Adventures in Walking

Guys, Guys, Guys! My human’s interest in local small businesses has finally paid off for me. Please allow me to tell you about the greatest thing in our lives to date…a dog walker/ pet sitter!

He's also a great photographer!

Eek! Exciting I know.

So initially mom heard about this business starting out on a local women’s Facebook group.  Naturally my human wanted to feature them on our blog and get a feel for their business.  They did the whole meet and greet, and hung out on our back deck while my human learned all about their fascinating journey that brought them to this point in their lives.

We were just going to do a write up about them until my human found herself away for longer hours than she’d like. (Enter our awesome new friends that come take care of us while the humans are away.) We couldn’t be more thrilled by their service. We get to see a friend mid-day, run around, do our business in the yard, and go for walks! All because the human feels guilty for being gone so much. That’s what’s called a win my friends!

Play time

Tina and Brad left the ever demanding corporate ladder and sold 80% of their belongings to take their life and their animals on the road in search of the perfect next chapter to their lives. Thankfully for us, they settled in Ogden, Utah and began work on a pet sitting business.  So basically they are some of the coolest adventurers we’ve ever met, AND they come hang out with us when we need some extra love! 

The walking crew

If you’re in our area, we highly recommend them!

Check them out on Facebook at Active Paws Pet Sitting

We certainly hope that our humans pick up more hours so we get more quality time with our new favorite humans!

My Day Job

I recently asked my humans how long it’s been since we posted and they couldn’t remember, which means it’s been WAY too long!

It’s been a while since I’ve gone to work, making me realize that I haven’t told you about “work”. Many of you may be familiar with ESA animals (aka emotional support animals). That may be a whole other post. Anyway, I have been working towards being a therapy dog in addition to my girl human’s ESA dog.

Fast forward to me in an unlikely place…a dental office. This is where my grandpaw and man human have asked me to come and help patients with them on the reg. I kinda thought humans were supposed to “bring home the bacon”, but it appears I’m much better at it than them. #obvi.  

I am very good at sitting with frightened children. I show them how I brush my teeth, and let the dentist look at them too! 

My Office Chair

Many patients have started requesting my attendance during their appointments. (I'm not suprised.) 

I typically sit in Grandpaw’s office until I’m needed. I’m not gonna lie, It’s not a bad gig.

Where would you like a therapy dog present in your life, doctor, dentist, etc.…? Let us know!

Dumpster Daisy

This is Daisy

We’ve been excited about a lot of things. (We’re excitable people!) But is the biggest thing to date! 

We sat down with the owners of K9 Sport Sack and their inspiration for it all, Dumpster Daisy, to bring you this great story.

Now If you’re like us you have tried everything, and I mean everything, to include your dog on all your adventures. We have all kinds of dog carriers; ranging from $20-$500. We have the Lexus of dog jogging strollers (we’ve logged marathons worth of miles with it too). Those little riding trailers towed behind road bikes? Yeah, they aren’t for human children in this household.

Recently, we’ve started looking for ways to bring Gracie on hikes and snowshoeing outings; which works fine for a minute, but her little legs are no match for long trails. We needed a solution.

Da Da Da Daaah!!!

Enter: K9 Sport Sack

Like us, they too tried everything to include their pup Daisy on bike rides and other adventures.

Before I get ahead of myself let me start by telling you their awesome story:

Daisy was deliberately discarded like common trash. She was found inside an elementary school dumpster. Someone had put her in a kennel and left her to fate in the dumpster. Luckily, a janitor found her; saving her life.

Daisy’s, then, temporary family were admittedly not dog people. This was okay since they had no intention of keeping her.

As soon as she got to their house the disgustingly smelly Daisy ran and jumped on their bed snuggling up on a pillow. All the while her new humans told Daisy that she better not get too comfortable or unpack her bags. Daisy was a destroyer of things and not an easy dog; nonetheless, she’d made her way into their hearts. Daisy now had a forever home.  

Making herself right at home on the humans bed and pillows

Fast forward a bit to the inception of the K9 Sport Sack…

Daisy’s man human likes to road bike. On one occasion he found himself being chased by a tire biting Daisy. Her human scooped her up and rode with Daisy held precariously under his arm.

It’s after this fairly dangerous and difficult ride that her humans decided they needed a real way to ride with Daisy on the bike.

Daisy and her man human

First try keeping Daisy contained

Thus started the search for a bag that would fit their needs. 

–Here is where we bonded with Daisy’s family over the frustrating search for the perfect bag that just hasn’t existed before—

They describe the first sack as being basically a pillowcase with straps. 

There was no intention of creating a bag for anyone other than themselves, but after being stopped numerous times by people asking where one can buy this bag; Daisy’s humans decided they might actually be able to make this work for them. 

Using all their savings they took the leap and had 100 bags made. With a plan to try selling the bags at a Petapalooza event. By noon they were sold out and taking back orders! Daisy’s humans knew they were onto something.

Since then there have been many phases of the bag to get where it is today. A man once set on being a history teacher now works for himself fulltime (but let’s be real, he really works for Daisy). They’ve just adopted their second dog, after long ago becoming what they never thought they’d be: dog people.

I’m pretty sure that’s the ideal outcome for any dog story! 

(Does you heart feel like it's glowing? 'Cause ours is! Thanks for reading!)

K9 Sport Sack

Coming soon… both Bianca and Gigi’s humans as well as Gracie’s will feature our adventures in their K9 Sport Sacks.