Seattle Pup Magazine believes in supporting local ART, THEATER, and DOGS! March 1-24, 2018 Harlequin Productions in Olympia, Washington presents: The Art of Racing in the Rain When: March 1-24, 2018 Dog philosopher Enzo is brought to life for the theater. The play is based on the novel by New York Times Best Selling author Garth Stein's work The Art of Racing in the Rain. You can find a copy of this book at your local library (Seattle Public or King County libraries for example) or at local bookstores: here are a couple of our favorites: Elliot Bay Bookstore and Third Place Books.

Three Pet Food Recalls! (1) Northwest Naturals Dog Food Recall Portland, Oregon Frozen raw dog food --possible Listeria contamination (2) Vital Essentials Dog Food Recall Carnivore Meat Company of Green Bay, WI Freeze-dried dog food --possible contamination with Salmonella (3) TruDog Pet Treats Recall TruPet LLC of Milford, OH TruDog Pet Treats --possible contamination with Salmonella bacteria. What should you do? Stop feeding this product to your dog. Visit Dog Food Adviser for details on returning food or refunds and to sign up for dog food recall alerts. Report your experience: If you live in the USA contact the consumer complaint coordinator in your area . Americans can report complaint

Got a pup? Never been to a dog park? No fear Seattle Pup is here! Here are a few of our tips for a great trip! Train your pup to come to you. First of all you will want to do a bit of training with your dog before attending a dog park so that you can let them off leash and be able to call them back to you. This is especially true in larger parks, like the doggie Disneyland, a.k.a Marymoor, which does not fence all of its areas. Keep an eye on your pup. Never leave your pup without supervision at the park. Also it is important to watch their interactions and be there in case there is a scuffle. This is especially important when your pup meets and greets other dogs for the first time. Sma

Walk into your local store, almost any store, and does the sight of all the red roses vased with baby’s breath and tidy ribbons, shiny Mylar balloons full with platitudes of love, and boxes upon boxes of chocolates filling a whole aisle make you want to fast forward to tomorrow when it is not Valentine’s Day? If abundant commercial displays make you grimace, fret not! You are in good company. For many, this iconic holiday is the least popular. And it is no wonder considering more than half of us are going solo. According to Sperling’s Best Places, a 2016 study discovered that about 60% of Seattleites are single. More of our population has dogs than children. This means for many of us, whi

Darwin’s ZooLogics dog food is being recalled due to Salmonella contamination. For a list of products in this recall visit the DOG FOOD ADVISER Website. Click HERE! What should you do? Stop feeding this product to your dog. Visit the JUST FOOD FOR DOGS website for information about available refunds/credits from the companies issuing the recalls. Report your experience: If you live in the USA contact the consumer complaint coordinator in your area . Americans can report complaints about FDA-regulated pet food products here. If you live in Washington State: If you have a complaint about pet food you can call the FDA consumer complaint office in Washington State toll-free: 1-800-353-3965. Fo

Raws for Paws and Redbarn Bully Sticks being recalled for Salmonella contamination. For a list of products in this recall visit the DOG FOOD ADVISER Website. Click HERE! What should you do? Stop feeding this product to your dog. Contact JUST FOOD FOR DOGS for information about available refunds/credits from the companies issuing the recalls. Report your experience: If you live in the USA contact the consumer complaint coordinator in your area . Americans can report complaints about FDA-regulated pet food products here. If you live in Washington State: If you have a complaint about pet food you can call the FDA consumer complaint office in Washington State toll-free: 1-800-353-3965. For mor

Beginning February 16, 2018 time ushers in the year of the dog, bringing good fortune to all our Seattle Pups! What is the Year of the Dog?' In Chinese philosophy, there are twelve branches, or symbols, commonly called the zodiac that originally were associated with astrological and celestial patterns. Of the twelve animal symbols, the dog is the best one, right? This system was built from observations of the orbit of Jupiter. Chinese astronomers divided the celestial circle into twelve sections to roughly follow the orbit of Jupiter. Each of the branches, or zodiac, are also associated with five separate elements, (wood, fire, earth, metal, and water) thus making for a repeating sixty-year

A girl went to visit a friend and was amazed to find her playing a game of checkers with her dog. She watched, astonished. "I can hardly believe my eyes!" she exclaimed. "That's the smartest dog I've ever seen." "Nah, she's not so smart," the friend replied. "I've beaten her three games out of five!" For fun games and activities for dogs and kids check out the Seattle Pup Kids Page! #game #checkers #dog #schnauzer #kids #girl #1970s #1975

Seattle Pup Magazine is proud to be the first magazine in town to fully support the publication of bilingual articles. Do you or someone you know write in a language other than English? Please consider writing an article for us. All languages welcome! NOTE: You do not need to have a dog in your life to write for us! Please contact us! 嗷呜，大家好，我叫 Scooby，男生，今年刚满一岁， 是一只见过世面，坐过长途国际航班从台湾来到西雅图的潘布克韦尔斯柯基。鉴于今年刚好是狗年，在这里，我给大家先拜个早年。大家新年快乐，恭喜发财。也希望我的主人发大财，给我买好多好吃的好玩的。 第一次出现在广大读者面前，心里有点虚，不知道说些什么好呢，要不我去粘贴百度百科关于咱潘布克韦尔斯柯基犬的资料来凑字数好了。开玩笑的，接下来才是正经的。 我的女主人一开始是从她的好朋友那里知道韦尔斯柯基这个品种的，从那个时候起，她就一直想着有一天她也能拥有一只属于自己的韦尔斯柯基， 感谢我，这个愿望倒是让她给达成了。 养柯基，不，应该是说养狗狗是一件责任重大的事情，像考虑其他任何重要事情或者下决定前，每个人都需要衡量得失，从时间上，精神上，金钱上。 这一点，我家女主人做得倒是

Seattle Dog Photography by Award-winning photographer Jennifer Loomis Dog photography is new for me. I mean, I have always photographed dogs as a part of people’s family, but it wasn’t until I started to see them as children with expressions and emotions that I really started to have fun. Please meet Nataly and see some of the images from our session. Tell me a little bit about yourself, your partner, your puppies and how you met, how you adopted the puppies. Why you decided to become a two-puppy family? Nataly: Me, wonderful me, almost 53, and liking it. What defines me is being a scientist who dreams of being an artist, at least that is what gets me going. After two failed marriages I got

Over here at Seattle Pup Magazine we love hiking with our pups and enjoying the natural world. In Washington State we have a plethora of natural areas many of which are dog-friendly. For a few of our favorite areas check out our blog post titled "Dog-Friendly Camping in Washington: Our Top Three Places." Keep in mind that the national parks have different rules. The basic rule when it comes to visiting the national parks with your pup is that dogs are not allowed to hike on the trails or come into the visitor center or other buildings (unless they are a service animal). However, there are less populated areas in each of the national parks that allow leashed dogs. Washington State has four