Taste Great – Less Filling

According to the St. Petersburg Times and the Tampa Tribune,  a 10 pound Shih Tzu named Moby was killed on 2/18/10  by a 110 pound Mastiff or Rhodesian Ridgeback named Lucius  at the new Curtis Hixon Dog Run in Tampa.
“Her husband, Michael Pack, took the dog there and was preparing to leave when a dog [...]

Previously I wrote about about Dogs Parks Not Being Playgrounds.   Since then I had several encounters with people who came to the Lutz dog park with children under 6 years old, despite the park rules being the contrary.   I did not understand why, until I looked at all the signs on the gates. [...]

The Mutt Watch will return next week .  Today I’m covering a pet peeve ( Pun intended. ) – Scott
Children under age six are not allowed at the Lutz dog park, yet I have seen parents bring toddlers inside and let them play willy-nilly while a pack of big dogs tears around,  sometimes smacking into people. A child could easily [...]

Two weeks ago I did an article about how therapeutic dog parks are for humans. Of course dogs benefit from these venues in obvious ways: social interaction, large spaces to run in, and best of all freedom from leashes. Underlying all of that is the confidence dogs build roaming free among the human and canine tribes.
Ella just [...]