Travel Spots for Fido

Dog-toting travelers have a tough time finding k-9 friendly places to vacation with their pets, but Boulder, Colorado's Robyn Peters wants to change that. Six times a year, Peters mails out a 16-page newsletter called: "Doggone--the newsletter about fun places to go and cool things to do with your dog." "Doggone" alerts dog owners to pet-friendly resorts, parks, beaches and k-9 friendly hiking trails all over the country, gives safety tips, training shortcuts and highlights truly innovative travel products including such objects as "Poop Happens" (don't ask) and "BeastRider" (a dog travel seat for your Harley). "Doggone" recently featured a chain of restaurants that allows dog lovers to treat their k-9 friends to "sit-down" dinners at the table with you.

Peters gets bombarded with material from a nationwide cadre of dog-loving stringers as well as subscribers who send in stories detailing "cool" vacation venues, restaurants, etc., that cater to dog lovers.

What sets Peters' publication apart from books on the subject is that her info is always fresh and the personal puppy tales are told by real people who venture onto the road to vacation with their pets. The $25 subscription buys readers and their pets a fun year of great travel memories and allows people to plan fun family vacations with woofers in tow (no more $200 - $500 kennel bills or sleepless nights worrying about how Puffy's being treated back home!). www.doggonefun.com