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Our second annual Three Dogs Silly Holiday Photo Contest!

The holiday season means our annual Silly Holiday Photo Contest – and this year’s winners will get autographed copies of A Dog Named Boo!

[box type=”alert” style=”rounded” border=”full”]Update:  Our Silly Holiday Photo Contest is now closed. See you next year![/box]

Maggie-Silly-Contest-BannerThe air is crisp, it’s getting dark just after lunchtime, and the holidays are upon us – so it’s time for our second annual silly holiday photo contest!

The rules are simple:

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  1. Fill out the form below with your name, email, and phone number and attach your silliest holiday dog photo.
  2. Only one photo per family, so make it your best!
  3. No repeat photos from the last contest – let’s keep those skills sharp![/ordered_list]

We’ll collect them and Lawrence will judge the top three silliest entries. (Why Lawrence? To avoid favoritism since I know so many of you and your dogs personally.)

What do the winners get beside the knowledge that they’ve got the silliest dog in the Hudson Valley?

We’re offering the top three winners autographed copies of A Dog Named Boo!

If you’ve already purchased A Dog Named Boo, Lisa will be more than happy to sign your copy – or send you a brand new one if you’d prefer.

The contest begins immediately and will run until noon on December 23rd. Once the winners are picked, we’ll post the results on the blog as well as get in touch with everyone to let them know they’ve won.

Good luck and happy holidays to everyone!

 

Pax’e Learns the Gum Ball Machine

Pax’e learns the gum ball machine is a nice example of trick training using a clicker.

I like using clickers for very specific tricks or tasks.

We’ll see this again when we see more of the nail board –

If you have read some of my other blogs, you will know I am not keen on perfect – just getting where we want to go as happily as possible.

You can almost see Pax’e’s brain cells firing away as she tries to understand how to make the gum ball machine work.

Pet Partners Mini Workshop

Have you been considering visiting with your dog but would like to know a bit more?

Join one of the upcoming Mini Workshops either in

  • Putnam County on March 2nd – 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
  • New York City on March 3rd – 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Presented by Lisa J Edwards, Best Selling Author, A Dog Named Boo: The Underdog with a Heart of Gold, these workshops will cover:

  • Basic handling skills for Visiting Animal Assisted Therapy Teams and All pet owners
  • A brief outline of Pet Partners registration, evaluation, and visit expectations
  • This mini workshop focuses on supportive and trust building pet handling skills. It is appropriate for:
    • Individuals wanting to know more about visiting with their animals before their online course
    • Seasoned handlers looking for additional preparation before their evaluation
    • Handlers who took the online course but want a more personal instruction from an experienced therapy handler, evaluator, and instructor

To find out more about these workshops, go to Pet Partners and log into the Volunteer Center. There you will be able to register for one of these upcoming workshops.

A $45 fee will be collected at the time of the workshop.

  • Putnam County on March 2nd – 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
    • 411 Route 6N, Mahopac, NY – Church Basement
  • New York City on March 3rd – 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
    • 120 W 97th Street, New York, NY – Community Room

Additional questions? Contact, Lisa Edwards

Pets and your Health, Puppy Training

Dr Frank Adams of SiriusXM’s Doctor Radio has a great show each month called “Pets and your Health.”

Three Golden Puppy Play Date

I was flattered to be invited to speak with them again yesterday, March 7th about puppies and all the questions that come with having a new puppy.

This a wonderful show (not just because they like me) but because Dr. Adams’s guests answer questions on a variety of pet-related topics and showcase the ever increasing data demonstrating how pets make our lives better.

If, like me, you are in your car a lot and have SiriusXM, you can listen for the re-broadcast of this episode Friday 4am to 6am, Sunday 6am to 8am on channel 110. If your not up and awake enough at these times to listen, you can always stream this episode and others on SiriusXM Doctor Radio.

Just as a shout out to SiriusXM Doctor Radio, besides Dr Adams’s shows “Pets and Your Health” and “Pulmonology,” there are plenty of other great shows to listen into, from “Health Care Connect” that answers all your insurance related questions at a time when we all have questions on this topic, to dermatology, men’s health, women’s health, nutrition, child and adult psychology and more.