Dog Life

I live in Vancouver, a city with a certain pride in being dubbed Hollywood North. The shooting of hit productions is so commonplace that long chains of industry-related trucks and trailers are a regular fixture of our cityscape. But it’s not the catering vans and gaffer-types that cause the most excitement. It’s—we’ll admit it —those “guess-who-I-just-saw!” celeb bump-ins.

“On one level,” says Grogan, “my book is about a couple with a dog, but on another level, it really explores a couple trying to figure out what’s important in life and what really matters on our journey. This big crazy dog really led us to realize that the real goal is happiness and you find that at home and you find that with your family.”

Adults, Kids, Even Dogs… Everyone Loves Her

One taste of the wild, competitive sport of flyball and you’re hooked. Dogs utterly fascinated with balls race off-leash over a 51-foot course, along the way hurdling four jumps that are 10 feet apart. The size of the shortest dog on the team determines the jump height for that entire team. At the end of the course, the dog uses his or her feet to hit “the box”—a device that fires a tennis ball—then catches the ball and flies back over the jumps to the finish line. As the first runner crosses the line, the second dog in the four-dog team takes off. To make it even more exciting, these dogs are racing alongside another team of ball-hungry athletic canines.

Due to my family’s benevolently neglectful parenting style, Jamie Lee Curtis entered my life at an early age, likely too early by most therapists’ standards, given the vehicle to our introduction was the horror movie Halloween. As such, I now have the nerves of a tormented puppy-a love of all things Jamie Lee.

Bobble around Beantown with your best buddy; meander in Brookline, stroll around Beacon Hill and sidestep the Big Dig in The Hub of the Universe.

Laughing Matters

As with so many ground-breaking ideas, necessity proved the mother of invention. As a new mom, Ottosson suddenly found herself with less time to interact meaningfully with her dogs. She knew that consistently challenging her dogs was integral to their development, not to mention her relationship with them, so she created Ottosson's Zoo Active Products, a line of games that ask your dog to combine wits, motor skills, and memory to get a treat. Forget mindless chewing and squeaking‚ these are toys that require your dog to think.

I'M NOT FEELING WELL WHEN I ANSWER THE PHONE. It's that season, I suppose. The one that can leave you talking through your nose-freezing with unexplained shivers in one stuffed breath, and sweating like a UFC fighter in the next. Basically, it's a day that reminds me how grateful I am to have a work-fromhome gig that sees mismatched Old Navy pajamas and a Lululemon headband as formalwear.

Looking for an excuse to visit the Big Apple this August? Look no further. Fashion goes to the dogs with New York Pet Fashion Week.