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How to Choose the Right Shelter Dog Make Your Dog Smarter & Less Stressed
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Home Remedies for Common Canine Ailments Fostering 101
Help save dogs by opening your heart & home to a temporary canine houseguest
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FRESH NEW COLLARS DIY DOG BREED TEA TOWEL ANSWERS TO YOUR TRAINING QUESTIONS
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Brilliant Dog Toys EXCLUSIVE!
Regina Hall & her Bulldog, Zeus
Get to know the Doberman Pinscher, St. Bernard, Australian Shepherd, Australian Cattle Dog & more!
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FEATURES 30 How to Choose the Right Shelter Dog For You A Find Your New Best Friend checklist. BY STEVE DUNO 46
Can You Build a Better Brain for Your Dog? Brain enhancing experiences that will make your dog smarter and more immune to stressors.
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Stars and Their Dogs Priscilla Presley’s pampered pups.
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BY CHRISTOPHER AMERUOSO
56 Could You Open Your Heart and Your Home? Foster families, the unsung heroes of rescue work, offer love, compassion, and temporary shelter to dogs en route to their happy ending—a place to call home. BY COREY VAN’T HAAFF
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Super Sweet Steals Cool little indulgences at affordable prices
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Brilliant Dog Toys Get your play on with this selection of super-fun toys.
BREED PROFILE 22
Read Your Breed: the Big Dog Installment Get to know the St. Bernard and Bouvier de Flandres.
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The Doberman Pinscher Anything but average. BY KELLY CALDWELL
60 New Depths 52 Know Your Dogs: Four Frequently Confused The otherworldly underwater dog photography of Eiko Breeds Jones. The Australian Shepherd vs. Australian Cattle Dog and the Scottish Deerhound vs. the Irish Deerhound. 76 A Joy Forever Exclusive! Actress Regina Hall on Zeus, her thing of 106 Meet the Newbies beauty. Five dog breeds you’ve likely never heard of. BY MARY-JO DIONNE; PHOTOGRAPHED BY KHAREN HILL 86
BODY AND SOUL
Voluntourism Seeking a vacation experience with deeper meaning and 66 lasting feel-good vibes? Look no further. BY JEN REEDER Facebook and the Totally Abandoned Dog
One Million Pit Bulls to March on the Capitol Lawn; Home Remedies for Stuck Chewing Gum and Skunk Spray
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Gone But Not Forgotten; The Find: Red Cross Pet First Aid App
102 How social media is making a difference for dogs in dire straits. BY KELLY CALDWELL
THE GOODS
70 36 Fab Finds Our latest obsession. 74 44 The Round Up: Cool Collars Fresh new collars for every dog.
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Home Remedies for Common Ailments Effective, natural ways to address minor ills. BY ELIZABETH PASK AND LAURA SCOTT
The Doctor Is In Thin hair, potbelly, panting? Could be Cushing’s Disease. BY DR. BETSY BREVITZ
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We’re Giving It Away! We’ve got three months of groovy giveaways, from treats to dog tags to beds, and winners every week!
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DIY Craft: Dog Breed Tea Towel Jazz up your kitchen with this cute project!
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Inspire: How to Talk to Animals An intro to animal communication. BY CINDY BRODY
94 Scene Stealer: Orange is the New Black’s Little Boo A behind-the-scenes look at the yellow Lab pup that’s melting hearts—and spreading the word of the amazing-ness of Prison Dog Programs—via his star turn in the Netflix original series that has everyone talking.
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How Not to be a Dog Park Jerk Don’t be that person. Six cardinal rules for keeping on the good side of other dog park patrons.
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DIY Eat Frugal kitchen tips plus recipes for Yummy Chicken Liver Squares, Boney Beef Broth, and a Raspberry-Strawberry Kefir Drink made for sharing. Your dog is going to love this!
100 The Canine Blooms of Spring We asked: what is your dog’s favourite thing about spring?
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Meet Our Star Dog Meet Jesse, winner of the second Modern Dog Star Dog Contest. Could your dog be next?
6 Editor’s Letter 8 Contributors 10 Sweet Tweets 12 Stuff We Love 14 The Scoop 24 Smile! Photo Contest 123 Marketplace
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COVER LOOK
Actress Regina Hall with her beloved Bulldog Zeus. Photographed by Kharen Hill in Regina’s California home. Hair, Justi Embree; makeup Rea Ann; styling Vanessa Gelbach.
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Ask a Trainer: Scared of Text Messages Managing seemingly irrational fears. BY TEOTI ANDERSON
110 Ask a Trainer: Poop Eating Putting the kibosh on this most distasteful of canine habits. BY INGER MARTENS 110
Ask a Trainer: Dog Bully What to do when two dogs pick on a third. BY NICOLE WILDE
113 Connie’s Book Club Curl up with a good dog and a good book. Editor-in- Chief Connie Wilson’s selection of spring must-read titles.
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Free At Last Beagles subjected to years of laboratory testing get their first taste of freedom!
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Ask Dog Lady Bothered and bewildered? Crazed and confused? Dog Lady delves into your most dogged dilemmas.
