Hank

Take a look at this Handsome dog, Hank. He's a two year old, 60 pound Mix. Hank did very well on his first day today. We noticed right away that he's exceptionally smart and high spirited. He came in here with his ears perked up, his tail wagging, and a big ole' grin on his face; he was more than ready to meet his new play mates! It was as if he felt right at home- and had been coming here for years.  Once he started mingling amongst the dogs in our large dog program, he was specifically drawn to one of our Dobermans,  Reilly.Those two played and played like there was no tomorrow. We think Hank will get a lot out of his socialization here, and we are looking forward to seeing him soon.

Take care, 

~Shaunte

Shep

Yesterday we met the proud Shep. He is a recently rescued, five year old, one hundred pound, black and tan colored, German Shepherd. New "brother" of Fort Fido regular, Lucy, Shep came into the lobby calm, and most ready to start his day. In the Big Roll, he kept cool and showed a pleasant confidence. It's clear that Shep has socialized with other canines many times before... As the pack arrived, he met with each member in the proper way, exhibiting very good canine communication skills. Shep got into lots of play in a short amount of time, taking on some of our most "rowdy" and regular Big Rollers, including, Nevada, Jack McCoy, Reilly and Theodore, just to name a few. All in all, Shep did downright awesome, and we were really happy for him, his owner, and his new "sister" Lucy. I'll let the following clips, from yesterday, speak for themselves.

Shep may visit us here at The Fort whenever he'd like, welcome dude!

Take it easy,

-Grant
P.S. Ah, here's one more clip, from today, of Shep and Lucy, interacting at Daycare together. Fun!

All about that action!

We took some first-rate clips today....

Upstairs, it was business as usual in the Little Roll.

Pancake and Bailey became new pals in the Medium Roll Play Area...

And the Big Roll had it's normal share of pretty much nonstop dog-play-action. Oliver, Espy, Chedder, Jackson, Nevada, Della, Ryker and Reilly, just to name a few, were having a good old time.

Today, I'd also like to add this awesome clip of our boy, Brix, picking this year's Super Bowl Winner.

Hahaha, very cool, good on ya boy, GO HAWKS! Thanks to Brix's owner, Lisa, for sending this in.

I'll cap this post off with one dog-funny I saw this morning.

Here's "Patient dog entertains baby goat"

Take care,

-Grant
P.S. If you have any fun pictures or videos of your canine buddy(s), please email them to me so we can show them off on the Blog, we love doing that!

How about...

A few fun clips from the Medium and Big Rolls? Enjoy!

Georgie and Nemo got going strong early this morn...

They continued their "fierce" wrestle-play throughout the A.M., adding Angel to the mix.

Over in the Big Roll, it was your typical "Reilly Show", with him getting several other canines involved in play, including Oliver, and young-buck Ryker.

Good times!

-Grant

Busy Bella

Fort Fido had Bella in for her Assessment this morning. She is a two year old, forty-four pound, Black Labrador Retriever Mix. This strong and confident young dog-gal, did a great job inside of The Fort's Big Roll. After taking a few quick laps around the play area, Bella was ready and willing to meet the pack. She first met with the friendly Bounce, and the two hit it off into play quickly. As time passed and the Big Roll's Pack grew, Bella, continued to speak pretty good "Dog", and most importantly, continued to get along with the other canines. Once Mr. Reilly showed up onto the scene, Bella was "In Love" lol. These two really got to playing fiercely! We were even lucky enough to catch a video clip of the action.

Bella is a busy and hard-playing dog, however, she is also quite sweet, and socializes very well with others. We're happy to have her here and look forward to her return. Well done Bella!

Cheers,

-Grant

Miss Nevada

 

Bright and early this morn, the Fort Fido team met up with the lovely, Nevada, for her assessment. This clever Alaskan Malamute gal, was ready to see what our place had to offer. She is quite striking, weighs one hundred pounds, and is one and a half years old. Entering the Big Roll, Nevada sniffed about while taking some laps around the play area. We laughed as she laid down shortly thereafter, acting as if she was bored, or ready for the next bit of fun (typical Northern Breed lol)... That "boredom" stopped abruptly, as other canines began to enter the Big Roll. Nevada leapt up, and proceeded to "meet and greet" with them in a kindly fashion... Getting into "dyadic play" (one on one) shortly after. She hit it off well with the other dogs, and had a particular fondness for Brix, and Doberman-Dude Reilly. You can see them playing together in the following clips:

We are happy that Nevada did so well on her first day at The Fort, and she may join us anytime. She has some darn good canine communication skills, especially for her age, and you can tell that she has been socialized well. Nice job today Nevada, you're an excellent addition to our pack.

Cheers,

-Grant

Clips from today's BIG ROLL!

Here's one of Blue doing what she does best... Taking on the whole pack in a game of wrestle-play lol!

Two great ones of Reilly and Theodore, these two "bash brothers" can really get to playing fast and furiously, but it's all in good fun of course.

 

Last but not least, this is a shot of two of our youngest Big Rollers having a good time, Douglas and Hailey.

Take care,

-Grant

A few clips

A few clips from today...

Here's a great one from the Little Roll, it seems to always be a party up there! In the clip, you can spot Dixie, Pearl, Willow, Mimi and Pippin.

The next two are just some quickies of Diego, Penny and Reilly having some fun.

 

All for now.

Take it easy,

-Grant
P.S. Ah, I also wanted to add this clip from yesterday of Pippin and new dog Max. Pippin usually doesn't get too playful unless he has been staying with us for a few days... He can also be tricky to capture on film, but alas, I got a little shot of him here, beginning to have a good time. :)

Tuesday Four Playfulness

Life at The Fort is exciting and fun for all dogs. Everyone has a good time here, playing and making friends as well as bonding with the pack. Enthusiastic about the playing today, we got some great video clips of some pack members playing.

As seen in the video below, we got a snapshot of Jude sneakily playing with Brix. They snuck more playing in before we could snap some videos of them.

Having a tremendous amount of fun, Blue and Reilly play it up in the large roll.

Reilly and Theodore are tearing the large roll apart, having a grand ol' time.

After requiring a few seconds of convincing from Theodore, Brix relaxes and begins to play with Theodore.

Hope everyone is enjoying this break from the hot weather, stay cool!
- Zach

Clip Reel...

 

Roll it!

Today in the Big Roll play area, we had a lot of action involving Max, Liberty, and Reilly... Border Collie Max, sure knows how to stir up the fun!

Big puppy-head, Oliver, has recently "graduated" from the Medium Roll to the Big Roll. He is experiencing his second day of the Large Pack today. We are glad he's made the move, and sure enough, as you can see, he is doing well and loving his new digs/friends.

In the Medium Roll today, it was our normal "cyclone of fur" that is Lucky and Yuki hahaha!

 

As usual, Georgie played her tail off, this time with "siblings" Lucy and Max. Awesome stuff.

Upstairs in the Little Roll, we had our cute Wednesday Regulars, and of course, lots of ball time. Sometimes, it can be rather hard to catch the little dogs engaging in dyadic (one on one), wrestling-style play... Today however, we got lucky. Here are Fort Fido mainstays, Oreo and Samarah, having a darn good time together.

Take it easy,

-Grant