Good-bye to winter, hello to springtime, and welcome to Bay Woof’s annual travel issue! Is your cooped-up pooch staring at you with those pleading eyes, leash at paw? Bay Woof’s pages are brimming this month with great ideas for dog-friendly getaways, and great tips for making the most of every trip with your canine companion.
More and more destinations are recognizing that more and more of us don’t like to leave our dogs at home. Wherever we go, let’s make sure we get invited back again. Start by preparing your pets for the trip before you hit the road. Service dog trainer Jean Cary shares several excellent travel training techniques in this month’s Good Dog! column.
For those of us who like to walk gently on the planet while walking joyously with our dogs, Judith Gottesman suggests some gorgeous grrr-een getaways on the northern California coast. One of Judith’s recommendations, Stanford Inn, was our readers’ Beast of the Bay pick this year for favorite dog-friendly lodging. Look for more dog and earth friendly travel temptations here.
We’re happy to feature contributions from other 2013 Beast of the Bay notables in April’s pages. In our Ask Dr. Dog column, Kristel Weaver, a DVM at BOBA-honored Bishop Ranch Veterinary Center, tells us how she takes top care of those miraculous tripod mutts who manage to keep their tails wagging after they’ve lost a limb. And Oakland Animal Services, BOBA runner-up for Best Municipal Shelter, livens up our Shelter Zone column with the tale of one big-energy dog’s big adventure as a transfer to an OAS partner shelter in Colorado.
Don’t miss your chance to raise a glass to all our 2013 Beast of the Bay honorees at the BOBA party on Saturday, April 13, at the El Rio on Mission Street in San Francisco. We’ll feature photos of all the fun in the May edition.
Happy travels ’til then.
– Deb C.Z. Hirsch, Managing Editor
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