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The Happy Wag
2007.09.27

Wine, Whiskers and Song

Looking for a family-friendly event that includes your well-behaved pooch?
Try the Wine, Whiskers and Song festival at Blue Ridge Vineyard in Eagle Rock on Sunday afternoon from 2 to 6 p.m.

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Posted at 10:19 by Nona Nelson | Category: Paw-friendly places and events | 2 Comments

2007.09.25

Pet Lit 101

In preparation to blog about pets, I decided to pick up a few books and magazines to help me stay current with all the news about companion animals. At my favorite bookstore, I found shelves full of books about dogs covering every topic from picking the right breed to teaching proper puppy manners. I also found at least five magazines dedicated to our canine companions.

But there was only one magazine and precious few books devoted to all things feline.

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Posted at 11:54 by Nona Nelson | Category: Random tails | No Comments

Dogster and Catster

I really didn’t think I was a pet-obsessed or a computer dork, until, in an ultimate moment of pet-loving cyber-nerdishness, I created home pages for my pup on Dogster.com.
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Dogster is a Web site created by self-described “dog freaks and computer geeks as a “My Space” for dog lovers and their pooches. Providing doggie home pages on the Web since January of 2004, the San Francisco-based site boasts over 400,000 members and averages 17 million page views per month.

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Posted at 11:35 by Nona Nelson | Category: Random tails | No Comments

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The Happy Wag blog is a resource for pet parents in the Roanoke Valley, a local community forum of news and information about pets. Newsroom manager Nona Nelson's family includes four pets: retired racing greyhounds Dexter and Coral and former stray cats Thai and India. Read more about Nona and this blog

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Foster homes for the holidays

The Roanoke Valley SPCA is participating in the national “Foster A Lonely Pet For the Holidays” pet fostering program.

Over 13,000 pet rescue organizations nationwide are trying to empty the kennels for Christmas, encouraging families to open their home for the holidays to an adoptable pet waiting for a forever home.

Fostered pets can be picked up between December 18-23, and can be returned to the RVSPCA between December 30-January 2.

The RVSPCA will provide all needed supplies and support to the temporary families. You can view all of the pets online at www.rvspca.org, or visit the shelter to meet them.  The goal is to have each of these pets into a home by noon on December 23.

Ann Marie Sweeney, foster coordinator for the RVSPCA, will answer questions about the program for people interested in making this Christmas a happy holiday for a pet in need.  Contact Sweeney at 344-4840, ext. 208 or e-mail asweeney@rvspca.org.