Disaster Preparedness for Pets

Did you know that June is Disaster Preparedness for Pets Month? We're talking serious disasters here -not running out of cheese snacks. You can get some tips at the Humane Society and even better at the Red Cross. The Red Cross also offers a cool Pet First Aid class and some articles on preparing a disaster plan for you and animal kin. Your people should definitely take notice of this. We dogs are pretty smart but if you People are going to leave us locked in at home, you have to have a plan to take care of us! Tamara and I saw lots of dogs in Louisiana whose People did not have a plan. In our neck of the woods, disaster is most likely earthquake so the first step is to be sure that your dog bed is in a safe place away from potential falling objects! Can you imagine if your People are at work, you are asleep and an earthquake comes and a big mirror or lamp falls on your head! Not good.

Super Adventure on Bainbridge Island

We went on the ferry! Super Adventure on Friday was GREAT. We took the ferry to Bainbridge Island. What a great place to be a dog. We drove to Pt Townsend too. They love dogs there too. We went to the beach and several Bark Parks and we had dinner at a cafe where the people ate outside at tables and the dogs could eat with them - but on the floor. Need a weekend away with your people? Go there. it's more fun than a cheese snack!

WE SAW A HUMONGOUS BEAR!!!

Hello, hello. Cordelia Brown here. Hello! Today I went on Adventure. (I don't often go anymore EXCEPT for Doddering Old Dogs.) Anyway...we saw a BEAR!! In ISSAQUAH!. We always wear bear bells just in case anyway, but still...a bear! Tamara blew the whistle. (this means come right away for SNACKS!) and all the dogs ran back with me. I am a leader, after all I am almost 10. The bear ambled off the trail and we all put on our leashes and we went the other way. It just goes to show there is room for everyone. But, it was very exciting! Tamara gave us all extra snacks 'cause we were good but, really now.....what dog would take on a 500lb bear! Even Chloe, who was on her first Adventure, smelled the bear then heard the whistle and ...doh.... of course she made the right choice! If 6 other dogs are running toward Tamara what self respecting dog would run the other way? Really..... Anyway...bears are cute. They are the same color as I am...Do you think that means anything?

This is Dawson. Don't let Cordy fool you. That bear was soooo far away and sooooo big...not even a question. Of course we came when we heard the whistle. That whistle means 'COME'. And...it means CHEESE SNACKS... of course we came. It has absolutely nothing to do with Cordelia Brown's leadership abilities. Don't tell her that though. She'll kick my cropped tail butt!