- Congratulations Hope & Ryan! -

Welcome new baby Robin, well done! Wishing all three of you the best!

Woo Hoo!!!

-David, Nancy, Grant & everyone here at Fort Fido. :)

Belated Happy Halloween

From the "D-Man" Diego... Belated because of me, not him lol. The photos are, "The Balancing Act", "Happy Halloween", apparently that is how he greeted trick or treaters lol, and "Winning" featuring his loot from the contest.

 

What a fright and how fun! Great pictures dude, thank you kindly. Also, congratulations on your second place finish in Fort Fido's first annual costume contest. Which, by the way, will be much improved next year. With good input, given to us from several of our customers. We will now be able to workout some of the "kinks" that were in this years contest. Let's just say, we will be "leveling the playing field" next time around. A special thanks goes out to our manager, Hope, for coming up with the grand idea and laying the groundwork. Awesome job!

Take it easy and enjoy your weekend!

-Grant
P.S. Speaking of contests, this one, with a bit of a different flavor, caught my attention yesterday. Hahaha! None of my customers will be entering that one. ;)

New Blog Gadgets and Clips

Boy o boy lol, we are becoming so very tech-savvy around here. Our Facebook page is taking off like a rocket (Go ahead, "Like Us"!) and Hope has even started putting together a nicer version of our YouTube Channel. I have added a few neat features to our blog. You can check them out to the right of your screen. We now have a fancy Facebook link, a list of our favorite posts, and if you scroll down a bit more, you can see the top-viewed blog posts of the month. We are having a lot of fun with this stuff and it is great FREE marketing for The Fort. :)

We will also be launching a brand new website soon, it's been a labor of love for me. We just gotta have a new site with all of our overnight boarding info!

I'll leave you with three clips.

Big Roll


Medium Roll


Little Roll


Take it easy,

-Grant
P.S. If you are looking for something to do this weekend you could do this and or this... I highly recommend the latter, it is a wonderfully-fun, hell of a good time! Tickets can be purchased at the door, dress nice. ;)

P.P.S. Did I mention we are on Facebook? Hahaha!

Neato News... Facebook!

Found these links earlier, they're all pretty awesome, enjoy!


For Iditarod winner, a legacy of loving dogs

Dog helps ailing girl by carrying oxygen tank

'Stunt Dog' show promotes pet adoption through amazing canine tricks

Former Marine to be reunited with canine comrade

Training of prized dogs a family affair

How to handle dog aggression

Wiener dog race supports city animal shelter

Find the 5 best dogs for your family

Show dog author explains why we love our dogs so much

Talking dog Clark G loves heroic canines and bacon

Cheers!

-Grant
P.S. I have been dragging my feet for awhile but... We are now finally on Facebook, yayyy! Hope has a lot to teach me hahaha, I've been out of the "Social-Networking" loop for years now lol.

Getting ready for class

Howdy, I hope your weekend went well. Sure glad that this weather is approaching "normal" lol, what a headache it has been. We had a great group of dogs today even if they were a bit wound-up, you know, cabin fever and all. ;)

My folks and I (David & Nancy) spent part of Sunday getting ready for our group training class starting January 31st. There are three more spots available in the class, it is not too late to sign up. Just give us a call (253-460-0299)! Mom spent her time doing a lot of touch-up painting while dad and I hung up our old outdoor banner/sign near the Big Roll. It turned out pretty cool. Dad also did some fence repair. On Saturday, Manager Hope sealed the seams of our rubber flooring. That is a difficult job, lucky for us she's good at it.


This morning I caught a great action clip of the Medium Roll, have a look.



Take care,

-Grant

Santa Claus is coming to town...

Rather, "Santa Butters", is coming to town hahaha! You may recognize Buddy, he is one of Fort Fido's poster boys. He is a very handsome American Eskimo that has been coming to The Fort for years. You just can't beat his striking look! It's been awesome to use pictures of Buddy for marketing, specifically our Website/Blog Logo. He is one photogenic little canine. Twas hilarious this morning when Butters came in as Kris Kringle, we had to get a pic of it.


Long time Fort attendee, Black Pearl, brought us in some excellent Christmas Cookies. Thank you! Ironically enough, Hope, with Dave's glasses as a prop, looked very similar to the "Cool Santa" depicted on the sugary dough haha! Nancy had to score a photo of that one.




I'll leave you with four clips of The Rolls. Two from the Medium, one from the Big and one long one from the Little Roll.









Cheers,

-Grant
P.S. Just a side note, other dogs in our Website/Blog Logo include (From left to Right) Faramir, Mr. Bingley, Lola and Ruger. All but Mr. Bingley still attend and have been doing so since 2006. Thanks dogs for looking so good! ;)
P.P.S. Here is Buddy from 2009 in another costume lol!

- Clip Day -

Check out these great clips from The Rolls today!

Up first is one of Boxer Sam and Yellow Lab Big-Boy Ryker sharing in some fun.



Two from the Medium Roll.

Gordon, Jasmine, Emily and Marley were tearing it up, a very normal occurrence lol.



Barkley and Niko have been buddies for some time now, Jasmine, has also been welcomed into their session.



Upstairs was your daily crazy-ball-time. The Littles sure learn how to retrieve well due to the constant stream of tossed-toys. It's fun up there, for the dogs and the "Wrangler".



One more clip from the Little Roll features busy-gal Samarah enjoying a jolly time with the loveable Gherie. ;)



Take care,

-Grant

Check out these kicks!

Thanks to Pearl's ma, Phylis, for the pic of these puppies... I think Hope and or Nancy should get a pair hahaha!

Our Dog Trainer, Garrett Stevens, is going to be launching a new website soon... Looks like our man Gary will end up being the webmaster, too cool, way to go!

Garrett has sent me some fantastic photos of him and his boxers, I've updated the Training Page on our site with them. We hope to have some new training class and seminar dates up soon. I'm guessing the dates will be after the holidays.

Take it easy today,

-Grant
P.S. O yeah, we scored a nice clip of the Little Rollers doing there thing today. It was a fun group!

Dog Day of News

Hope struck gold again this weekend with a wonderful article. She has been wanting to write it for some time now. Please check it out here "Puppy Protein Problems" if you haven't already.


American Humane Hosts Hero Dog Awards (Great photos here!)

Woof! Dogs in the news. (Even more awesome photos.)

Nestle launches TV ad aimed at dogs, will it work? (Very interesting but please, forget Purina lol!)

10 compelling reasons to add a shelter dog to your life.

Vietnam Vigilantes battle dog thieves! (Wow, had no clue about this type of madness, this article is a bit "heavy", you've been warned...)

Paralizyed dog named Scooter inspires (What a champion!)

Have a great start to your week,

-Grant

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