http://aarff.com Aarff.com is the resource for senior pets who still have plenty of pep in their step, others with unique needs and everyone with precious personalities. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:24:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://aarff.com/blog/let-the-games-puppy-bowl-begin/ http://aarff.com/blog/let-the-games-puppy-bowl-begin/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:24:36 KJackson http://aarff.com/?p=7043 Happy Friday!  Woof Woof!  We are just over 48 hours away from the biggest show on turf!  We’re talking the Puppy Bowl on Animal Planet. Will you be watching?  I know we will.  Who do you think has the best job this weekend?  The referees of the Puppy Bowl, of course!  Dozens of dogs are [...]]]> http://aarff.com/blog/let-the-games-puppy-bowl-begin/feed/ 0 http://aarff.com/blog/canine-behind-the-scenes-oscar-photo-shoot/ http://aarff.com/blog/canine-behind-the-scenes-oscar-photo-shoot/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:25:42 KJackson http://aarff.com/?p=7037 Even though he’s retiring after this  awards season, Uggie the loveable 10 year old pooch  from this year’s hit movie, “The Artist,” is one busy fella. He’ll take one of his final bows in a couple of weeks at the Golden Collar awards, (Feb 13th) followed by the Academy Awards. (Feb 26th) Until then, see [...]]]> http://aarff.com/blog/canine-behind-the-scenes-oscar-photo-shoot/feed/ 0 http://aarff.com/blog/st-louis-blizzard-memories-of-82/ http://aarff.com/blog/st-louis-blizzard-memories-of-82/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:32:22 KJackson http://aarff.com/?p=7033 Many of you know I live in St. Louis, where the weather can be so unpredictable.  An ongoing joke is if you don’t like the weather today, stick around and you’ll probably love it tomorrow. Today marks the 30th anniversary of one of the city’s worst blizzards.  It’s quite ironic since our high temperature today [...]]]> http://aarff.com/blog/st-louis-blizzard-memories-of-82/feed/ 0 http://aarff.com/blog/scenes-from-a-dog-park/ http://aarff.com/blog/scenes-from-a-dog-park/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:01:50 KJackson http://aarff.com/?p=7019 For those of you who’ve been to dog parks, perhaps some of you have encountered…how should I say… a very *enthusiastic* pet parent? I’m setting the outrageously funny scene in one of the latest episodes of Portlandia on the Independent Film Channel, IFC.  The network sent me a clip. The comedy hit stars Fred Armisen [...]]]> http://aarff.com/blog/scenes-from-a-dog-park/feed/ 0 http://aarff.com/blog/petsmart-charities-donation-boosts-spayneuter-programs/ http://aarff.com/blog/petsmart-charities-donation-boosts-spayneuter-programs/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:45:28 KJackson http://aarff.com/?p=7008 Please spay or neuter your pet!  That’s something we can’t say enough about to all of you pet parents. Here’s something that will really get you thinking.  11,000 pets in this country are euthanized each day.  That’s about half of the 8 million pets that land in shelters every year according to a PetSmart Charities [...]]]> http://aarff.com/blog/petsmart-charities-donation-boosts-spayneuter-programs/feed/ 0 http://aarff.com/blog/toy-poodle-dies-in-his-mid-20s/ http://aarff.com/blog/toy-poodle-dies-in-his-mid-20s/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:49:58 KJackson http://aarff.com/?p=7005 His name was Uncle ChiChi, and while his pet parents don’t have his exact age the Toy Poodle was believed to be either 24, 25 or 26.  Yep, no lie. Chichi was adopted from a shelter in Charleston, S.C., when he was 1 or 2,  records proving his age were lost. Chichi lived in New [...]]]> http://aarff.com/blog/toy-poodle-dies-in-his-mid-20s/feed/ 0