This weekend marked the launch of our brand-new DogTipper’s Texas with Dogs guidebook! Although the book won’t be available nationwide in stores or on Amazon until Nov. 19, we received some advance copies for me to take along to the annual Cat Writers’ Association Conference in Dallas (where I was speaking about Twitter for Rescues …
by Sheila Williams Candlewood Suites, Fort Stockton, Texas We (Phoebe Rose, my traveling Pug, and I) stopped over in Fort Stockton on a recent road trip from Las Cruces, New Mexico to Austin, Texas. I was impressed that Candlewood Suites manager Paul Amayo made a point of responding to guest reviews on Trip Advisor —usually …
UPDATE: Sadly, since Hurricane Harvey, A Laughing Horse Lodge is no longer. On our trip to the Texas coast this week, we stayed in a dog-friendly beach cottage in Port Aransas, Texas: A Laughing Horse Lodge. Just two blocks from the beach, this property features small cottages offered either as a duplex or as a …
Our latest day trip involved a visit to the Highland Lakes, the chain of lakes that snakes through the Texas Hill Country to Austin. The first lake in the stair-step chain is Lake Buchanan, the largest lake in the chain (and in the entire area). We’d just left Inks Lake State Park earlier in the …
Los Angeles Celebrity Pug beats the Heat in Austin, Texas By Sheila Appleby Williams As temperatures in Austin, Texas hit the triple-digits, celebrity pug, Phoebe Rose keeps her panting to a minimum with a savvy summer strategy guaranteed to minimize the risk of overheating and dehydration. Pugs, like other short muzzle dogs, are highly prone …