For Lucy Jabrayan, founder of Thrive4Life Holistic Pet Food Store, it’s all about the animals. “I’m an animal lover,” she says. “For me it’s so much more than a business, because when you touch people’s lives, even if someone comes into my store and doesn’t make one purchase, but they leave empowered, they leave excited, that’s a job well done. So it’s so much more than a business for me when you’re touching people’s lives and you’re helping animals. It’s so rewarding.”Thrive4Life, which opened in 2018 as a retail store for premium pet foods and unique lifestyle products for cats...

9 Pet-Friendly Events Across Canada This July and August Looking to get out and about with your favourite pup this summer? We’ve rounded up some of the best dog-friendly events taking place across the country for you to enjoy with your furry friend. 1. Ultimutt Music Bingo with Dog Friendly KW & Becca Hosts Voted the top two Event and Party Planning businesses of 2022 by Kitchener-Waterloo Community Votes, Dog Friendly KW and Becca Hosts are celebrating their achievement with a series of pup-friendly trivia and music bingo events! Bring your dogs and human friends to take part in the...

Free Korean Dogs is an organization that grew out of passion - a passion for rescuing dogs not only from abandonment but also from the Korean dog meat market. Korea is the only country in the world that commercially farms dogs for food - every year, millions of Korean dogs are slaughtered for meat consumption. When EK Park, Founder and Executive Director, visited her native South Korea seven years ago, she witnessed firsthand the brutality that so many dogs are subjected to as a result of this trade. Determined to do something about it, EK Park began rescuing a couple...

MSAR Service Dogs has a unique goal: to change lives, one dog at a time. Based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the organization provides world-class dogs trained to serve as working dogs, elite service dogs and therapy dogs. George Leonard, the founder of MSAR and MSAR Courageous Companions (their Alberta-based charity which provides service dogs to veterans and first-responders), developed the program to provide a different kind of treatment for returning soldiers suffering from PTSD - the first of its kind in Canada. A certified Master Dog Trainer, as well as a First Nations Band Constable, head of the Canine Unit and...