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Diane Gil @ D&B's: Posted on Friday, March 17, 2017 8:24 AM
The group, Friends of Festival Country K9s, is spearheading multiple upcoming events to benefit the community. They are coordinating pet adoptions with all the local animal shelters, offering discounted micro-chipping for pets, discounted dog agility classes, and dog obedience classes for puppies and adult dogs.
 Upcoming Fundraisers include two events at Petsense, 582 South Main Street, Cedar City. Petsense will be hosting a pet adoption event that will have adoptable pets from our local animal shelters and rescues from 10am to 2pm and the group will be hosting a fundraiser for discounted pet micro-chips. |
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Diane Gil: Posted on Friday, March 10, 2017 7:04 PM
The WOOF Center for Active Pets in St. George, Utah is hosting snake awareness training on Saturday, April 1, 2017 beginning at 9 am (Utah time) 8am (AZ time)
The location for this training will be held at the Littlefield Firehouse, Beaver Dam Arizona, 630 N. Highway 91 (approximately 30 miles west of St. George)
It is $120 for a 3 to 4 hour outdoor session. If there is a second dog from the same household, the second dog is $100.
The class will be instructed by Jay Smith who has 15 years experience in the field. |
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Diane Gil: Posted on Friday, March 10, 2017 6:33 PM
The next session of dog obedience training with Gail Workman will begin with a 2 hour seminar on Wednesday, April 19th, 2017 at Gail Workman's Dog Training Made Easy, 2494 South, 18100 West, Cedar City, Utah
 For questions, please contact Gail directly at 435-592-5487
The first class is a seminar WITHOUT dogs.
Week 2 class days and times available:  ***subsequent weeks are 1 hour long classes Beginning class Wednesday April 26 11: am Wednesday April 26 Puppy class 4 months - 7 months old 6:00 pm to 7:00 |
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Diane Gil: Posted on Wednesday, March 08, 2017 8:38 PM
Petsense, in their effort to support the building of Iron County's first dog park, has offered space to the group, Friends of Festival Country K9s, to display and sell items to raise funds for the new fenced dog park to be built.
There will be T-Shirts & dog leashes for sale and a location for donations. Brochures will be available to find out more about this grass roots project.
Friends of Festival Country K9s is a 501(c)(3) non profit organization that originated in Cedar City in 2012. |
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Diane Gil at D&B's Dog House: Posted on Monday, May 23, 2016 10:22 PM
On Wednesday, May 18, 2016,Friends of Festival Country K9s and SUU Student, Courtney Sullivan presented to Enoch City Council for a dog park. The presentation was well received and is to be addressed again at the next Enoch City Council Meeting on Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at 6PM. Although the official decision has not been made yet, Enoch City has been accepted into the PetSafe Bark For Your Park grant contest which could earn the city $25,000 for their potential dog park.
PetSafe has been operating this grant program for the last five years and has given away $850,000 to communities across the country to build new dog parks. |
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Diane Gil: Posted on Tuesday, December 29, 2015 2:15 PM
I just added a new page to our website for Lost Pets that gives names, addresses, phone numbers, and internet links to local Animal Shelters, Veterinarians, Groomers, Boarding Facilities, Rescue Groups, suggested Facebook links, newspaper contacts, radio contact, Craigslist, KSL and more.
Our Story
I write this because we, personally, just had a scare with
our son and daughter-in-law’s dog. Their
dog Foxie was visiting some family on the south end of town in Cedar City when
their neighbors blew off fireworks. |
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Diane Gil: Posted on Monday, January 12, 2015 11:09 AM
Gail Workman will be offering discounted dog training through the non-profit group, Friends of Festival Country K9s beginning January 2015.
The classes will begin with a free dog training seminar on January 14, 2015 at Gateway Preparatory Academy in Enoch. Gail has been offering these free dog training seminars throughout Iron County since she became the Director of Education for the group in 2012.
 Gail has over 30 years of experience training dogs in a variety of expertise including, obedience, tracking, flyball, agility and hunting. |
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Diane and Bruce: Posted on Friday, January 02, 2015 10:55 AM
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Diane Gil: Posted on Wednesday, December 10, 2014 5:27 AM
Dr. Mike Gamble moved to the area and is working with Dr. Richard Bagley at Mt. View Animal Hospital. We would like to welcome him to the area and let the community know what a great veterinarian that we think he is.
He has been the primary veterinarian for our personal animals this year and we have been very happy with his ministrations. He has also offered his services to the non profit groupFriends of Festival Country K9swith a vet clinic offering micro-chipping and vaccinations to the public. |
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Diane Gil: Posted on Saturday, December 06, 2014 10:25 AM
We have kicked off our annual Pet Food Drive for the homeless animals of Iron County again. This year we are including Perseverance and Dust Devil Horse Sanctuaries.
In years past, we've been able to help all the animals shelters within Iron County but these very deserving sanctuaries need our help as well.
We are working with the non-profit group Friends of Festival Country K9s and they will supply a tax deductible receipt for your donation, if requested. You may get this receipt by calling 435-865-7347. |
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Diane Gil: Posted on Wednesday, September 10, 2014 5:09 PM
The day will consist of Canine Good Citizen Testingwith AKC Evaluator Gail Workman and demonstrations with the Police K9s as well as agility, flyballl, and rally. There will be local vendors, games with prizes, a purebred parade, coloring contest and more.