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How I Met My Dog Chosen. BY DONNA OWCZAREK
BY MONICA COLLINS
In USA: MODERN DOG (ISSN 1703-812X) Volume 13, Issue 1. Published quarterly by Modern Dog Inc. at 142 Churchill Drive, Newington, CT 06111-4003. Periodicals postage paid at Hartford, CT and additional offices. POSTMASTER: send address changes to Modern Dog, PO Box 310402, Newington, CT 06131-0402.
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have some exciting news: I’m this year’s recipient of the Excellence in Journalism and Outstanding Contributions to the Pet Industry Award! I’ll be receiving the award at a media reception on March 13th at Global Pet Expo in Orlando Florida and I couldn’t be more thrilled. (It doesn’t hurt that past award recipients include Rachael Ray and Ellen DeGeneres... Ellen!). It’s been over twelve years now since the first issue of Modern Dog hit newsstands and I can thank my long legged, neurotic, tirelessly energetic, head strong, high strung, barky, flatulent dog Kaya for the inspiration she gave me to take a leap of faith and try my hand at something entirely new, a career that would entail publishing a magazine and website. At the time I thought, “just how hard could publishing be?” The answer: very hard, as I was soon to find out. With no prior publishing experience and everything to learn about an industry that offers up more failures than successes, I had some fast learning to do, long hours of work ahead of me, and constant deadlines to meet. Perhaps the most significant lesson my willful dog provided me with was the importance of not giving up. For all her loveableness, Kaya was a handful and, at times, more than I felt capable of dealing with. We didn’t give up on each other, however, and, by taking one step at a time, we were able to work through our problems. In doing so, we forged a bond so strong it nearly tore me apart when she passed on. But at this point in the story, we had many more years together still and I applied the same “dogged” philosophy Kaya taught me to my new line of work. Plus, with Kaya providing examples of just about every problem a dog owner could face, I had never-ending editorial ideas for the magazine! Modern Dog resonated with its audience and I soon discovered there were many others seeking solutions to similar doggie dilem-
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mas. It was wonderful to realize that I wasn’t in it alone, but part of this amazing community of like-minded souls. It was—and still is—heartwarming to be embraced by so many other dog folk who “get it.” Fast forward twelve years and the Modern Dog community continues to grow, influencing others by showing them the important contributions dogs make to our lives. Our dogs, with their love, loyalty, and presence, provide daily life lessons. I truly believe dogs make us better people, and better people make a better world. I’m so very proud to be a part of this positive force that is the Modern Dog community and grateful to Global for their recognition. I couldn’t have done it without you all! As for the spring issue, it’s a fantastic one, perhaps the best yet! We focus on a series of stories that highlight engagement in our communities, from “Voluntourism” (page 86 – if you love dogs and are in need of a getaway, read this one!) to “Facebook and Totally Abandoned Dog” (page 102) and “Could You Open Your Heart and Home?” (page 56). I’m willing to bet at least a couple of new foster recruits will be signed up by the end of that last one! We also feature the amazing underwater photography of the very talented Eiko Jones (page 60), share an exclusive photo shoot and interview we did with the lovely Regina Hall (page 76), round up all manner of must-haves, from super-fun toys to fresh new collars, and so very much more! We’re hoping this issue helps you spring into spring and make the most of this glorious season!
Wishing you much love,
Connie Wilson, Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” —Winston Churchill
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We’re simply delighted to have the work of Phoenix-based photographer Kira DeDecker grace the pages of this issue (p 92)! One of Arizona’s most sought after pet photographers, Kira lives in Glendale with her husband Tim and their three dogs, Sox, Bixby, and Waffles. She is a part of HeARTs Speak, a collaboration of artists dedicated to using their photography skills to help needy animals find their forever homes—a woman after our own hearts. To see more of her work check out kiradedecker.com.
Editor & Creative Director
Jennifer Nosek Circulation & Marketing Director
Jessica Nosek Audience Development Coordinator
Lauren Cheal Community Relations & Donations Program Coordinator
Taryn Cheal Design & Production
Maxine Matishak Design & Production Assistant
Vanessa Dong Sales & Marketing
Julia Klymenko, Kara Gerlach Accounting and Subscription Services
Celine Benipayo Subscription Services Assistant
Luisana Clarke Controller
We couldn’t be more thrilled to feature the work of Natalya Zahn, a Boston-based natural illustrator with a passion for animals and a special soft spot for dogs (p 100). This girl knows all about dogs and their peccadilloes thanks to Oscar, her Rhodesian Ridgeback, who comes to her studio every day and earns his keep by generating a steady stream of artistic inspiration. An illustrated chronicle of Oscar’s charmed (and perpetually hungry) life can be found at his blog, oscaratemymuffin.com. We highly suggest you check it out.
Cecilia de Roca Chan Honourary Editor-at-Large
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Growing up in New Zealand, Eiko Jones quickly discovered a passion for capturing images of wildlife. He got his first SLR camera at fourteen and hasn’t looked back. During trips along the West Coast of British Columbia and Alaska in the early 1990s, his focus shifted to coastal landscapes above and below the waterline. Whether exploring the ocean or taking pictures of dogs in the water, Eiko has developed a dramatic style that showcases unique views of the world around us, one we’re thrilled to share with you in this issue. (p 60)
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