The Editors of Dog Fancy magazine (full disclosure: Dog Fancy is owned by the publishers of my book, Lick Your Plate! Celebrity Chefs Cook for Their Dogs and Yours due out in Fall 2011), have named the Top 10 Dog cities in the U.S. and my house is not on the list--maybe because it is not a city?

Anyway, the winning city is Provincetown, MA, (on Cape Cod) which is very interesting because it is not among the cities they asked us to include in the book. Anyway, the criteria used to select the winners include things like the prevalence of dog-friendly open spaces, events about and for dogs, vet care, pet services etc.

The runners ups are:

Carmel, California
Madison, Wisconsin
Benicia, California
Fort Bragg, California
Lincoln, City, Oregon
San Diego, California
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Sioux Falls. South Dakota
Salem, Oregon

Not a single one of these cities is in our book so clearly the criteria did not include chefs who cook for their dogs! Also most of these cities are west of the Mississippi which is intriguing since I think there are more Eastern cities that could give these a run for their money.

Anyway, the full list is available in the September issue of Dog Fancy if you are intrigued.