About ThePhillyDog.com

My name is Rebecca and I was inspired to create ThePhillyDog.com after becoming frustrated by the lack of a centralized resource for new dog owners in the Philadelphia area.  I became the owner of a 2 year old Yorkshire Terrier named Dash, who suffers from severe separation anxiety.  After searching and trying every training tip and recommendation from vets, trainers, books and on the internet, I began trying to find out which places in Philadelphia I could take my dog into so that I could lessen the amount of time that I had to leave him alone.  I started to find that Philadelphia (and the surrounding suburbs) was actually a very, very dog friendly city!  I was amazed at the number of stores and even coffee shops that let me bring Dash inside and would even offer him a treat.

I also was becoming frustrated at the lack of support that our local shelters and charities were receiving at their fundraising events.  But I was also finding that my dog owner friends weren’t hearing about these events — if they had known about them, they would have gone.  When it came to dog owners and the dog service provider community, there was a huge disconnect.

It occurred to me one day, while sitting in outside of one of Philly’s dog friendly coffee-shops, that we needed a website that people could visit to find out where they could take their dog, what to do with their dog on the weekend, where the dogparks were, what fundraising events were going on…just a “one-stop-shop” kind of place to get information on dog walkers, vets, groomers, pet stores — that was focused on the greater Philadelphia area.  But the website also needed to highlight and promote the various charity and fundraising events that were taking place – and give a dog of the week a chance of adoption – to help the dog community get better involved.   I also wanted to focus on local dog retailers, local authors, local crafters of dog products.  And so, ThePhillyDog.com was born!

ThePhillyDog.com is your essential guide to owning a dog in Philly and the Greater Philadelphia Area! Information on:

local dog events/fundraisers

local services/resources

local product manufacturers/artists

dog friendly retailers

health/nutrition

product reviews

contests & prizes

and more!

Do you have information that you think would be valuable to the dog-loving community of the Greater Philadelphia area?  Then contact us at info@thephillydog.com !

All content, unless otherwise specified, is created by and owned by thephillydog.com and copyright 2009, and may only be used with permission.  Growl!