Nominations Close at Midnight in 2014 Best City for Pet Travelers Tournament!
Ninety slots have been filled in our Best City for Pet Travelers tournament, leaving just thirty-eight spots open for US and Canadian cities hoping to be nominated. Still Hoping For Nominations...
View ArticleVote Now! Best City for Pet Travelers 2014: Round 1
March Madness is here, baby! Each year our readers vote for their favorite pet friendly destination in the Best City for Pet Travelers tournament. You’ve made your selections, and the match-ups are...
View ArticleVote Now! Round 2: Best City for Pet Travelers 2014
Whoa – Round 1 of the 2014 Best City For Pet Travelers tournament was a wild ride, right down to the end! The suspense nearly killed me as Dallas, TX (Betty L.) edged out Reno, NV (Ed M.) and...
View ArticleVote Now! Round 3: Best City for Pet Travelers 2014
The Best City for Pet Travelers tournament so exciting because you’re deciding the winners! Pet travelers across the US and Canada are voting for their favorite destinations … and we’ve narrowed the...
View ArticleVote Now! The Sweet 16: Best City for Pet Travelers 2014
It’s the Sweet 16, baby! Alright, tell the truth – you guys are waiting until just before the polls close and then placing your ballots to try to create ties between the cities, aren’t you? You’re...
View ArticleWe’re Down to Eight! Vote Now: Best City for Pet Travelers
We’re down to the Elite 8! The winners of this round are “in the money” as they say … each of the entrants advancing to the Final Four will receive: a highly coveted and ridiculously adorable Travels...
View ArticleFinal Four! Vote Now: 2014 Best City for Pet Travelers
College basketball has their version of March Madness and we pet travelers have ours! The timing is perfect – just as families start planning their summer vacations we’ll be crowning the 2014...
View ArticlePortland or Cape San Blas: Vote Now! Best City for Pet Travelers 2014
This is for all the cookies, baby! We have a legendary battle of East vs. West in the Best City for Pet Travelers tournament … and YOUR votes will decide which city claims this year’s title! Portland,...
View ArticlePortland, Oregon Wins 2014 Best City for Pet Travelers!
Congratulations, Portland, Oregon (Cindy S.) – you’ve been voted the 2014 Best City for Pet Travelers by GoPetFriendly.com’s readers, your devoted fans, and pet lovers from around the country! We know...
View ArticleBlog the Change: Adopt A Shelter
This post is part of Blog the Change, a quarterly event hosted by BTC4Animals.com asking us to share a cause near and dear to our hearts. The idea is to blog, read, and BE the change for animals! Most...
View ArticleWishing You Happy HOWLidays!
The season of warmth, joy, and good cheer is here! We want to take a moment to wish all of you and your families the happiest and healthiest of holidays. May the new year bring you peace, love, and...
View ArticleYou’re Invited to the 5th Annual Pet Blogger Challenge on January 10th
It’s almost time for the Fifth Annual Pet Blogger Challenge! On January 10th, all pet bloggers are invited to join this inspiring community event. With 2015 just around the corner, it’s fun to take a...
View ArticlePet Travel Year in Review – Best of Take Paws 2014
It’s the last day of 2014, and wasn’t this year a spectacular one?! Looking back over where we’ve been is my favorite year-end tradition and, as I pursued all the posts that have appeared on Take Paws...
View ArticleIt’s The 2015 Pet Blogger Challenge!
“Time flies when you’re having fun!” When I was a kid, I thought I knew what that saying meant … birthday parties were over in the blink of an eye, summer vacations dissolved in an instant. But, as I...
View ArticleLessons Learned From The 2015 Pet Blogger Challenge
Wow – what a weekend it was! So much so that I took off on Monday to continue reading entries in the Pet Blogger Challenge … and I’m still only half way through! I did allow myself a quick detour this...
View ArticleWhy Am I Blogging?
Dear friends, I’m asking you to bear with me today. One of my favorite bloggers is leaving the blogosphere, and I’m a little heartbroken. Not for her – she has very eloquently and with great clarity...
View ArticleOperation “Mom’s Gone”
It seems my dogs have been formulating a plan since they learned I was flying to Global Pet Expo and leaving them behind. Just after I left yesterday, Operation “Mom’s Gone” went into motion, and Ty...
View ArticleVote Now! Round 1 – 2015 Best City for Pet Travelers
It’s finally here … March Madness, baby! Eleven months of the year we focus on my opinions of the best places to visit with your pets … but March is different. In March we turn things around and you...
View ArticleVoting Open! Round 2: Best City for Pet Travelers 2015
What a way to kick off the Best City for Pet Travelers tournament! We had some fantastic match ups come right down to the wire with St. Joseph, Michigan (Ashley B.) edging out Kailua-Kona, Hawaii...
View ArticleVote Now! Round 3: Best City for Pet Travelers Tournament 2015
What makes our pet friendly version of March Madness so exciting is that you’re deciding the winners! Cities across the US and Canada are making their cases to be the Best City for Pet Travelers … and...
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