Full of life Lucy

This morning, Lucy came in for her assessment. She is a fine looking, two year old, sixty-five pound, German Shepherd. Lucy stayed in our Big Roll and did pretty well. She became very aroused when dogs would enter the play area, we are teaching her to be calm when a new guest arrives. Although she is very excitable, Lucy is under good voice control and was easy to correct. She thoroughly enjoyed being with the other canines. I felt that she thought Fort Fido was the "bee's knees". Lucy is a good dog that is learning the do's and dont's of The Fort quickly. She is lucky to have an outstanding new owner who is doing right by her. We look forward to Lucy's return, she is quite welcome.

Here is a clip of Lucy in the Big Roll. There were times where she did more "one on one" play, this clip was taken shortly after McGee entered the game... That always get's the pack ready to party. ;)



Take care,

-Grant

Buddy The Bold

This morning I received an absolutely awesome photo of The Buddy Man cruising in style. The wind is blowing through his hair and it's evident that he's loving life. Buddy is the epitome of happy. A bold little fellow, Buddy get's a lot out of coming to The Fort, he truly enjoys it. Here he is playing in our Medium Roll this morning with Sammy and Tikvah.





Have a nice day,

-Grant
P.S. I am now back from vacation, it was great! A special thank you to Hope for keeping our Fort Fido Blog in action. Ya did a first rate job! ;)

A whole load of news!

Online Dating Sites for Dogs

Aging pets are well-cared-for in their golden years

Puppies rescued from a puppy mill have found news homes

Firefighters save family boxer from blaze

Cactus Jack has been adopted! And his story also led to the adoption of others

Psychiatric service dogs help war veterans cope

Darling Companion is a new indie film exploring the relationships that people have with their pets and each other.

Cow Dogs show of their skills!

Freeway, who I mentioned on the blog last Thursday, is recovering well and is expected to be adopted in a few weeks. His story has led to a massive outpouring of goodwill and fundraising, all of which is benefiting his local Humane Society, and the Maya Fund that was used to save his life.

This cute piece from Denver features dog owners describing their relationships with their pets.

Pet rehab helps to transform four-legged survivors.

Next month the Seattle Humane Society is having its annual Tuxes and Tail Gala, auction, and fundraiser. Some of the auction items are pretty neat (like a 25-person cocktail party aboard a 92’ classic 1929 motor yacht). Sounds like it will be good fun for a great cause.


-Hope

P.S.- Diamond Pet Foods has recalled four production codes of Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover’s Soul dog food.

Quirky Quincy

Quincy is a 10 month old boxer that came to Fort Fido for the first time this morning. He's a dashing young gentleman, that is coming to daycare so that he has a chance to burn off some excess energy! Boxers tend to be a very energetic bunch--he had quite a good time putting the moves on Bella (another Boxer) who just couldn't resist the chance to play. We caught a cute clip of the two in action.



Needless to say, Quincy is welcome back, and we (and Bella) hope to see him again soon!

See you back here tomorrow,
-Hope

Mini Movie Madness!

It was an action-packed day at the Fort! It was pretty easy to get some good clips of the action.

KC, Bogie, Tilly, and Lucy were tearing it up in the medium roll.


In this next clip, Jasmine and Bogie get in on it too!


Old man Murphy was tearing it up with Standard Poodle Max in the big roll this afternoon. Even at about nine years old, Murphy has still got it!


Also in the big roll, hound puppy Zipper and Zodiac (a German Shepherd) had a few good romps.



And from upstairs we have this cute clip of Cortez, Dwayne, and Buddy.

La Guardia flights delayed over loose dog on runway

Woman saves dog being dragged down the freeway

Not sure how I feel about this, but it's good for a laugh! Odd Jobs: Prosthetic Dog-Testicle Maker

Have a great evening everyone!

-Hope

Behind the scenes at Fort Fido!

Here are a handful of clips from the daycare action today! This first clip features Marley and Sammy, having a good romp during nap time.

Here we have Golden Retriever Baer and Labradoodle Sammy, rolling around together. What a cute pair of pups! These two are fairly close in age, and both babies still. It was fun to see them buddy up.

Next is Gracie and Sammy, tearing it up in the medium roll.

Last, but not least, we caught a clip of Maddy keeping her watchful eye on the little whipper-snappers upstairs! She likes to socialize and hang with the pack, and make certain that everybody is minding their manners.

-Hope

bits from the web

"In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn't merely try to train him to be semihuman. The point of it is to open oneself to the possibility of becoming partly a dog."

-- Edward Hoagland

Remembering the dogs of the Titanic

Titanic dogs remembered

Dogs acquire 24/7 TV Channel

Three legged dog teaches others to seize the day

An unlikely dog person

Take care,

-Grant