Andrea Rains Waggener, author of Dog Parenting—How to Have an Outrageously Happy, Well-adjusted Canine, is the devoted dog mom of an English springer spaniel named Muggins. “The better dog mom I am, the nicer person I am,” says Waggener. “Muggins would tell you so if she could talk.”

Okay, so Waggener doesn’t really think loving dogs can bring about world peace—at least not right away. But she does think that dog parenting is a fun way to become a better person. “If enough of us worked on being better people,” she suggests, “wouldn’t that make a better world?”

Creating a better world isn’t why Waggener created her website, http://www.dogparenting.com and the designs in her Dog Parenting Store at http://www.cafepress.com/dogparenting. She created her Dog Parent and Canine Kid Community and her store because “proud dog parents need a fun way to tell the world what a tail-wagging good time it is to raise a canine kid.”

“Being a dog parent is one of life’s greatest joys,” Waggener says. “But it can also have a lot of frustrations.” One of the best way to remind yourself of the fun of being a dog parent is to surround yourself with affirmations of your devotion to your dog. The Dog Parenting Store at http://www.cafepress.com/dogparenting is a fun place to find those affirmations printed on everything from stickers to shirts to coasters.

At http://www.cafepress.com/dogparenting, proud dog parents can proclaim that they’re

--Devoted Dog Moms or Dads
--Proud Dog Parents or Grandparents
--People who “Stress Knot.”
--People who “Bark Up The Right Tree.”
--People who know that “Confidence Means Wagging Your Tail Even When You’re Out On A Limb”
--Parents of well-loved dogs.

Contact Andrea Rains Waggener at (360) 581-4085 or e-mail her at theupbeat@coastaccess.com for more insights into this topic. Andrea has been a guest on Fox News Network's "Fox and Friends," Pacific Northwest TV’s "Northwest Afternoon" and "Being In Seattle," as well as on several radio talk shows. She's also been featured in Fitness, Shape, and Diane magazines. More information about Dog Parenting, along with Muggins’ inspiring canine kid blog and information about the monthly Dog Parent and Canine Kid News, can be found at http://www.dogparenting.com.


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