Some Clips

It's been a busy day around here. Everyone has been working extra hard to get our overnight boarding plans in gear. There is lots of planning, marketing and running around to do before Memorial Day weekend in May... That is when we will be kicking off our 24/7 canine care operation, how exciting!

I'm going to post some clips now, that is all lol.

Miss Bella "The Dane" returned for a visit today. She's bigger and happier than ever. Bella played with lots of dogs in the Big Roll pack, taking quite a liking to Gus... Boy is he popular!



Also in the Big Roll, Grady, was being his normal happy-go-lucky self. He is a great dog, pay no attention to the fact that he looks like he is getting "beat-up" in this clip haha. Grady goes a million miles an hour while playing, sometimes the pack needs to slow him down a notch. This helps us and it is a good thing!



New Mastiff pup Tilly showed up this morning. She is doing mighty fine, making many new friends, including Terrier Bad-Boy "Lil Gus".



Take care,

-Grant

Spirited Samantha

Please welcome Samantha. She is a lovely, one year old, forty-six pound, Black and White, English Springer Spaniel. Samantha joined our Medium Roll and was a bit hesitant at first... Unsurprisingly, she busted out hard after a few hours. Samantha just couldn't resist Grady's Chocolate Lab Charm Haha! Samantha did really well for her first day at The Fort. We look forward to her attending. Thanks to Grady for helping bring Sam out of her shell, way to be bud!

Take care,

-Grant
P.S. Here are two clips of Miss Samantha having a barrel of fun in the Medium Roll this morning.

CLIPS

Here our some clips just showing the tip of the iceberg of today's action.

Barkley, Diego, Gordon & Patty from the Medium Roll.



Also from the Medium Roll we spot Macs and Winston busting out a little.



The Big Roll featured a ton of Grady and Max play.



Upstairs, in the Little Roll, we have lots of ball time and a match between Henry and Lucy.





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

Roll clips!

Four from today.

The first one is short but sweet showing the ball-of-furry that can be the Little Roll lol.



In clip two, from the Medium Roll, Mr. Buddha's got a girlfriend (Phoebe)!



The Medium Roll again, this one shows Mama Mimi schooling young Zeus and Buddha.



In the Big Roll it was daily fun, as usual, you can spot Maggie, Howie, Benny, Maximus, Grady, Mcgee and Stella among others.



Enjoy your weekend,

-Grant

))) Gleeful Grady (((

Grady was a highly loveable pooch that had his assessment this morning. He is a one year old, sixty pound, Chocolate Labrador Retriever. Grady was the quintessential happy and healthy young lab assessment. We stuck him in our Medium Roll and it worked like a charm, he absolutely enjoyed himself. Grady played and communicated well with the pack. He is a happy-go-lucky dog that the Fort Fido crew looks forward to seeing more of. Way to go today Grady, ya did a first rate job!

Just a side note: Over the years, some of our wildest and most hard to handle canines have been young chocolate labs. We aren't exactly sure why but we have some ideas and don't think that it is a coincidence... Lucky for us, Grady didn't fall into the "hard to handle" category. ;)

Cheers,

-Grant
P.S. My o my, that new computer is still not here... I can get a browser going long enough to post a blog but it hasn't been easy. Making a badge picture barely happened and the big pain for us is that our QuickBooks is down. Come on next-day shipping! Shouldn't you be here by now lol? Ahhh!