Soft Nellie

This morning we welcomed Nellie to Fort Fido. Nellie is an 3-month old, 15 pound, Old English Sheepdog. As Nellie entered Fort Fido, she knew that this was a place to enjoy herself at. She delightfully entered into The Fort with confidence and excitement. Soon after entering the medium roll, Nellie began to cheerfully socialize with the other pups. She enjoyed her time here at Fort Fido and we look forward to seeing Nellie return for some more fun.

Enjoy the weather,
- Zach

Rest in peace friend...

Last night we received the unfortunate news that our long time canine-pal, Duke, passed away... He had been struggling with his health off and on for the last couple of years. Our thoughts, and deepest apologies, go out to his great owners for their loss. Duke was lucky to have Jeannie and Nick. They always did right by Duke, taking tremendously good care of him, over the course of his happy life.

Duke is survived by his younger "dog brother" Jack. Duke attended, and had a blast at Fort Fido weekly, for over six years! He was a massive dog, intimidating at first glance, due to his stature, however, his personality was quite different... He was calm, and honestly a true sweetheart. Duke most definitely lived up to his moniker of "Gentle Giant". Take care friend, you were one neat animal, a heck of a dog, you will be missed...

Some find the Rainbow Bridge Poem helpful during pet loss and it's grieving process. It certainly means well, regardless of your beliefs. I consider it a classic poem, check it out if you never have.

In other news, to lift the mood a bit, early this morning Tacoma Firefighters rescued two puppies from an apartment fire. Lucky dogs! Way to go! Here is some footage of the rescuers arriving on the scene.

;)

Take it easy,

-Grant

Happy Overnight Boarding

Barley and Phoebe have been staying overnight at The Fort. We scored a couple of great pictures of them cuddling up on Monday night. Too cute!

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We also got a short clip of Duke and Jack's first night at The Fort, last night. These two were a crackup, it's like a regular-old-classic Slumber Party. Hahaha!



In other news, Fort Fido has an awesome new "Announcements" chalk board in the lobby. It was professionally made, by none other than, Handyman Matt Kanz... Just one of our many outstanding employees. The board looks absolutely great Matt, well done sir!

(Matt doodling on the board)

Cheers,

-Grant

Double Dog Dare Ya

Boy o boy, what an eventful week it has been. I figured it would be a big one due to last week's snow. This morning, we assessed two new Medium Roll puppies! We were as pleased as punch when both young dogs passed with flying colors.

First up was Sadie. She is a five month old, thirty-two pound Labrador Retriever / Coonhound Mix. Sadie has "puppy" written all over her. She is tall and lanky, quite adorable yet ruff and tumble. Sadie did very well with the other dogs and played like there was no tomorrow.

Later on Jax rolled in. He is a four month old, thirty-four pound, Boxer. Like Sadie, Jax is a high-energy and curious puppy-dog. He went to playing right away and excelled at it. Jax is a fine specimen that got along great with the others pack members.

Both pups enjoyed their stay immensely. They are welcome back to The Fort anytime. We are excited to have them in again, these two shall turnout to be some marvelous adult canines.

Watch these clips of the newbies having a ball.







Be well,

-Grant

*Update*

A special WELCOME BACK! goes out to our Big Roll pal Big Duke. You may recall that Duke has been going through some serious health issues. Surprisingly, things are on the up and up for him. So much so, that he was able to attend daycare today with his brother Jack. Way to be Duke, you are one tough animal... You can do it buddy! :)

Duke

Duke came into his first Fort Fido day ready to rock. He is a three month old Rottweiler/lab mix. Most large breed pups start in the Medium Roll. Duke on the other hand, is one of those young dogs that is a hard player. He needs to learn a thing or two from the pack, some "dog language" or manners so to speak. Due to his very physical play style, Duke was the perfect candidate to get with the big dogs early on.

The larger, more mature dogs do not take any guff from youngins. They will play well with a puppy but won't cut it any slack, firm and precise corrections are the norm. After awhile with his elders a young puppy will usually have better bite control and an understanding of fair play.

This is a clip of Duke rough housing with Jake... Before his venture into the Big Roll.

Cheers,

-Grant