"The Last Great Race on Earth" has a starting line, but that line seemed a long way from where I was standing; surrounded by a howling pack of grungy mutts in a warm and muddy mountain valley. The scene was yelping chaos as Matt Hayashida's favorite collection of dogs were harnessed and attached to a metal-go-cart contraption. Eight people piled onto the buggy. I couldn't imagine the train of canines moving this unwieldy apparatus with any sort of energy, but Matt recommended I hold on tight. "Once they start it's hard to wind 'em down," Matt had mentioned earlier. And when the shouting of "Git it! Git It! Git it!" sent the dogs flying forward, imagining the Iditarod starting line in Anchorage suddenly became a whole lot easier!

Having bred pedigreed dogs as a hobby for what seems a lifetime, Poodledoodle founder Lizzie love retired from “Western” life to the magical island of Bali in the archipelago of Indonesia in 2003 with her giant white Standard Poodle, Cezanne.

All across america public art spreads like wildfire! Cows in Chicago, Ponies in New Mexico are just a few!

This was taken in 2003, on my trip to Australia. My favorite part of the day was 6 a.m. when we took the dogs (German Shorthair Pointers, Keno and Chippa) to the bush to run (Chippa) or walk (Keno, who was much older--she has since had to be put to sleep). I loved watching Chippa run around, hopping over bushes, chasing rabbits or birds or kangaroos. Unfortunately, none of the roos made it to this video.

In the second episode of The Ryan Estrada Expeditions, from ryanestrada.com, I was given the mission to kiss a rat, so I visited Karni Mata, the temple of the rats!

Liza goes behind the scenes at the 2007 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York City. Meet the handlers, the groomers, and the 1600-plus dogs that traveled to compete for Best in Show!