Adorable Abby

Abby joined Fort Fido this morning. She is a 5 1/2 month-old, 40-pound, Labrador Retriever. I saw her tail wagging as she entered the front door and it continued to do so thought the day. I had her enter into the medium roll today and she was fluent in dog-speak. She socialized and had a great time with the pack making a lot of friends. We caught a clip of Abby playing about with Georgie (take a peek below!). Abby is welcome to attend Fort Fido anytime for some more fun times.

Stay warm,
- Zach

Adored Abby

The Fort's new recruit today was Abby. She is a two year old, thirty-three pound, apricot colored, Australian Labradoodle. Abby's assessment went smoothly this morning. She stayed with us in our Medium Roll where she had the opportunity to meet several other similar sized canines. Although she didn't bust-out into any rigorous play, Abby is a dog daycare regular. She has attended a few other facilities in the South Sound and has done very well at them. Here at Fort Fido, she was just fine with the other dogs yet wandered the play area in hesitant curiosity. It reminded me of being a kid, on a first day, at a new school lol! It takes some time and routine to get to know the others while finding your niche. We believe, it won't take long before Abby becomes more comfortable here. She is more than welcome back, we certainly hope she'll start playing hard soon.

Take it easy,

-Grant

SHOTS - LINKS

Our very first customer, Faramir AKA Wubbie (among other aliases), tore it up right today with Beagle Mix buddy, Buddha, in the Medium Roll.



Also from medium, Barkley did what he does best here everyday... Stir the pot! :)



Everything was normal in the Little Roll, they're off to the ball races, every pups favorite sport.



In the Big Roll, Abby, Abby and Ziva were an unstoppable trio.




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Take care,

-Grant

Fido & Clips

(Apparently, this is a Photo of a Hubley Cast Iron Piggy-Bank from the early 1900's, cool!)

Why did "Fido" become the generic family dog name?

I didn't know either lol, maybe you did... I just learned that Fido comes from the Latin fidus, meaning faithful / I trust, a very fitting term for "Man's best friend". Neat, ya learn something new everyday. ;)


Now here are some outstanding clips from today's rolls.

First up, Abby, Grady, Stella and Ziva have been romping hard all day together in the Big Roll.



It has also been a Chocolate Lab fest in the Large Roll today, here, Osbourne, Kodiak and Grady have a triple threat match. They must know their the same breed lol.



Things were fast and furious in the Medium Roll today as always. Miss Phoebe loves stirring up a pot of chase games... Buddha, Diego and Zeus pursue.



Check Pearl out in the Little Roll, she found a big orange ball that she really digs... A clip was taken later in the day and she was still after that ball, too funny.



Last but certainly not least, new pup Mooshu and Pearl had a late afternoon wrestling match that we were able to capture. What a blast!



Take care,

-Grant

clip time

Everyone's favorite time.

From the Little Roll... It's just a never ending ballgame as usual. You can spot Buddy, Chloe, Raleigh, Koji and Cooper.



Two from the Medium Side.

You can spot Gibson, Marley, Emily, Zeus and Gemma having a party. Diego's back is seen as well lol ;).



Emily and Marley continued to hit it off all day long.



In the Big Roll, Abby and Marco Polo played hard in the AM!



Also, newer friends of The Fort Rocky and Mollie found love today haha.



Take it easy,

-Grant

Video Clips

Two from the Big Roll.

Abby and Stella are two frequent visitors of The Fort. They are best buddies, knowing how to play hard and fast... Sometimes we have to step in and slow them down a bit ;) . These two swell dogs deffinitely get in a full-body workout everyday they are here.



Two young shepherds, Jake and Ziva, had a bit of a love-affair today. It's neat to see the two playing together. Osbourne ends this one with a wind-sprint lol.



Two from our Medium Roll as well.

Miss Bella (check her gorgeous photo out on another website) and young rebel-rouser Zeus demonstrated their fair and balanced play early in the afternoon.



Meanwhile... Emily, Gibson and Jaeger were a surprising trio that got along well.



Take it easy,

-Grant

Videos ! ! ! !

Clips from today:

Crazy fun in the Big Roll. Bella, Stella and Abby have a gnarly play session. Checkout Aliisa's smooth moves towards the end, man, she's an agile Airedale!



From the Medium Roll, Barkley and Diego have a good wrestling match. The same goes for Jasmine and Niko, what fun! Our last clip is of Bella the doodle and new Fort Fido Friend Emily having a go.







Cheers,

-Grant

2 Good Clips & A Funny!

Here we have Abby, Lucy and Walter runnin a muck! :)



In this second clip, we show our buddy Finn lovin them Great Dane ladies (Athena and Bella).



For the funny, Rainier's Mom Joyce sent me this clip, Breakfast with Giner, hahaha good one, kinda creepy!

Cheers,

-Grant

cuddle bugs

These two! Miss Abby and Gem are too cute for their own good.



Cheers,

-Grant

Clip! Clip!

Double trouble here in the Big Roll :) ! Too funny, two sets of Yellow Lab / Black Lab buddies going at it at once (Pepper & Ryker, Truman & Buddy). McGee the Boxer gets in the mix as well!



Next we have Koji and Abby having a stupendous romp around, opposites attract!



Have a good one,

-Grant

A double header!

We had two assessments at the fort this morning. The first was Pepper, she is a eight month old, 55 pound Labrador Retriever. What can I say about Pepper... She is high energy, even after a two mile run! She is the rowdiest we've seen since Ryker (and of course they became friends instantly) lol. Although she's super spunky, Pepper is a good dog. I am sure we will see her in the Big Roll again soon.

Our second assessment was Abby. Abby is a six month old, 43 pound, Goldendoodle with beautiful black and white hair (haven't seen too many like her). Abby wasn't quite as gung-ho as Miss Pepper but she did awesome and really seemed to enjoy herself. Abby is going to be a splendid addition to the Medium Roll.

Boy am I stoked for tomorrow's weather! Get out there and enjoy it! :)

-Grant
P.S. You gotta check this article out, what a trek!

Abby & Jake !

The Fort welcomed two new recruits this morning and Jake was up first. He is an itty-bitty, three month old, German Shepherd who shall soon be a giant! Jake has these massive paws to grow into (the biggest I've seen on a pup in quite some time). He did decent in the Medium Roll, we can't wait for him to find his groove. In a few months, Jake will probably start hanging out with his Auntie Maggie (an all black German Shepherd, a Fort Fido regular) in the Big Roll.

After Jake strolled in, Abby stopped by. She is a beautiful little, three year old, Cockapoo. She has had a rough start (been attacked multiple times by large dogs) with dog socialization. We at the fort think Abby's day was not too shabby. She seemed to enjoy herself in the Little Roll despite some unfortunate situations in her past. Only time will tell. Word on the street is that she loves ball time... We love ball time too, it can be a great tool to get pets comfortable with doggie daycare.



Take it easy,

-Grant
P.S. A couple cool articles here and here!