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• Trixie stars in the parade

  So here's Trixie in the July Fourth parade. She was indeed the star of the show – as predicted in my post yesterday. And she behaved impeccably. Congratulations, Trix! Of course, Kanab, Utah, our local town, about 10 miles from the sanctuary, is not... Posted Jul 04 2008, 08:03 PM by Michael Mountain with | with no comments Filed under: Best Friends, Michael Mountain, Horses, parade

• Kids, cats, me make “superhero” video

  What: Teen team travels around the state, interviewing people who dress up as superheroes and do good deeds. (The kids told me there really are such people!) What then: They decide to find some "real" heroes to interview as a counterpoint. And... Posted Jul 04 2008, 09:42 AM by Michael Mountain with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Best Friends, Cats, Michael Mountain, Rescue, volunteers

• Trixie’s rehearsal

  Trixie is getting ready for her big day out. Tomorrow, the Fourth of July, she'll be starring in the parade through our local town of Kanab, Utah. Trixie is a mini-horse. She came here, in part, to be a companion to Luna, a mini-horse who had been... Posted Jul 03 2008, 02:22 PM by Michael Mountain with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Best Friends, Sanctuary, Michael Mountain, Horses

• Chicago: At the TV studio

  Friday 20th June , noon. WCIU TV is known throughout Chicago as "the dog channel." And they launched their "Top Dog" contest in April, with viewers invited to vote online for Chicago's top dog. Yvette Pina entered the contest and... Posted Jun 26 2008, 09:31 AM by Michael Mountain with | with no comments Filed under: Dogs, Best Friends, Michael Mountain, Chicago

• Chicago: Flying over the floods

  Thurs, June 19. I'm flying into Chicago from Best Friends for a members meeting tomorrow. As we start the descent, we're over Iowa and this, or something just like this, is what I'm seeing out of the window. (I can't get to my own camera... Posted Jun 26 2008, 09:00 AM by Michael Mountain with | with no comments Filed under: Best Friends, Cats, News, Michael Mountain, Rescue, floods

• Nat Geo to follow the Vicktory dogs

  National Geographic have asked us if they can follow the progress of some of the Vicktory dogs in one or more episodes of Dogtown to be aired later this year. The first three episodes of their new series about life at Best Friends Dogtown aired in January... Posted Jan 31 2008, 11:55 PM by Michael Mountain with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: Best Friends, Nat Geo, Dogtown, Michael Mountain, Vicktory

• Hounds of the Baskervilles?

  I'm no expert on pit bulls, so I was as curious as anyone else to see what these somewhat self-effacing celebrities were like when they first arrived here. In a nutshell: they're very different from anything you may have imagined or been led to... Posted Jan 28 2008, 01:08 AM by Michael Mountain with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Dogs, Best Friends, pit bulls, Dogtown, Michael Mountain

• The story so far

  We call them the Vicktory dogs. They're the 22 dogs, rescued from ex-football star Michael Vick's infamous Bad Newz Kennels, who are now living at Best Friends. And now that the final court proceedings have been concluded, we can begin to introduce... Posted Jan 28 2008, 12:28 AM by Michael Mountain with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: Dogs, Best Friends, Michael, pit bulls, Michael Mountain