Dog
La Maison Vienna Couture Canine has come up with the brilliant idea of crocheting a portrait of your pet and sewing it on to clothes. “We use the finest Egyptian cotton to bring to life your precious fur baby,” said the company owner Mario Laliberte. Talk about wearable dog art!
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Dog Portraits as body tattoos are available by Robert Pho at Skin Design Tattoos. Talk about wearable dog art!
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Artist Felicia Greenberg said, “I am working on a Continental Cut Poodle now for the Poodle Club Nationals next year. I’m also involved with the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Nationals next year as well. My Bichon Frise sculpture is currently being shown at the Bichon Club Specialty Show in Indianapolis. Very exciting plans are in the works for my flower dogs!”
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Growing up, television was a warm welcoming place. On Saturday mornings I visited with cartoon friends. Snoopy, Scooby Doo, Goofy, Pluto, Rowlf the Dog, Clifford the Big Red Dog and Astro
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Prince Lorenzo Borghese, best known as the great catch on ABC’s ninth season of The Bachelor, is the founder of the Royal Pet Club, an animal loving company that sells organic pet wellness products. Lorenzo is also the founder of Animal Aid USA, a charity that celebrated its one-year anniversary this month in Manhattan. The audience was made up of a legion of well-known volunteers and animal supporters including Georgina Bloomberg, the daughter of NYC’s Mayor Bloomberg; Eric Trump, son of billionaire Donald; actors Bernadette Peters and Stephen Baldwin; Miss USA Nana Meriwether; Amanda Hearst; and animal activist Beth Ostrosky (Howard Stern’s wife).
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Despite blizzard warnings, the Hotel Pennsylvania in Manhattan was full for the Animal Haven fundraising New York Pet Fashion Show, which saw the K9s dressed to the nines. The theme was The Roaring 20’s, and it was a celebration of true love between humans and their best-dressed beasties. The sparkly evening began with a high voltage red carpet welcome and a seemingly endless stream of decked out dogs accompanied by dolled up moms and dads. Inside, across from the runway, was a vendor-packed extravaganza of products for pooches and pooch parents. Fundle, the pet sling carrier was there alongside Andy Warhol inspired paintings by Wendy DuBoff of ChloesGift.com. Jeanie Julius Designs displayed designer dog hat wear and the rooms were adorned with Floral Sculptures of dogs. Hot diggety, it was doggone fun. Click through to see exclusive photos from the always adorable New York Pet Fashion Show!
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Award-winning pet fashion designer Roberto Negrin is the talented organizer behind this glamorous fundraising event held at The New Yorker Hotel. Roberto, the owner of Hec-lin Couture for Dogs, created this doggie pageant to raise funds for Inky Blue Sea Animal Rescue and to have a heck of a good time with old and new friends and pet loving partiers. Delightful dogs made of fresh flowers adorned the stage while sequined, jeweled doggie dresses dazzled everywhere! Click through to see cute photos from the event here! See Karen Biehl and Eli the Celebrity Chihuahua!
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Author and animal advocate Jennifer Skiff is a director of Pilots N Paws in the U.S. and a trustee of the Dogs’ Refuge Home in Australia. Her second book, The Divinity of Dogs: True Stories of Miracles Inspired by Man’s Best Friend (Simon & Shuster, October 23, 2012), is now available. The book is a collection of transformational stories about spiritual experiences between people and pooches.
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Uggie the dog, a Jack Russell Terrier and the canine star of the award-winning movie The Artist, has now written an autobiography titled Uggie—My Story. And what a tail, er, tale, he has to tell! This is a rags-to-riches story about a dog given up by his family because he was too rambunctious. Omar von Muller, an experienced animal trainer, saved Uggie from being a “pound-bound hound.” Uggie’s road to Hollywood was sprinkled with TV commercials and other gigs before he hit the big time—movies!Uggie’s early films include Sniff: The Dog Movie and Mr. Fix-It. Higher up on the ladder to fame, the Jack Russell Terrier landed a much bigger film: Water for Elephants starring Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson. As is the case for so many actors, Uggie fell deeply in love with his co-star, Reese, who he gushes about chapter after chapter in the book.
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Cathy Pittman, founder of Performing Animal Troupe and owner of 200 animals, provides animal actors and trainers for movies and television shows including Bonny the Shih Tzu in ‘Seven Psychopaths’ starring Christopher Walken, Woody Harrelson, Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell.
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