New Pup Molly

 

Hello everyone, meet The Fort's newest recruit, Molly! She is a darling, six month old, twenty-three pound, cream & apricot colored, Australian Labradoodle. Molly was happy and eager to have her assessment today at Fort Fido. She hung out with the Medium Roll Pack, and fit in very well. Molly spoke great "Dog" for a young canine, making friends quickly and easily. Her favorite playmate today was Max.

You can get a glimpse of Molly's playful antics in the following clip:

Good job today Molly, you're welcome anytime, and we hope to see you back soon.

Take care,

-Grant

Effervescent Emma!

This morning we had the pleasure of adding a sweet old Goldendoodle gal named Emma to our medium pack. Although she is eight years old, Emma is in great shape and had a great time palling around with fellow 'doodle Cody (who is about seven years her junior). These two look like they could have been cousins, even though Cody is an Australian Labradoodle. They were great "peas in a pod" and were caught on camera this morning.



This well-rounded pup makes a great addition to our pack, and will continue to get along swimmingly.

We've been adding a great bunch of pups this week, and a big thanks to all of you for continuing to spread the word about the Fort!

-Hope

Honaw found & Clips

We received some good news this morning... Lost pooch Honaw has been found. Apparently he popped up at the Tacoma Humane Society. Way to go! That must have been on emotional roller-coaster!

A few clips from today:

Ryker and Sadie demonstrated lots of fair and balanced play in the Big Roll.



In the Medium Roll, Cody and Gracie rocked their "Doodle Style" lol.



Not to be outdone, the Little Roll had a wonderful group of wily rascals in rigorous play. There was even a lot of wrestling between them.





Cheers,

-Grant

Courageous Cody

My goodness, this has been one busy/exciting week already, with three terrific new dogs in a row.

This morning we assessed Cody. Boy did this handsome devil have a fantastic time here! He is a six month old, twenty pound, apricot colored, Australian Labradoodle, just like Abby we assessed yesterday... What are the odds of that lol?

Now, youngin' Cody hung-out in the Medium Roll and wholeheartedly enjoyed himself. He wasted no time, going straight to play with a number of dogs. His energy level and spirits were high, fast and furious play was his game. There isn't any doubt that Cody and his owners will benefit greatly from dog daycare. We are pleased that this little fella has been socialized early and look forward to taking care of him again. Well done Cody!

Here is a shot of Cody in action with the ever-so-hard-playing Tikvah!



Cheers,

-Grant
P.S. Shoot! Too bad I don't live closer to Seattle and or knew about this event sooner. ;)

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

Busy week ends with Gregarious Gracie!

We did it! Not that I doubted us, or any of the new dogs for that matter lol... But, you just never know sometimes. Needless to say, I don't Blog about the canines that don't cut the mustard. Luckily, it's rare, we chat with folks about their dog far before the assessment date. We also go over our handy application. We've carefully designed the questions on it to give us all the information we need. Nine times out of ten, we'll know if a dog is going to work out here or not. Long before they step one paw into the lobby. :) I've touched on this before in my post "Giving The Boot".

All six of our assessments (new dogs) passed this week. There wasn't one "hitch in our giddy-up" haha. Excellent!

Now onto the show... Say hello to Gracie. She is a lively, one year old, thirty-five pound, Australian Labradoodle. This is a popular breed for us at Fort Fido. These dogs are cute, active and hypoallergenic. We definitely see why folks fall in love with them. Gracie sprinted around our Medium Roll like there was no tomorrow. She fits right in with that high-energy group. We believe Gracie will learn a lot here at The Fort. She'll certainly expel some of that "doodle-power" at the very least.

Here she is, just starting to get into it with Tilly...



Then, a bit later, she has officially "Busted Out", look at her go!



Enjoy your rainy weekend,

-Grant

Plum Tuckered

Meet Tucker, he is a nine month old, twenty-four pound, chocolate and white, Australian Labradoodle. He had his assessment this morning and boy is he a sharp looking pup. Tucker did a great job today in the Medium Roll and was quite a pleasure to have at The Fort. We are delighted to be seeing him again shortly. Awesome job Tucker!

Happy Veterans Day! Thank you to all who have served.

Take care,

-Grant

another nice assessment

Penny assessed this morning, what a cutie! She is a darling, four month old, ten pound, Labradoodle. Penny is one happy little gal, she started out in the Medium Roll and did just fine. She knows how to play well with others. Penny is welcome back anytime, we hope to see her again soon.

Take care,

-Grant

Good clip of Teddy

Teddy is an extremely friendly and loving Vizsla that has been coming to Fort Fido for some time now. In this clip, Teddy is having a fun time romping around with Cooper.



Take care,

-Grant

::: Kona :::

Kona is a darling little Australian Labradoodle that embarked (Embarked... Get it? Hahaha) on her first Fort Fido session earlier today. She is six months old and about 20 pounds. We started her in the Medium Roll, after a bit of hesitation she took off and had some fun. Good job Kona! We hope to see you playing even more soon.

Here is a clip of Kona just starting to find her groove with Cooper, another Australian Labradoodle, birds of a feather I suppose!



Cheers,

-Grant