New Puppy WalterStay & LearnUno the Beagle
Stay and Learn Spring Weekend Packages
We’ve teamed with Lewis-Clark State College (LCSC) to offer four Stay and Learn excursions. Stay one or more nights at our famous big dog & take a one-day personal enrichment class offered by LCSC community programs instructors. Check your calendar and then treat yourself to one of these weekend getaways of discovery, relaxation & enrichment. Class sizes are limited – book early!
Package 1 – Illuminate Your Life – A Candle Making Primer …………………………. Sat. 4/5/08
Candles brighten any space & make wonderful gifts. In this hands-on class
you’ll be guided step-by-step in the process of blending & crafting a candle.
By the end of this enjoyable class, you will take home your own specially
scented, colored, and molded candle, along with a mold and extra wax.
No minors please.
Location: St. Gertrude’s Monastery – Cottonwood, 3 miles from Dog Bark Park
Time: 9:30 am – 3:00 pm (lunch provided) Class Fee including supplies $ 45
Package 2 – Dutch Oven Cooking ………………………………………………………………….. Sat. 4/19/08
During this hands-on class, learn the basics of Dutch Oven cooking, from buying
and seasoning the ovens, through cooking. Bread, a main dish, and a dessert will
be prepared, with lunch to follow for participants! Minors are welcome.
Location: Pioneer Park – Grangeville, 15 miles south of Dog Bark Park
Time: 10:00 am – 1:00 pm (includes lunch) Class Fee including supplies $ 35
Package 3 – Heavenly Scent – A Soap Making Primer Sat. 5/24/08
Create beautiful cold-process soap the way Grandma made it. Use updated
methods & ingredients, learn safety tips and how to compose your soap. Learn
how to mix, stir, fragrance, mold, and trim the finished product. Bring a towel,
long sleeve shirt, wooden spoon, candy thermometer & rubber gloves.
No minors please.
Location: St. Gertrude’s Monastery – Cottonwood, 3 miles from Dog Bark Park
Time: 9:00 am – 2:00 pm (lunch provided)
Class Fee including supplies $ 54
Package 4 – Herbal Salves & Tonics ……………………………………………………………… Sat. 6/7/08
Local herbs can enhance your health and well-being. In this hands-on class
learn how you can benefit from their use in a setting where herbs & fruits of
the earth are revered and honored for their gifts to us. Students will make their
own salves and taste tonics. Field trip if weather allows. Minors are welcome.
Location: St. Gertrude’s Monastery – Cottonwood, 3 miles from Dog Bark Park
Time: 9:00 am – 2:30 pm (lunch provided) Class Fee including supplies $ 35
Reserve early – class sizes are limited. For booking or more information: phone Dog Bark Park, 208 962-3647 or e-mail us at [email protected]. Regular rates at Dog Bark Park apply, www.dogbarkparkinn.com/lodging.htm. We hope to hear from you soon! The dog, and enjoyable learning, await your discovery.
Uno the Beagle
Sweet Willy (that’s the pet name of the bed & breakfast beagle at Dog Bark Park) is proud to welcome another beagle to join him in worldwide fame. In February, Uno won the Best of Show at the annual Westminster Kennel Club AKC Dog Show in New York City. 
He made history by being the first beagle in the 132-year history of the prestigious show to win the top prize.
Sweet Willy has also enjoyed more fame – having been on AOL.com in November & featured in an award-winning documentary that recently aired on London’s Avalon TV. He’s been included in numerous travel publications & books, often making the cover shot; guess he’s just a pretty boy – or pretty unusual!
Recipe
Some of you will remember the Dog Bark Park Recipe Contest held almost two years ago. Here’s another winning recipe, filling & warm from Tanny of Deary, Idaho. Because it uses lentils (they are grown on the Palouse Prairie not far from Dog Bark Park) she calls this recipe Lentili rather than Chili.
 LENTILI3 cups water or chicken broth2 cups dried lentils
½ cup sliced/diced celery 1 cup sliced/diced carrots 1 medium-size can diced tomatoes ½ tsp powdered chicken bullion (or 2 cubes) ½ tsp black pepper ¼ cup chopped jalapeno pepper, optional (adds heat) ¼ cup white wine, optional Put all in a big pot. After bringing to a boil turn down to simmer, cooking until lentils are soft (about 1 hour). Stir occasionally. Serve with crispy bread & a salad. Sipping a little more white wine or ginger ale with your Lentili is good too! |
Tidbits
Recent Bark news:
Our UK friends may have seen us on More 4 TV airing of the award-winningAmerica Unchained documentary film. The film chronicles one man’s car
trip from coast to coast to see whether it is still possible to patronize only
independently owned gas stations, restaurants, motels & one beagle inn!For more information visit www.DaveGorman.com. Hopefully the film will
soon show in America. A book by the same title releases in April.A best-worst media occurrence hit in late November. Without any advance
notice an article about Dog Bark Park appeared on a front page of AOL.com.
A blizzard of holiday orders came in & miraculously we managed to get all
promised carvings off on time!Tails are also wagging around here since the big dog is included in a coffee table book, Extreme Hotels, published in a tri-lingual edition by Tectum Publishers
of Belgium. The book is a journey to some of the world’s most unusual hotels and bed & breakfast inns.Let us know if you run across news articles of Dog Bark Park. We’re keeping a giant scrap book!
The big dog opens for guests in April. We welcome your visit. Walter will be ready to greet you with tail wags! Enjoy the last days of winter as it transitions to spring.
