by Denise | Aug 6, 2019 | Travel Tips
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...
by Denise | Jul 24, 2019 | Missouri, Route 66, Travel Tips
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...
by Denise | May 28, 2019 | Dog Friendly Beaches, Florida, Travel Tips
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...
by Denise | Apr 16, 2019 | Travel Tips
Recently, I met another dog trainer who asked me if Henri was my demo dog. This guy was the typical alpha male with a dog in a tactile vest, though to my knowledge we weren’t at war. All the dog did was sit and stare at him. Admittedly, it was a young working...
by Denise | Aug 7, 2018 | Paddling, Product Reviews, Travel Tips
Recently I visited a girlfriend who lives on Lake Murray, SC. While there, we decided to take the jet skis across the lake to a restaurant for lunch. It’s been twenty years since I’ve been on a jet ski. Somewhere between zooming across a lake at 23 years old with...
by Denise | Jul 3, 2018 | Travel Tips
Prior to 2016, I’d never noticed Henri being especially fearful of fireworks. I mean, he didn’t like them- what dog does?!- but he wasn’t traumatized. It was that year, on the 4th of July that I came home from a cookout to discover a trembling,...
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.