Today's assessment is the newest member to the Garrett family, who have been customers of The Fort since 2013 when they brought their first dog, Roxy, here for her assessment. Much like Roxy, Tigger is an energetic eight pound, five month old Jack Russell Terrier. He joined our Small Dog Program with ease and curiosity. Tigger is a cute little guy with a whole lot of life and personality in him. We look forward in seeing Tigger return here and join his big sister in on all our daycare fun! Enjoy your evening, ~Shaunte'
On Tuesday we had the pleasure of meeting Daisy. She's a Golden Retriever/Labrador mix that is eight years old and weighs forty nine pounds. Daisy just moved here not too long ago so she was a little cautious and shy at first- being in a new place and meeting all these new faces can do that to you. But once she got more familiar with the Medium Roll and started mingling amongst her new friends, she realized that Fort Fido is a fun and safe place for her to hang out.
This little cutie above joined us this morning. Snickers is a confident, two year old, Jack Russell Terrier Mix that weighs thirteen pounds. As dogs were arriving for daycare this morning, he was quick to make sure that he met all of them; sniffing away and wagging his tail, he showed great dog speak. Daisy and Snickers are both welcome to come back to The Fort whenever they like. Enjoy the rest of your evening everyone! ~Shaunte
Please welcome Bella to the medium roll pack! =) Bella is a 3 year-old, 19 pound, chihuahua/Jack Russell terrier. Because Bella hasn't been exposed to many dogs, she wasn't sure what to think of The Fort. Although it took her some time to build up the courage to greet the others in medium roll, she seemed to relax and enjoy her time mingling. We look forward to having Bella return for lots of fun.
Woo-hoo! Our main-man Gus, The Jack Russel Terrier, is famous! Checkout the air-time he scored from King 5's Evening Magazine. You can spot him at minutes 1:30 and 2:42. Good on ya Gus, we are so proud. ;)
Please note, the SUNDogs are throwing their annual, and might I add, awesome, "Santa Paws" this coming Saturday. Santa Paws, is Pet Photos with Santa at the U.P. City Hall. Follow this link for more information and a swell picture of Fort Fido gal Hershey. Hershey is alongside her owner, the late, great, Jim Schultz. He was a wonderful man and patron, who always rooted for The Fort. R.I.P. Jim!
Meet Sammy! He is a three month old, twenty-one pound, black and white colored, Puggle (Beagle/Pug Mix) that had his assessment this morning. We put Sammy in the Medium Play Area. He really wasn't sure what to think of things at first, we weren't even sure that he would "bust out" in play... Lucky for us and his owners, he did! After about an hour in the Medium Roll, Sammy not doing too much, Gus arrived. He began to pull out all the stops (Playbows, spins, face-licking etc...) to get the new recruit to play and wouldn't ya know it, Sammy went for it. From that point on it was "game over" for the sitting-around stuff. Sammy began to play like there was no tomorrow, with several different pack members. He truly enjoyed himself. Swell job this morning Sammy, you are welcome to The Fort anytime. A special thanks to Gus for helping us out, he really got this Puggle-guy moving in the right direction. I'll end this post with three fine clips of the Sam Man warming up to the gang.
Enjoy your weekend,
-Grant P.S. Another Puggle that is a friend of Fort Fido is Buddha. When that fella comes, look out! He's always tearing it up. :)
A couple weeks ago, Rainier's ma, Joyce, sent me a link to an awesome video. It's titled, Useful Dog Tricks 2 performed by Jesse the Jack Russell Terrier. Wow! Too cool, that Jesse is one smart canine and he also has one hell of an owner. Great job! Those Jack Russell Terriers sure are cute but you gotta be on your game to own one.
Attained two outstanding clips this morning.
One from the Big Roll, everyone is ramming and jamming in this clip. Looks like fun!
Almost every time I looked in the Medium Roll today, there was a wild group just having a blast. Bogie, Gus, Pupcake and Tikvah, were an animated quartet indeed!
Gus is a one year old, seventeen pound, Jack Russel Terrier that assessed this morning. Upon his arrival, Gus showed poise and confidence while using his nose to explore the lobby. We thought he would be the perfect addition to the Medium Roll and as it turned out, he was! Gus wasn't sure what to make of the dog-less play area but as soon as the canines began to trot in he figured things out quickly. Gus began to greet the other dogs and play, he truly enjoyed himself... Becoming quite smitten with our little Boston Terrier Mix Annie. First rate job today Gus, we look forward to seeing you again.
Take it easy,
-Grant P.S. The morning crew caught this wonderful clip of Gus in action.
Super busy today... Just gonna show the pics :) ! Lillie is a baby Yellow Lab and Suki is a Jack Russel Terrier. Both are fitting in well, score two for our side!
