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A Bark In The Park: The 55 Best Places To Hike With Your Dog In The Philadelphia Region SECOND EDITION Author: Doug Gelbert Publisher:
Cruden
Bay Books ISBN: 0-9744083-4-4 192 pages 26 original
illustrations by $12.95
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Story AnglesOverview - A Bark In The Park: The 55 Best Places To Hike With Your Dog In The Philadelphia Region ranks the fifty-five top places to hike with your dog in the Delaware Valley - all with your best friend in mind. Where are the best places to take the dog swimming? Where are the best parks to walk the dog for more than one hour? Where can I find an off-leash "doggie social hour?" Where are the best parks to walk the dog and push the baby stroller? Also reviewed are another 55 parks located within a hour's ride of City Hall. 1. Story Angle: WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH: YOUR DOG OR YOUR PERSONAL TRAINER? According to Texas A&M University, numerous studies show that pets provide undisputed medical benefits - Pet owners have better overall physical health due to exercise with their pets. (more: Get fit by hiking with your dog) 2. Story Angle: THE 10 BEST PLACES TO HIKE WITH YOUR DOG IN THE PHILADELPHIA REGION. The best of the best; a round-up and quick summary of the absolute best places for an outing with your dog. (more: Top 10 Places To Hike with Your Dog In The Philadelphia Region 3. Story Angle: THE 10 BEST PLACES FOR A SHORT, QUICK HIKE WITH YOUR DOG IN THE PHILADELPHIA REGION. There are many great places to walk your dog around Philadelphia. But what if you only had one hour to walk one trail with your dog, where would you go? Here are ten candidates for the perfect dog walking experience on a time budget. 4. Story Angle: 10 COOL THINGS YOU CAN SEE ON PHILADELPHIA TRAILS WITH YOUR DOG. "If your dog is fat," the old saying goes, "you aren't getting enough exercise." But walking the dog need not be just about a little exercise. Here are 10 cool things you can see in greater Philadelphia while out walking the dog. (more:10 Cool Things To See On Philadelphia Trails While Walking With Your Dog)
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Author BiographyDoug Gelbert is publisher of Cruden Bay Books, specialist in producing "hike with your dog" guidebooks. He has written 17 books, including guidebooks to the Civil War, the Revolutionary War, and SO WHO THE HECK WAS OSCAR MEYER?, that was listed as one of "The Books That Matter For The Millenium" for the youth of the Highland Park, Illinois school district. He has compiled several "A BARK IN THE PARK" books for the southeastern Pennsylvania, Delaware and Baltimore markets. While walking the dog, he also brings along generous helpings of local history, botany, geology, architecture and more. A lifelong dog owner, Doug estimates he has hiked enough miles with his dogs "to cross the United States and back." His current writing project is THE CANINE HIKER'S BIBLE. When not writing or hiking he operates the Dogomat Do-It-Yourself Dogwash, a two-store chain of self-service dogwashes. |
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The Research AssistantKatie, a four-year old Bordie Collie/German Shepherd mix has hiked in 38 states and 7 provinces, including all the 110 parks included in A Bark In The Park: The 55 Best Places To Hike With Your Dog In The Philadelphia Region. She estimates that she has chased a stick from more than 100 species of trees and is on a mission to swim in every major river, lake and ocean on the North American continent. Katie is a charter member of the Chester County Canine Hiking Club. |
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Interview Questions1. How did you get the idea for a book about dog walking? 2. How did you find the parks to visit? How did you decide which ones to include? 3. What criteria did you use to determine the best places around Baltimore to walk your dog? 4. Does every park allow dogs? Do you mention parks that don't include dogs? 5. How did you get the idea for a book about dog walking? 6. How long did it take to research and write this type of book? 7. Do you need to own a dog to use this book? 8. What are the "Bonus Boxes" about? 9. What types of things make a park a good place for a dog? 10. Do you help dog owners who have never hiked with their dog before? 11. Who does the illustrations for the book? 12. Do we have many "dog parks" in the Baltimore area? 13. Do you need to own a dog to use this book? 14. Can any dog be a canine hiker? |
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