AWWW MONDAYS

 

Today, I’m joining Sandee over at Comedy Plus for an Awww Mondays post, and I’m posting about my awwwsome pup, Bo.

Bo just turned 2 yrs. old, and he is in great need of socializing skills and maybe straight up training school. He doesn’t listen. He barks at every dog, cat, squirrel, fly… Person! He’s not necessarily aggressive, he just needs to chill AND to listen to us when we call or tell him to do something.

We live in a 4 unit apartment building and 3 of us have dogs so you can imagine when one dog starts barking they all start barking which makes all the dogs that live behind us, across the fence, join in. It can get kinda crazy and kinda noisy, and it’s a disaster if we don’t time our dog walks around each other. However, when it’s time to potty, it’s time to potty, and we’re not always guaranteed “alone time.” If any other dog is around, potty time turns into a real mess in more ways than one. – I always feel sorry for our 1 neighbor who doesn’t have a dog.

We’ve taken Bo to dog parks around the city to see if we can let him run around within the fenced in area for small dogs, but with his incessant barking at the fence, I can’t imagine what it would be like to turn him loose in there! That fenced in area would have to be completely empty in order for Bo to run around. We’ve been to the park early, we’ve gone late in the day, in the middle of the day. There are always dogs.

I had almost given up hope of Bo ever being able to run free, and then… We discovered Sniffspot! I have no idea how long it’s been around, but it is an amazing service. A private dog area all your own! You pay by the hour and your dog can run free and play in a fenced in area all by himself/herself! This is brilliant!

Our Sniffspot was absolutely wonderful. Over an acre to run and play with a creek running through the property. Since it was our first visit, the owner met with us and showed us where everything was. She supplied clean toys, water, treats and poo bags all for $10.00 for the hour! Plus, she has patio furniture for adults to sit on while their pup is off playing. There was no hovering around by the owner. After our meet and greet, she went into her home, and we never saw her again. The next time we take Bo, we’ll book our appointment, pay the fee and walk through the gate and release our baby beast!

Here are a few pics of Bo at his Sniffspot.
It didn’t take him long to get the toys.

For some reason, Bo was super interested in whatever was going on with potted plants and garden ornaments.

I wish I had gotten a better pic of the creek area but trying to keep up with Bo is like trying to rope the wind! We tried so hard to get him to play in the creek, but that was definitely a no-go. He’s in the back there somewhere.

He spent some time sniffing around and seeing what everything was. He’d even go up to the back door like he was just going to stroll in.

He ran all along the fence about a gazillion times. I thought he would be zipping back and forth on the lawn, but the fence line was his focus.

He spent most of his time like this, just a blur running here, there and everywhere!

And when it was time for us to go, he let us know. He was sooooo tired.

What a great discovery Sniffspot was for us! I want to book an hour for myself just so I can go hang out by the creek under those big old trees, do some reading and listen to those beautiful wind chimes she had! You can tell the owners have made this place their little oasis. It is so peaceful and has such a great vibe. We’ve already booked Bo for his next visit!

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So. There’s my lengthy Awww Monday post, but I had to share! Have any of you heard of and/or used Sniffspot in your area? Apparently they’re all over the U.S. I’d be interested to know if anyone outside the U.S. knows of something similar.

Happy Awww Monday and have an amazing week ahead!

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MIMI’S THOUGHT FOR THE DAY –

♥ mimi ♥