FAMILY+ COMMUNITY Animal house: A Barnyard Buddies tour is ideal for little ones.
Best dog groomer/boutique Barking Dogs owners Craig and Kathy Patterson know what it takes to live in harmony with animals, having given a home to creatures great and small over the last three decades. If it’s possible to make your dog any more loveable, they’ve found the way. You can de-funk Spot in the selfserve wash or have a groomer do it in the full-service salon (take your pick), then elicit freshly perfumed hugs and kisses with a reward for his good behavior from the bakery. Barking Dogs’ boutique offers more pet products than you can shake a Kong at, including a healthy selection of holistic and organic food. — H.K. 9325 S. Cimarron Road #145, 247-9274, www.barkingdogslv.com
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Barnyard Buddies Tour So a cow, a rooster and a hound dog walk into a bar ... except it’s not a joke. It’s a free show for kids. Oh, and instead of a bar, it’s Anderson Dairy. The dairy runs its Barnyard Buddies Tour for local families, but it’s much more than your typical factory tour. This is a full animatronic show starring a talking cow and other farmyard animals, a walking tour of the facilities, and one very special treat in the form of a huge bowl of ice cream that is doled out to both the children and their parents. At Anderson Dairy, you can spend an entire morning out doing something educational, have a treat, and never spend a dime. And that makes this attraction the bestest ever. — Andrea Leal 801 Searles Ave., 642-7507, www.andersondairy.com
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Reader’s Choice Library I love the UNLV Lied Library. Hint: If you want peace and quiet — sometimes a rarity in libraries these days — head up to the third floor or quiet areas on the periphery and take in the view while getting lost in a book. — Annette Miller
B A RNYA RD B UDDIES TOUR A ND DOG : CHRISTO P HER S M ITH
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Little did Lee Papa know, when she founded the Ganesha Center in a business complex in mid-2009, that her unassuming