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About Fido Loves
The Fido Loves website was originally created to help a few friends find the dog friendly Boston we had discovered with our beloved Pointer “Moose”. Since we started seeking out the best of Boston for dog owners Fido Loves has grown from a hobby to full time project as we continue to develop a better resource for the Boston dog community. Our goal is to focus on the best dog friendly places, events and people in Boston and around New England.
The articles, reviews and photography are a result of interviews, first hand experiences and my love for photography. I avoid the simple scraping of other websites just to create an article to attract readers. I am always welcome to suggestions about dog friendly people, places and businesses which are wort writing about. Alway feel free to contact me.
About: Jay Stebbins
I grew up in a dog-centric family spending my youth as an apprentice working for my father, a renown professional dog handler and other highly respected handlers and breeders. I like to joke that I learned to walk by balancing against a set of pooper-scoopers while cleaning up after our dogs. My entire childhood revolved around the care of dogs. Throughout my youth, I wanted to be like my father and show dogs professionally. My father Bob Stebbins was famously known for his incredibly gentle hands when it came to dogs. It was through him and the dog show world where I learned how rewarding caring for dogs can be. These days I am less involved with the Dog Show World, although still enjoy visiting my extended family. My families roots in the dog show world started with my grandfather, J. Monroe Stebbins, a renown breeder and handler of Dobermans (Really it was my grandmother with the eye for dogs but things were different back then).
Outside the dog world I am a very active person. I am involved in various sports such as kiteboarding, mountain biking, sailing, snowboarding and photography. I am a Boston Real Estate Agent focused in the downtown Boston and waterfront areas. I am a bit of a geek as I enjoy tinkering with websites such as Fido Loves. Most of what we do revolves around dogs, especially Moose, who is almost always with me. Moose is an English Pointer (see below) and a very good fit for our lifestyle. An incredible amount of research went into deciding what type of dog would fit our lifestyle. I am a research junkie as well, ask anyone who knows me, I like to learn as much about everything that surrounds me.
About: Margie Hinckley
Margie grew up in dogs as well. Her parents were involved with the dog show world as well. Margie showed in Junior Showmwnship and even went on to show dogs at the Westminster Show at Madison Square Garden. At their family home you can find a wall of great photos of all the sisters showing dogs.
Margie and I met outside the dog show world at a charity event on Nantucket. We were both shocked as we learned later how our childhoods were incredibly similar. It is nice to have met someone else who gets the passionate care of dogs, the quirky dog show world and understands the importance of responsible dog ownership.
About “The Magnificent Moose”
Moose is a “Pointer” or “English Pointer” who just rounded his second year. Moose is a fantastic dog who fits perfectly into our family. Both Margie and I are very active and enjoy the outdoors. Pointers are extremely fast and have incredible endurance while having a laid back temperament in the house. They do require an active lifestyle to be happy.
Pointers have been bred for about 500 years as gentlemen’s bird hunting dogs. In the field Pointers point out birds, not attack. This instinct is bred deeply into Moose as a 10 week old puppy he started pointing crickets by the foundation of the house. Inside the house pointers are unstoppable couch potatoes. The short white coat makes cleaning and spotting ticks easy as we spend plenty of time in the woods exploring. Of the color varieties Moose is a Lemon, or favorite. Moose joined us from Seasyde Pointers and Helyne Medeiros an amazing contributer to the Pointer breed.
For our family Moose is a perfect fit. Always moving outside, generally sleeping inside, charismatic and generally brilliant. Is a Pointer for everyone? I highly doubt it. When choosing a dog you really need to look at your lifestyle and do your research to find a dog that will compliment your family. Margie and I can not imagine life without Moose.
