What a busy weekend! I’m sorry it has been a little quiet here at DogTipper; we have been in high gear since Thursday afternoon! That afternoon, I did a phone interview with David Frei (the voice of Westminster) and Mary Carillo (we loved her commentary at the Olympics), talking about the National Dog Show coming up on Thanksgiving. We’ll have an interview with them posted before the big event (and, of course, I had to ask about mixed breed dogs, always dear to my heart, so more on that coming up!)
The next morning, we left for Dallas and the Texas Pet Expo, working Friday afternoon to set up our booth (above). On Saturday, we worked at our booth all day and met a lot of great pet lovers, signed our new Barkonomics book, visited some super cute rescues looking for a new home at the Expo, and Paris even did a radio interview via phone! We’ll be posting all about the Expo this week!
We returned home late Saturday then on Sunday ran to Austin for Love-A-Bull’s Pit Bull Appreciation parade and festival. The parade started on Congress Avenue Bridge and, with police escort, worked its way up to Republic Park on Fourth Street. The Grand Marshals of the parade were Shorty Rossi of Animal Planet’s “Pit Boss”:
…and Rescue Ink of National Geographic Channel’s “Rescue Ink Unleashed” (we’d had the chance to do a phone interview with several members of this rescue group when their show launched last year but this was the first time we’d had the chance to meet in person!)
We’ll have lots of photos of the event (which had an incredible turnout with over 100 pit bulls and many other dog breeds marching in the parade) this week.
In the meantime, it’s time to enjoy a little TV curled up on the couch on our two pooches. More soon!
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- New Dog Treat Cookbooks! - June 17, 2024