Canada's hotels aim to please... the discerning dog traveler It's all in a day's work...

'In addition to designated, pet-friendly rooms, close to elevators for emergency outings, the Holiday Inn on King Street has introduced a "Give a Dog a Bone" room service menu of products and services.

• Room 802: a leash and stoop and scoop bags -- rush, please.
• Room 601: play toys, food and water bowls and kibble.
• Room 403: needs a wee-wee pad...' [Hamilton Spectator]

For East Coast USA travelers, we recommend Ocean City, Maryland, as your pooch haven of luxury. The best time to travel there: October 1 - October 13. While visiting, you'll find plenty of dog related activities: Greyhound week in nearby Bethany Beach, the boardwalk is open to leashed dogs; during Greyhound week, some restaurants and book havens fling open their doors to four-footed friend... We visited this October and joined some impromptu Greyhound gatherings with our two chow chows. (well, they are rescues, too... and they act just like well behaved greyhounds. They can't help it if they look like chows.)

Fur flies over alleged mismanagement of Montgomery County Humane Society's Animal  Shelter MD 'Critics are calling on the county to take a closer look at the Montgomery County Humane Society's management of the county's animal shelter in Rockville...' Some of the problems divulged so far:

• unresponsiveness of management to issues raised by volunteers and citizens. Volunteers get 'fired', when raising issues...
• donated money is delayed or withheld from targeted projects and does not aid animals
•  'poor customer service, specifically inconsistencies and delays that cause some people to leave without adopting an animal...'

Citizens at the meeting with the Humane Society Board on Thursday also questioned the management of funds set aside for building a no-kill shelter... More meetings with Doug Duncan and County officials are planned... [Gazette Regional News, Ivan Socher]

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