Wow, what a busy month! First it was adding a number of new retail outlets to the Lucky Dog Cuisine family, then some more restaurants and most recently an appearance on the local CBS affiliate WTOC's mid morning live. I did the Hilton Head Pet Expo with Anna from Bistro 17 jumped in the car drove to Orlando for my son Ryan's graduation from Full Sail University with a degree in Film Production. Next week I am in Charleston for a special "Local's Only" demo day at Whole Foods Market and the following week I am in Columbia as a guest speaker and Nutritional Expert for an animal fundraising event. It's a good thing I love what I do.
For those of you who haven't seen it I have tried uploading the WTOC program below but am dealing with a slow internet connection tonight. Instead please take a look at our newly redesigned website.
http://www.luckydogcuisine.com/ The video is now on the front page. Please feel free to give us any feedback on the new site as well. It's worth watching the video just to see how the Murphster tries to upstage everyone. I've never seen a dog who is makes himself so at home everywhere he goes. Especially on his boat.
Travelling to Orlando for Ryan's graduation gave me a chance to find an amazingly dog-friendly hotel. The Sheraton in North Orlando is a very nice hotel and they truly deserve four paws up for their canine attitude. No additional fees for dogs, no size limits and no grief. They have a beautiful atrium restaurant and they even allowed the dogs to do a down-stay just on the other side of the railing while we had dinner. Not allowed in the restaurant of course but to the "boys" this was the next best thing. They made quite a few friends but one of the cutest is pictured below.
The usual parade of passerbys stopped patted the dogs and asked all the usual questions but Bugsy and Murphy were on their best behavior. I was a little concerned that Murphy might bark at some of the noises inherent in Hotels, voices in the hallway, doors slamming etc but he acted like a seasoned vet. I was very proud.
I am attaching a pic of Ryan and I taken just after his graduation. He is an amazing child and I am thrilled to see him get out of school and get ready to move on to the next phase of his life. I wish he'd work for Lucky Dog but I think he has grander plans. Look our Hollywood.
One of the most exciting things to happen this month is the addition of a number of new restaurants to our program We now have five locations in the Savannah/Hilton Head area where you can take your dog with you when you go to dinner and have them served with a nice fresh bowl of Lucky Dog. Along with Bistro 17 and Skillets Grille we have added Up the Creek at Broad Creek Marina, Leoci's a new Savannah restaurant opening the end of this month and featuring amazing Italian offerings and long-time Hilton Head favorite Hugo's at Wexford.
Brandon, the owner at Hugo's is working very closely with us on organizing our first annua"Take Your Dog To Dinner Night!" How cool is that? We will be doing it on Oct. 10 and hope to have a number of new restaurants all located in Wexford Center come on board to make it a great doggie event. Plans call for the proceeds to benefits a couple of great canine charities and if you can make it please join us. More info will be available as we get closer both here and on the Lucky Dog website.
Janice
Your dog needs Whole Foods too!
Always Remember Health Comes From the Inside Out!
