Our Whirlwind Weekend in Dog Friendly Hill Country
With Thursday through Sunday off work, we had planned to do another piece of Route 66. On Tuesday, a text from a friend in Dallas changed all that. "I had my first bluebonnet sighting along the interstate near work!" On it! How To Take Pictures of Your Dog in the...
Florida’s Dog Friendly Historic Coast
If you're looking for a dog friendly beach destination look no further than St. Augustine Beach, FL. In fact, I'd venture to say, it's one of the most dog friendly places we've ever visited. And that's saying A LOT! There were dogs on every city sidewalk, in the...
How To Socialize Your Dog During A Pandemic
It’s been tough, y’all. Really tough. In late March/ early April there was a meme circulating saying, “Check on your Extroverts. They are not ok.” It was funny then, but now it’s not. At this point, I think even a few of you introverts are getting a little stir crazy...
Carthage to Catoosa: Dog Friendly Kicks on Route 66
“If you rush this road, if you don’t spend a day in whatever random town you discover, you’ll miss the spirit of the road and the people who still breathe life into it.” Those are the words I used to describe mine and Henri’s adventures on Route 66 in my first post...
Five Fun Ways To Finish Summer With Your Dog
It may be the first of August, but if you live in the South, you know summer is far from over. There are still a few weeks left until it’s time to go back to school, and I fully expect Mother Nature to hit us with at least one more heat wave (probably just in time...
Get Your Dog Friendly Kicks on Route 66
When I started planning this trip I thought we'd do Route 66 from Tulsa, OK to Santa Fe, NM. I had six days on my hands and I wanted to investigate and find all the dog-friendly stops. I quickly decided trying to cram that into six days was a mistake. I scaled back...
The Dogs of Grayton Beach and The Birth of An Unofficial Motto
I'm not sure when I first learned of Grayton Beach or the Dogs of Grayton mural, but I wouldn't be a very good travel blogger writing about dog friendly travel if I wasn't aware of a a town whose unofficial motto is "Nice dogs, strange people." We first made our way...
About Denise
Denise Holmes is a professional pet trainer, known for her spunky personality and training concept Love. Trust. Teach. Outgoing and full of Southern charm, Denise has an innate ability to find the fun, and fun people, in most any situation.