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Toronto area dog owners Woofstock is this weekend

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Are you going to Woofstock?

Woofstock is the largest festival for dogs in North America and it’s this weekend!

It’s been held here in Toronto on Saturday June 7th and Sunday June 8th between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. each day. The festival is taking place at the St. Lawrence Market Neighborhood.

I have to admit that I’d never heard of Woofstock until a month or so ago. Of course I never owned a dog until last November so perhaps that’s how such a big festival in the city I live in escaped me.

The festival has been going on since 2003 and last year it was so big that CNN beamed the event around the world for the whole weekend.

Chris and I are definitely going to go downtown and check out Woofstock tomorrow and perhaps on Sunday as well. Midnight loves meeting other dogs and she loves people too so this will blow her mind.

There are all kinds of events and contests planned for each day. Perhaps we’ll enter Midnight in one of the contests. She’s cute and she’s smart it might be worth a try.

Check out the Woofstock website for a complete list of events, sponsors, booths and learn how to enter your dog in one of the contests if you’re interested.





Zootoo – a social network for pet owners

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zootoologo.jpg I just signed up with a social network for pet owners. It’s called Zootoo.com and it’s a place where pet owners can create a journal to discuss their pets, connect with other pet lovers, discuss pet news or even launch pet groups or announce pet related events.

I’ve joined a few pet and or dog related forums and groups since we got Midnight last November and I’ve enjoyed connecting with other pet owners.

One thing that I like about Zootoo is that there are lots of groups specific to type or breed of pet as well as groups that have been created for pet lovers in specific areas. I joined a couple of the dog and Labrador Retriever groups right away.

Sometime over the weekend I’ll add to my personal page by posting photos of Midnight as well as pictures of my two box turtles. Then I might go around and look for other members that own Labs or box turtles and connect with them.

The only, minor, problem that I had with the site was registering. I’m in Canada and registration requires that you list a zip code. I’m fairly sure after reading the terms of service that membership is open to most people with the exception of a few countries so it would be nice if they fixed this requirement. As a result of having to put down the only US zip code that I know by heart (90210) it looks like I’m from Beverly Hills California so group suggestions etc don’t work well for me.

If you have pets and want to start a page about your pets and connect with other pet lovers check out Zootoo.com.

Strange animal!

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Wordless Wednesday

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This scary looking creature looks like it’s frightened doesn’t it? Perhaps it saw itself in a mirror?

The more you look at this little guy he kind of grows on you. I can’t remember what kind of animal this is, although I think it’s a marsupial. Does anyone know?

Chipmunk with a beautiful gift

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Wordless Wednesday

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Aw. Looks like this adorable chipmunk picked a flower for his wife. Isn’t this a sweet picture?

I love chipmunks. They’re generally timid, but if you happen to have some that regularly visit your yard you can get them to become friendlier by feeding them. Of course, once you feed a wild animal it can become a pest too .. so think twice before you wander in your yard looking for chipmunks or other creatures to befriend.

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