Archive for 'Profiles'
Doggie Doggelganger Elvis wins Celebrity Look-Alike Contest…
Posted on 07. Jun, 2010 by canineculture.
Plenty of celebrity canine Look-Alikes attended Sunday’s Woofstock’s High Tea and fundraiser for the Canadian Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund for pets held at Le Meridien King Edward Hotel. ” This was Woofstock’s official launch, and next week is the festival. We hope you can come down and bring your dog to Woofstock on June [...]
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Would you do almost ANYTHING to save your pet?
Posted on 31. May, 2010 by canineculture.
CASTING CALL: two television series in development: SHOW ONE: Would you do almost anything to save your pet? Producers are looking for people who have done something remarkable / amazing to save their pet. Found your pet? Healed your sick pet? Risked your life? If so, please describe your story in one to four [...]
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Honouring Canada’s Pet Heroes
Posted on 06. May, 2010 by canineculture.
Recently, at PawsWay Pet Discovery Centre in Toronto , three dogs and a cat were inducted into the 42nd Annual Purina Animal Hall of Fame. This year’s inductees – Chance, Patty, Bingo and Gepetto–have demonstrated a powerful bond with their families and have shown bravery in the saving of their human family members’ lives. Mary [...]
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Stephanie Volo, President of Planet Dog
Posted on 18. Mar, 2010 by canineculture.
By Bianca Kapteyn One of my all-time favourite television programs is the BBC documentary series Connections, created and hosted by science historian James Burke. The show’s premise is interconnectedness, showcasing how history, science, events and accidents, etc. eventually connect to bring about change in the modern world. The notion of interconnectedness can be approached and channeled [...]
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News & Notes
Posted on 10. Feb, 2010 by canineculture.
Canine Culture® is heading to New York to visit the preeminent international art auction house Bonhams on the occasion of its 28th Dog Art Sale, to get the skinny of “what’s on the auction block” with noted scholar and curator Alan Fausel. AND, we’re going to get the inside scoop on the Best of Show [...]
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Planet Dog comes to the rescue in Haiti
Posted on 26. Jan, 2010 by canineculture.
PLANET DOG FOUNDATION RAISES FUNDS FOR RESCUE DOGS IN HAITI Joanne Woodward Newman and Newman’s Own Foundation will Match PDF Gift. WHAT: The Planet Dog Foundation (PDF), Planet Dog’s non-profit arm that specializes in grant funding for programs that work with [...]
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The Planet’s Greatest Dog Show
Posted on 03. Dec, 2009 by canineculture.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEARLY 4,000 CANINE COMPETITORS COMPETE FOR MORE THAN $225,000 IN PRIZES AT NINTH ANNUAL AKC/EUKANUBA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Dogs from All Around the Globe Gather to Compete for Top Honors at One of World’s Largest Dog Shows NEW YORK – The American Kennel Club® and Eukanuba announced today that nearly 4,000 dogs will [...]
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Green Dog Designs: Ethical Pet Apparel
Posted on 16. Nov, 2009 by canineculture.
Meet Green Dog Designs. Established San Francisco-based designers Emma Kate & Priscilla Barroso are at the forefront of the next generation of entrepreneurs with a social conscience. Their business ethos includes giving back to communities in need and helping to reduce carbon footprints via sustainable manufacturing at home. They’re two lovely, gifted gals who walk [...]
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An Irishman’s Diary, by Frank McNally
Posted on 15. Nov, 2009 by canineculture.
ONE CONSEQUENCE of the extinction of the Irish wolf, about which we read earlier this week, was the near-extinction of his nemesis, the Irish wolfhound. Near-extinction is putting it mildly, perhaps. Some would say the real wolfhound has in fact gone the way of the dodo. And certainly it’s hard to equate the big, gentle, [...]
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People and cats and ferrets, oh my!
Posted on 06. Nov, 2009 by canineculture.
People ill with H1N1 can also spread the virus to the animal kingdom. A report from the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) stated: A 13 year old cat in Iowa developed respiratory infection after several people in the household were ill. Preliminary testing was positive for 2009 H1N1, the results were confirmed November 2, State [...]
