Cheerful Chaco!

Chaco is a cute little three-and-a-half year old Havanese. Since he started out on a Saturday, he got to spend his day with a mix of sizes. From little Lilly (the assessment dog yesterday), to Lila and Blue, and a couple in between! The smaller guys were very confident, even in with the big ones. While he didn't bust out too many of the moves, Chaco had a few flash-in-the-pan moments of play. He also had a lot of tail-wagging and good greeting. This is a pup who was socialized well in his puppy days.

Also from today: a good clip of everybody sharing toys!



Everybody enjoy this nice summery weekend!

-Hope

Birthday Girl In Da House!

Wishing a very Happy Birthday to Lila!

Lila is a very admirable dog that has been attending Fort Fido for many moons inside the Medium Roll. Lila's sister Blue also comes to The Fort frequently (she's in the Big Roll). Their owner Darcy brought in treats for all the dogs to share in celebration of her second birthday, too cool! Please do take a treat bag for your pooch on the way out.

Enjoy your sunny-long weekend! We are open tomorrow (9am - 6pm) but closed on Monday the fourth. Have a happy & safe Independence Day, we'll see y'all back on Tuesday July fifth.

-Grant
P.S. Will end this one with a cute clip from the A.M. of Schnauzer Brothers Oskar and Otto playing.

Welcome to Blue, too!

Today was five-month-old Blue's first day at daycare! While at first she wasn't quite sure what to make of it, toward the end of her day she was wagging her tail and approaching the other dogs. We're confident that once she gets into the swing of things, there will be a lot more playing in her future!

She's got a lot to live up to-- her older sister, Lila, has been coming to The Fort since she was a pup!

Have a good weekend everyone!

Hope

PS-- Check out this news article about a life-saving alert given by an 8-month old pug. And did you ever wonder why dogs shake off water? Also, if you have children, you may want to come down to the U.P. Fire Station tomorrow (from 10am - 1pm) for Fall Fun Day 2010. Who knows, you may run into Fido there!

some clips ! ! !

Here are some wonderful clips captured today. The two clips of Cinder (a neat young Golden, fairly new to the fort) and Niko illustrate great fair and balanced play.





The last clip, featuring Bruiser, Lila and Sofie, shows you what it takes to get one over on Mr. Bruiser... He is a whole lot of dog in a little package. Bruiser needs to get roughed up by the gals every once in awhile, they keep him in check for us hahaha! :)



Have a great day,

-Grant

Clips

This first clip is of Jake and Bear (Newfoundland / Lab Mix) having a friendly wrestling match.



The second clip is of Cooper, Lila (Border Collie Mix) & Sofie running-a-muck.



Cheers,

-Grant

Jake & Lila

Just a clip of Jake & Lila having a good 'ol time in the Medium Roll today!



In other news, I was surprised to find this article on MSN's homepage the other day. I don't want to alarm anyone but it is interesting... We've heard many odd stories regarding veterinary care. Please just be cautious and don't get taken on a ride ($$$) just because it tugs at the heart strings.

* Look out, the following is a Kumpi plug/rant, yes we sell it and the reason... We can trust it! *

If a vet clinic encourages you to put your dog on a "special food" or "prescription diet" be wary, educate yourself first (it's all about money and "The Man" man lol). Kumpi may not be the cure all solution for pet food but it's NEVER had a recall and every batch goes through extensive testing for pathogens, freshness and quality of ingredients (to not ever have a recall). It's made in the USA and there are no ingredients from China. The money is spent on the food, not on fancy marketing. In short, just because your dog's food is from The Vet doesn't necessarily mean it's right or healthy (Cough! Hills Science Diet. Cough!).

* Off rant lol *

We won't get me started on Doctors lol! Have a good weekend,

-Grant

Yeah! Christmas pictures!

We collect "Santa & Pup" pictures every Christmas here at Fort Fido and display them in the lobby. If you have a Christmas photo of your pet please bring it in, we'd love it!

So far we have Candy (a Cockapoo) visiting Mr. Kringle at two different locations, Cleo (a Ridgeback mix) with Santa (her owner said Santa was choking her lol) and Lila (Border Collie Mix) hanging out with Jolly Old St. Nick. Enjoy, take care,

-Grant
P.S. I gotta mention that Benny boy has just turned one year old today. He is a good lookin golden Happy Birthday Benny!

Class tonight & the pits in despair

Fort Fido is excited to start its new group training class tonight! We are featuring basic obedience & leadership with Garrett Stevens. Our plan is to offer a variety of group training classes and workshops designed to strengthen the communication between owner and pet. A few rascals from the fort will be in attendance tonight. :)


In other dog news, unfortunately not good or exciting, I ask myself "What are these fools thinking?".

Have fun in class tonight pups, give 'em hell! Hehehe! Take care everybody,

-Grant