Below is an urgent message for us Olympia Dog Owners, from Sound Hounds: ACTION ALERT! Please check out the draft Olympia Parks Plan and email comments to Jonathon Turlove by Sunday March 28th (this is an extended deadline). Let them know: 1) You’re very grateful for the 3 dog parks to be built in Olympia over the [...]
Category > Pacific Northwest Dog Related Events
Breeder’s Clinic March 7th
Steamboat Animal Hospital is hosting it’s Breeder’s Day again this March 7th! I have attended for several years now and it is really a wonderful event, I really appreciate Steamboat offering this valuable event to dog breeders around the Pacific Northwest! Below is a summary from their website: Breeder Day March 7th 2010 Steamboat will [...]
Canine Reproduction Seminar & Bassets Galore
I attended the Canine Reproduction and Whelping seminar by Myra Savant-Harris yesterday at the Basset Hound Club of American National Specialty at The Little Creek Casino. First of all, I would of never thought a casino for a dog show but the site was very nice! The show is being held indoors in the Casino [...]
Veterinary Science Club
I just saw this great flyer at the Vet this morning, apparently we have a 4H Veterinary Science Club for kids aged 12-18! How neat! According to the flyer they meet once a month, October thru June at Hawks Praire Veterinary Hospital. The group participates in rounds, they workshops and guest speakers and field trips. [...]
Groom Expo
Yesterday I visited the Pacific Northwest Grooming and Kennel Expo held in Tacoma, Wa. There were approx. 30 vendors there with a wide variety of products. I saw a few new products represented, grabbed a bag of samples and purchased a few products to review. Here is what was in my bag , I will [...]
A Breeder’s Day
I wanted to send a thank you to the folks at SteamBoat Animal Clinic for organizing and hosting last Sunday’s Breeder’s Clinic. Steamboat holds a Breeder’s Clinic twice yearly providing Dog Breeders a valuable opportunity to health screen their dogs at a much reduced cost and the convenience of all the testing on one day, [...]
New Book by Local Author
Pacific Northwest Native, Garth Stein will be at a book signing Tuesday January 13th at the Olympia Timberland Library at 7pm. His latest book, The Art of Racing in The Rain is about Enzo a dog philosopher with a nearly human soul (and an obsession with opposable thumbs), he has educated himself by watching television [...]
