By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff Monica Mosqueda, a certified professional dog trainer from Pend Oreille Veterinary Service, and her dog Logan Wolverine will visit the East Bonner Library Sandpoint Branch on Monday, Jan. 22...
By Mike Wagoner Reader contributor It was right about the time I got my first real job… teaching school… when I decided to get a dog. I had taught that first year in Walla...
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff This month marks my dog’s fifth birthday. I’ve come to learn in the past five years that, when it comes to knowing and loving an animal, people either get...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Dogs of North Idaho: It’s your time to shine. The Eichardt’s K-9 Keg Pull returns Sunday, Feb. 23 as the final event in Sandpoint’s annual Winter Carnival. This endearing...
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Man’s best friend hasn’t always been about the head rubs and tail wags — like everything humans touch, canine history has been complicated. Canine use in warfare, peacekeeping and...
By Tim Henney Reader Contributor This article is mainly for Sandpoint dogsters. What is a Sandpoint dogster? It is a citizen who couldn’t imagine walking in a park or on Mickinnick or Pend Oreille...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Dogs of all kinds make the world a better place. But it could be argued that dogs raised and trained through the nonprofit Canine Companions for Independence may take...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Saying goodbye is always hard to do, but for Lilly Mitsui, it’s part of raising puppies. For a year-and-a-half, Mitsui has raised Falcon for Canine Companions, a nationwide company...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff It’s a fact: Sandpoint has a love affair with dogs. You see it walking the streets daily. You see it in the summer issue of Sandpoint Magazine. You see...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Lilly Mitsui might just be known as the “Puppy Whisperer” from this point forth. She is currently training her third service dog for the disabled. “[My husband] Jim had...
