Bruno waits patiently for his Dad to come out of the store...
This past weekend he went to the dog park for the first time with his Grandma! Apparently, he barked at strangers, but everything went well! We will have to try this again sometime.
Follow me and my two rescued Pitbulls, Bruno and Winnie on our adventure as I volunteer, learn more about Pit bulls, help to educate others about this amazing breed while following the practices of Animal Care and Control of NYC.
Showing posts with label dog park. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dog park. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Trade Pet-Services with your Neighbors!!
You may remember a few months ago I told you about Pet-It-Forward, well it is finally up and running and people in my area have already begun requesting help from neighbors and friends for their pet-care needs.
As I said at the time, "I am really excited about this site; it connects pet owners with other pet owners in their nieghborhoods, makes booking and paying for pet-care online quick and easy, and can save us up to 50-100% on pet care..." like feeding, house-sitting, walks etc...
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( http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/blogs/four-legs-good/5196994/A-slave-to-other-peoples-pets)
Now that I get to use the site, I see how I can offer others a helping hand by offering to walk their dog or watch him over-night. I can earn points by doing this and use those points to have my dog walked in return. You can be a net reciever or a net provider (and actually earn points and cash out) or you can break even and share responsibilities with others.
You can also use it as a tool to meet new people and set up play-dates for your pets. I love this part! I sent out a request for a weekend play date for my two pitties because they are often unwelcome in the dog park but love to play and make friends.
This is what my play-date request looked like:
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And when someone replies to your request- you can check out what their dogs and owners look like and see if it might be a good match! (Notice a play date costs 0 points!)
I think it is a great way to find other pet owners who will be willing to trade services. For example, I'd love to watch another pitties on the weekend and give Bruno and Winnie someone to play with, but it'd be hard to set that up with your neighbors without a site like this.
This is how the circular exchange works:
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As I said at the time, "I am really excited about this site; it connects pet owners with other pet owners in their nieghborhoods, makes booking and paying for pet-care online quick and easy, and can save us up to 50-100% on pet care..." like feeding, house-sitting, walks etc...
Now that I get to use the site, I see how I can offer others a helping hand by offering to walk their dog or watch him over-night. I can earn points by doing this and use those points to have my dog walked in return. You can be a net reciever or a net provider (and actually earn points and cash out) or you can break even and share responsibilities with others.
You can also use it as a tool to meet new people and set up play-dates for your pets. I love this part! I sent out a request for a weekend play date for my two pitties because they are often unwelcome in the dog park but love to play and make friends.
This is what my play-date request looked like:
I think it is a great way to find other pet owners who will be willing to trade services. For example, I'd love to watch another pitties on the weekend and give Bruno and Winnie someone to play with, but it'd be hard to set that up with your neighbors without a site like this.
This is how the circular exchange works:
Hope you enjoy and make use of your neighbors! It ends up being a lot cheaper than using a boarding facility or a dog-walker because you use points which are equivalent to lower costs. (For example, $10 for a dog walk rather than $20.)
If you enjoy watching other people's pets- there may even be some money in it for you! Read this funny blog-post about a woman who watches other's pets on the side- and finds it very rewarding despite the strange things she has sometimes had to do!
You can also search for other dogs that are the same breed as your dog by joining a group. Bruno & Winnie are in the pit bull group, so hopefully we can find some more pitties for them to become friends with!!
You can sign up for free here.
Monday, April 18, 2011
The Weekend in 5 Pictures
It was the first nice Sunday in a while in NYC (Saturday it rained)- finally warm enough to venture outside without a jacket.
We strolled to Unleashed to pick up this new toy for the pups- it is a hedgehog that makes a sort of honking sound. 9Of course despite trying our hardest not to let the dogs play with him unsupervised, he is now "Nose-less Hedgie" the Hedgehog.
Bruno had a fantastic time fetching his ball (and slept the rest of the day)-- Of course the second we got there, 4 little dogs and their owners immediately evacuated so we had the place to ourselves. Unfortunately, Bruno barks at strangers so he is not the best dog to bring to the dog run- but he deserves a little fun outdoors too so when the run it empty we take advantage of it. He also loves playing with other dogs so we are going to try a couple more times to see if we can slowly ease him into being around strangers.
We also took him over to the fountains- he hasn't seen them yet since they had already been turned off when we got him in November- he didn't seem to want to swim in it like Winnie did last summer but instead sat regally enjoying the breeze off the river.
We strolled to Unleashed to pick up this new toy for the pups- it is a hedgehog that makes a sort of honking sound. 9Of course despite trying our hardest not to let the dogs play with him unsupervised, he is now "Nose-less Hedgie" the Hedgehog.
And we took Bruno to the dog park (Winnie isn't supposed to be getting too much exercise due to her ACL tear so we left her home with her new toy.)
Bruno had a fantastic time fetching his ball (and slept the rest of the day)-- Of course the second we got there, 4 little dogs and their owners immediately evacuated so we had the place to ourselves. Unfortunately, Bruno barks at strangers so he is not the best dog to bring to the dog run- but he deserves a little fun outdoors too so when the run it empty we take advantage of it. He also loves playing with other dogs so we are going to try a couple more times to see if we can slowly ease him into being around strangers.
We also took him over to the fountains- he hasn't seen them yet since they had already been turned off when we got him in November- he didn't seem to want to swim in it like Winnie did last summer but instead sat regally enjoying the breeze off the river.
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