you and your pet.
Dogs can find trouble without trying. If you are active with [...]

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Snake in the grass

Posted on 04. Jun, 2011 by dsmith.

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By Dale E. Smith
The weather is finally warm in the entire country and many of us can’t wait to get outside with our pooch, or in our case, pooches, in tow. The grandeur of the great outdoors pulls some of us to her like a magnet. We can hardly wait to get off the beaten [...]

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If you got the money honey, your pet has the time.

Posted on 10. May, 2011 by dsmith.

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By Dale E. Smith
The school year is coming to an end, the weather is officially going to stay warm and summer travel season has arrived. Many of us will be heading out for adventure – some will be traveling to destinations where a hotel stay is in order; others will be heading their favorite lake [...]

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Dogs Allowed to Stay with Owners in Select State Park Cabins Starting April 2012

Posted on 13. Apr, 2011 by dsmith.

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Seven State Parks Currently Taking Reservations
HARRISBURG, Pa., April 12, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Dogs will be allowed to stay with their owners at select state park cabins and camping cottages under a pilot program that will begin in April 2012, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources said today.
“Every year a number of visitors ask us [...]

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G’day Mate!

Posted on 26. Feb, 2011 by dsmith.

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By Dale E smith
Approximately 25 years ago, my parents gave me a wonderful Christmas gift – a drover coat. Similar in look to the Western duster coat, the Australian oilskin coat has been developed over two centuries from its humble beginning as the monsoon cape used by the sailors of the great oceans, to the [...]

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Gandhi – For The Very Civilly Disobedient

Posted on 18. Feb, 2011 by dsmith.

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By Dale E. Smith
On our never ending quest to seek out products from around the world to make a pet owners life easier we travel to New Zealand and check out the D-fa Gandhi lead. Now I know many of you will say a leash is a leash is a leash, but this one stood [...]

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The thunder from down under, Doggies Waterhole has arrived!

Posted on 18. Feb, 2011 by dsmith.

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by Dale E. Smith
We are always on the hunt for products that make our lives easier while we go on adventures with our dogs. Whether we are backpacking a National Forest, Camping in a State Park, traveling to a five star hotel or just taking the pooches for a stroll we need products that are [...]

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09.30.2010 – Ignorance Runs Amuck

Posted on 30. Sep, 2010 by dsmith.

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Once again I was amazed at the ignorance that seemingly runs amuck in today’s world.
For six years we have offered our photography services and media coverage to any non-profit organization in the animal welfare community. If an organization has a fundraiser we gladly give them a free listing on the Calendar of Events page on [...]

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Wayside Waifs 20th Annual Strutt With Your Mutt 2010, Kansas City, MO

Posted on 26. Sep, 2010 by Stacy Smith.

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The 20th annual Strutt With Your Mutt had great weather and a great turn out Saturday 09.25.2010. Initial reports are they had more participants than ever. Ashlee Parker, PR/Events person for Wayside told us “For the record– this was a record breaking Strutt for us. More than 1200 Strutters… and several hundred runners this year. [...]

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Booth-gate

Posted on 20. Sep, 2010 by dsmith.

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Hatred and venom spew in Kansas City over the vendor booth question.
by Dale E Smith
This weekend was the last weekend of summer and as I decompress from yet another fundraiser for another charity, my weekend has been filled with emails, wishing me ill, calling me names such as “money grubbing”, only interested in “lining my [...]

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To booth or not to booth? That is the question.

Posted on 16. Sep, 2010 by dsmith.

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By Dale Smith
What makes great fundraiser or pet event? That is the million dollar question isn’t it?
The reason I ask is simple. Right now is the “tail” end of pet event season in the Kansas City metro area (pun intended) and also the time the public pools in the metro start closing. It has become [...]

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Expedition Paw Prints Reviews The Eureka Northern Breeze

Posted on 07. Aug, 2010 by dsmith.

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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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Friends of Parkville Animal Shelter’s second Meowie Wowie Luau. 07.24.10

Posted on 24. Jul, 2010 by dsmith.

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Friends of Parkville Animal Shelter’s held their second Meowie Wowie Luau on July 24th. Everyone had a great time at the Hawaiian style party that featured live music from the Hootin’ Annies, a silent auction, signature drinks, pupus (hors d’oeuvres), dancing and much more. Meowie Wowie Luau proceeds will go directly to [...]