Kepa the Puggle

DOGPAW- Dog Owners Group for Park Access in Washington

The other day I posted about our recent trip to the Dakota Memorial Dog Park. On this day I hung up a flyer and some business cards promoting PDX Puggles on the information kiosk available. 

Today, I was saddened to find an email in my inbox that my "co-founder" had forwarded to me in response to that flyer. It is from Mark Heiny, a Board Member for DOGPAW (the company that runs all of this area's dog parks). It says:

We have noticed advertisements for your meet-up (PDX Puggles) on the kiosks at the Dakota Park.
DOGPAW constructs and maintains the information kiosks for posting of our organizations information and approved advertisements (Non-profit and paid advertisers). Since your meet-ups require a fee they would be considered a for-profit advertiser.

If you are interested in advertising at the Dakota Park or all four of our parks, please see below for further details and cost. If you do not wish to sign up to advertise at the parks, we kindly ask that you do not continue to post your company information on the kiosks.

______________________________________________

DOGPAW welcomes your advertising and sponsorship. Reach your target audience - and support the DOGPAW mission - a low-cost, high-traffic message promoting your business.

We offer in-park advertising on banners, flyers, and business cards. Your advertising donation also includes a "sponsor spotlight" logo link on each of our web pages. Our website attracts approx 1200 visitors per month and our parks have approx 1600 total visitors per day.

Please submit your “dog related” advertisement, completed form, and payment to DOGPAW.

*Sponsor Ad Manager(s): *ads@clarkdogpaw.org

Website: http://www.clarkdogpaw.org/sponsors.shtml

Form: http://www.clarkdogpaw.org/sponsorads.pdf

Donate: http://www.clarkdogpaw.org/dogpawstore/ads.shtml

Mark Heiny

Puggle Puppy Available!

I received an email from Byron over at SnugglePuggles about a Puggle Puppy that is up for re-homing. The email:

I had a family contact me who adopted a Puggle from another breeder as a surprise for his wife. She really had her heart set on another larger breed so they are looking to re-home their Puggle since the breeder won't take her back. She asked if I could help her find a good home because she's a great puppy and they don't want to take her to the pound. I will be getting pictures of her in the next day or so to post on our website and send to anyone who might be interested in the sweet girl. She is still a puppy, a very young puppy 7 weeks old. But she has gone to the vet and she is perfectly healthy (a copy of all vet records will go home with her). Her soft pallet is slightly elongated which only means there would be some more snoring/snorting than usual. It should not pose any major health concerns. She is great with kids as they have a 11 year old son. She has been introduced to their cat as well. Her colors are fawn with a little of the Beagle Markings. They have been working with the potty training so she will come already a little trained, as with any puppy you will still need to continue the training. She comes with her toys, and if you want to pay a little more her adjustable crate. They only want to recoup the cost of her which is $500, or you can pay $560 for her and her crate. As I said, she will come with her toys regardless and copies of the vet check up.

Byron is awaiting pictures of this puppy and as soon as she receives them she has assured me I will get a copy to post.

If you are interested in this Puggle puppy you can contact Byron at info (@) snugglepuggles (dot) com or email me to receive her phone number. 

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Dog Park Etiquette (Petiquette)

On January 28th, I was visiting the Dakota Memorial Dog Park with my friends, Annabelle and Puggly. About 45 minutes into our play-date I was bitten on the snout. Mommy was very scared at hearing my whimpers and seeing the blood gush out of my nose. With the help of Annabelle and her Mom, my Mommy rushed me to the Vet. The Dr. said one of my wounds was just superficial but the other, on my cheek, was a puncture. They flushed it out but said it did not appear to need stitches. The biggest surprise was seeing the perfect arc of puppy teeth punctures across the tip of my tongue. Apparently, when the offender bit down around my snout, it forced me to bite down on my own tongue. The Dr. put me on another round of pain medication and antibiotics. Mommy moistened my food down so it was easier to eat.

No one saw the offending dog clearly, he took off running when I started squealing, and the owner was nowhere near us. I am not assigning blame. It was an accident. An accident that could have been prevented, but an accident all the same.

I want to share with you an article that I found online, here, about Dog Park Etiquette. 

Dog Park Etiquette

Rules of dog-park etiquette and deportment for dogs and their handlers.

By Pat Miller

(click below to read full article)

My Tumblr- Microblog.

So, I signed up for Tumblr to see what all the hype was about. What I found was that I love it! It is so easy to use and is a great service for the micro-blogging platform. 

Sometimes I come across lots of little pictures, or clippings of things I want to share with my furiends but because it would normally take so much effort I usually don't.

From the website:

Tumblr lets you effortlessly share anything. Post text, photos, quotes, links, music, and videos, from your browser, phone, desktop, email, or wherever you happen to be.

So this is where My Tumblr comes into play. It makes it extremely easy to "follow," "like," and "reblog" posts seen around the web. Most will be dog & animal related but I might just throw in a few I that aren't but that I think are too funny not to. 

If you have a Tumblr blog (preferably dog/animal/pet related) I would love to follow you so leave me a comment, mkay?

Best Friends Forevers

This is Miss Annabelle. She is my bestest furiend! We met at PDX Puggles and her Mommy is so wonderful and lets me come over to play.

This is what happens after a long day of playing hard with Annabelle! 

I <3 My Best Friend!

"It's a dog-eat-dog world and I am wearing Milk-bone underwear."

"Dogs are my favorite role models. I want to work like a dog, doing what I was born to do with joy and purpose. I want to play like a dog, with total, jolly abandon. I want to love like a dog, with unabashed devotion and complete lack of concern about what people do for a living, how much money they have, or how much they weigh. The fact that we still live with dogs, even when we don't have to herd or hunt our dinner, gives me hope for humans and canines alike."
- Oprah Winfrey

Pug Left in Trash Bag to Die is Getting New Home

This News story is from Bend, Oregon. If anyone has any information that can help identify the disgusting "person" (term used lightly) that did this, please call the sheriff's office or the Humane Society of Central Oregon. I can't even put my feelings into words about this disgusting crime against this puppy. 

A small dog found tied up inside a plastic garbage bag has been adopted and will be going to its new home Tuesday.

Last week, a motorist pulled off Deschutes Market Road northeast of Bend to use her cell phone. She saw movement coming from a white trash bag next to the road. Deschutes County Sheriff's Lt. Gary Decker said the woman tore open the bag and found a small Pug coated in urine and feces.The 8-month-old Pug was taken to Humane Society of Central Oregon, where it has been recovering from near suffocation. The sheriff's office is still looking for the culprit.