Carlos in December

Please gaze at the latest Chalk-Work, of the extremely talented artist, Carlos. What a stunning piece to capture the upcoming season! :)

 

Relax this weekend,

-Grant

Finally Back Online!

Here are those belated, yet wonderful, Christmas photos I promised. Thank you for sending them in everybody! Please enjoy!

-Grant
P.S. I hope you all had a wonderful Holiday! Thank you for you support this season.

Xmas Pic Time & News!

We are getting really excited for one of our favorite times of the year... When the Fort Fido Dog Christmas Photos start pouring in! It's really fun to see what you guys come up with and it is much appreciated. We love seeing our canine pals in their Holiday Best. So please, if you get some time, send us in ( grant@fortfido.com ) a Holiday Themed photo of your pet. I look forward to posting them all up on the blog every year. Please note, if you aren't tech-savvy, or are low on time, just bring your pet in dressed up and we'll snap a quick photo in the lobby. Or, bring in a photo, and we can scan it right quick and hand it right back.

Here's a Holiday teaser pic of "Santa Happy". My, doesn't he look festive? He'd fit right in at the North Pole... He might blend-in too good without that hat LOL!

Found in the news recently:

Dogs can drive cars too!

Utah boy with Autism has service dog by his side.

Pocket dogs making Old English Sheepdogs rare.

Beer brewer expands to dog biscuits.

Dog alerts owner to neighbor's fire.

Loyal dog stays by missing child's side until found!

Take care,

-Grant

Missed Santa Pic and News

Hi y'all,

My apologies to Mr. Luther & Miss Payton. I somehow didn't scan there Christmas card until it was too late, doh! Either way, have a gander at it now, better late than never. These two cuties are always photo ready...

(Priceless! Payton always looks like that but I have never seen Luther with that petrified looking, don't-mess-with-me gaze hahaha!)

Some news links for ya:
Amazing dog can save lives by dialing 9-1-1

Neighbor revives dog hurt in fire

Tintin: A beginner's guide to the European Classic

New Year delivers helpful companion for Texas boy

Texas rancher trains dogs to tend to cattle


I hope your New Year's holiday went well. I cranked up the pipes at Midnight, always a pleasure to be able to do that lol. ;)

Have a nice week, welcome 2012!

-Grant

Christmas is almost here!

(A Santa Buddy Part 2 variation lol, click to enlarge, what a looker!)

Well, it looks like Christmas is finally upon us. On behalf of the whole Fort Fido crew, Merry Christmas and or Happy Holidays to you all!

We thank you all very much for your business, support and positive vibes. We'd also like to thank you for the gifts and goodies you have gorged us with this season hahaha! Thank you! We no doubt have the very best customers and canine companions here at The Fort.

Enjoy your family, friends, furry friends and feasts. Have a grand old time, be well, cheers!

-Grant, David, Nancy, Hope, Gary, Matt, Kelsey, Jacob & Devin

Some more of our lovely greeting cards

Take a look, click on each picture to enlarge. Louis's card was another one of my favorites, how creative haha! He always has quite a look on his old Bulldog mug.

Here's Gemma in the spirit

Our bud Rainier with Santa and The Family

Miss Gingersnap wishing us a Merry Christmas

Briggs, Carona and their owner Gary looking dapper.

Louie, patiently waiting for the Jolly Dude...

We received several marvelous cards this year and we thank you all very much!

I only scanned the cards that had our Fido dogs on them to show my Blog fans. Don't feel left out... We've put every card received up in the lobby for all to see.

:)

Have a great day!

-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!

Sweet St. Nick Flower Dog

(Click Photos To Enlarge)

Buddy's ma, Bonnie, sent us an amazing flower arrangement from Buds & Blooms. It is multiple flowers shaped into a very artistic "Santa Dog". Thank you very much Bonnie, this pup brightened our day and has gotten many a compliment! Cortez couldn't help himself, he just had to pose with the new Santy.



This morning I found two good links from MSN.

The first link is actually from the Today Show. It is the Top 11 Animal Stories from 2011 and there are some tremendous ones. Although not all the stories are canine related, several of them are. ;)

Now, I have seen this next link before and it cracked me up, some folks think it's creepy, I guess I'm somewhere in the middle lol. Checkout the book, Yoga Dogs. I was reminded about this book while glancing at MSN's Humorous Holiday Gifts.



Have a great weekend!

-Grant
P.S. Christmas is right around the corner... If you need to get some "Holiday Things" done without Fido's help, feel free to drop him or her into The Fort. Please note, we are NOT closing or changing our hours of operation in the month of December this year.

Season's Greetings from Diego & Miller

We received two awesome Christmas cards/photos recently (Click them to enlarge).

One from Diego. He is looking as sharp as ever posin' in front of the tree. Note that he is sporting some holiday accessories. So Vogue lol!


The other is from Main Man Miller. I think this one is spectacular, the card is an ornament that you can actually hangup. Miller is a natural dog-model putting on his best "Blue Steel" for this winter warming pic.

THANKS YOU TWO!!


A few dog related headlines from this afternoon:

Dog found three years later and 71 miles away (Pretty good but the last link tops this one!)

New dog for Christmas? (Some great info. here. We always meet a Xmas pup or two :)

Why dogs do the funny things they do (I really enjoyed this article, I've often wondered about several of the things mentioned, very cool.)

Man credits dog with saving his life (Another nice one where a dog saves the day.)

Dog returns home after 8-year, 2,700 mile trip (Holy Mackerel! Really ? LOL.)


Cheers,

-Grant

Christmas Buddy and Clips

Checkout this great photo of Fort Fido's very own "Buddy" with Santa Claus. It turned out real nice but my scanner didn't do it justice. Buddy's owner told me that Bud snagged Santa's beard right before the shoot, haha, typical Buddy style! Also, notice that Mrs. Claus had to fill in for the Jolly guy in this pic lol.

Remember, send us in your holiday pet photos (or any pet photos for that matter), they are all Blog worthy and we love receiving them.


Clips from today:

Two different colored "Golden Retrievers", Lulu & Sam played hard today.



The Medium Roll was as wild and boisterous as any day.



The Little Roll was also it's high-energy, fun-loving self.





Take care,

-Grant

*** Holiday Picture Post 2010 ***

Woo hoo! I've been excited about showing you guys all of the great Holiday Pet Photos we have received this year. They are really fun and we love getting them. If you click on a picture it will enlarge, you can also find out the name of the dog that way. Here ya go:



















Thank you to all of our wonderful customers (and their amazing K9 sidekicks) for EVERYTHING! You have all been so great and supportive of us and The Fort. We truly appreciate your business. Please have a safe and Happy Holiday.

Sincerely,

Grant, David, Nancy & the rest of the Fort Fido Staff (Hope, Gary, Tim, Austin & Stacy).

P.S. Don't let our happy pooches get too many goodies this weekend or they'll be tearing us up on Monday hahaha. ;)