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Diane Gil: Posted on Wednesday, September 03, 2014 2:15 PM
Gail will be offering this testing for a $10 fee. All money will go to the FFCK9s club and helps to defray costs of materials and other associated costs with offering low cost training classes, seminars, and events.
What is a Canine Good Citizen? It is a program designed by the AKC ( |
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Diane Gil: Posted on Monday, September 01, 2014 1:47 PM
D&B's Pet Sitting and Boarding in Cedar City Utah is hosting Pre-Agility and Agility Classes for the community. They are on Thursday evenings beginning at 6:30.
The cost is a $10.00 donation to Friends of Festival Country K9swhich is a group that supports all the local animal shelters and offers discounted classes and fun activities for the whole family with their dogs.
We welcome vaccinated, leashed and friendly dogs to participate in this family friendly and fun sport.
We have a new AKC Competition Sized 100' X 100' area in our back fully fenced yard. |
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Diane Gil: Posted on Monday, September 01, 2014 1:00 PM
RESPONSIBLE DOG OWNERSHIP DAY
11 AM TO 3 PM SATURDAY, OCT 4, 2014
CEDAR MIDDLE SCHOOL LAWN & PARK DISCOVERY
VENDORS/GAMES/DRAWING/DEMONSTRATIONS
PUREBRED PARADE/CGC TESTING/ COLORING CONTEST POLICE K9S/ADOPTABLE PETS
Friends of Festival Country K9s is hosting their 3rd Annual Responsible Dog Ownership Day at Cedar Middle School and Park Discovery, 2215 W. Royal Hunte Drive in Cedar City. It will be hosted on the lawns across from the Aquatic Center.
This family friendly event welcomes people to bring their well-behaved, leashed dogs to try out some of the agility equipment purchased with donations and RAP funds. |
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Diane Gil: Posted on Friday, March 21, 2014 12:32 PM
Cleaning a dogs ears may not be as easy as you think. Some dogs are rather adverse to it so it is a
good idea to always offer a treat when you are done so the next ear cleaning
session goes a little easier.
Start by restraining your dog. If you have a small dog you can wrap her up
in a large thick towel with her head exposed or have someone help hold her.
Use a cotton ball, paper towel or gauze sponge moistened
with water and gently rub the large pieces of wax and debris off of the ear
lobe. |
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Diane Gil: Posted on Sunday, February 02, 2014 12:02 PM
My husband, Bruce Gil, and I have been working to bring the community an off leash dog park to Cedar City along with a group of other people and have met with much resistance.
One of the things that brought resistance is the lack of funds to build a dog park which brought us to starting a non profit 501.c.3 so people who donate to our group can get a tax deductible receipt.
We were approved by the IRS in record time and have made huge steps forward in the community by hosting regular pet adoptions for shelter pets, offering low cost and free dog training seminars and classes, hosting fun events that can help people get motivated to be involved with their pets and so much more. |
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Diane Gil: Posted on Thursday, January 02, 2014 8:20 AM
If you are thinking of adopting a new dog, there are many things to consider. Are you really ready for one? This free downloadable book is a great resource to help you decide.
If you have a new dog, a local group by the name of Friends of Festival Country K9s can help you with resources to train and offer fun and exciting activities with your dog. This is their site:
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Diane Gil: Posted on Thursday, January 02, 2014 7:50 AM
FREE DOG TRAINING SEMINAR Offered by Gail Workman
 Wednesday, Jan. 22nd, 20145:30 to 8:30 Do not bring your dog. To Register, call: 435-592-5487
There will be time
for questions and answers. This seminar
is WITHOUT dogs and open to the public. Please sign up here to register as space
is limited. Classes begin the following week. This seminar is a pre-requisite for those
intending to take Gail’s class so you know what to expect and be prepared for. |
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Diane Gil: Posted on Thursday, August 22, 2013 3:22 AM
Have you ever been in the uncomfortable position of having to break up a dog fight?
It can become a very dangerous situation very quickly and must be acted upon quickly. If you have fears that your dog might be aggressive towards other dogs, don't risk your dog, yourself or other dogs by allowing them to come in contact.
If your dog shows signs of aggression, we recommend that you seek the professional help of an animal behavioral expert or dog trainer. Locally to Cedar City and the Southern Utah Area, D&B's highly recommends Gail Workman. |
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Diane Gil: Posted on Thursday, March 21, 2013 2:01 PM
NAFA or the North American Flyball Association is coming to Cedar City for a flyball tournament.
 What is flyball? Flyball is a dog sport in which teams of dogs race against each other from a start/finish line, over a line of hurdles, to a box that releases a tennis ball to be caught when the dog presses the spring-loaded pad, then back to their handlers while carrying the ball.
The Iron Dog Flyers and Flying Colors Flyball Teams are co-hosting a NAFA tournament in Cedar City, Utah on May 18th and 19th with the support of the Friends of Festival Country K-9s. |
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