Dog Tired

There were two different dog carnivals on Saturday, at the same time with the same vender's just 20 miles apart. They even offered the same services. Dogger is now happily chipped. I told her she can run but she can’t hide. I had The Kitty chipped a couple of years ago because he kept getting out and he doesn’t wear a collar. You try putting a collar on him and see how fast he kills you in your sleep.

I saw a notice about a dog carnival that featured a chipping clinic and I took Kitty. I didn’t know the dog carnival was sponsored by a Rottweiler rescue or that we were going to have to spend so much time standing in line making small talk with them. The Kitty isn’t much into small talk or standing in line and having to do all of the above in a crowed of barking dogs just made the experience so much more special, afterwards when I took the stuff to the vets office for them to put on file the technician said “Oh, my Gawd! They charged you how much? Oh, Honey, if you had waited a couple of months we could have done it for half of that! They charged you way too much”. It was for charity after all, but I think I got clipped by that charity because Dogger was for a charity too and they charged me $15 less for the same thing.

I said I went to two of these. The first was nearish to me and was sponsored by an animal rescue a friend from work is involved in and I wanted her to meet Dogger and they were offering the magic chipping. My friend has heard all about Dogger and I thought it would be nice if she could meet her in person. Dogger did an excellent job of being friendly without being obnoxious, I think they put doggy downers in the water bowls. It also helped that Dogger was also very hot and I think that helped to extinguish any desire on her part to play patty-cake with my friend or use her husband as a climbing wall.

We boogied from dog carnival one and onto dog carnival two. I didn’t really need to hit DC 2 but it was being held at the Other Raleigh Dog Park and I have wanted to check it out since before they opened our dog park. I never went to Other Raleigh Dog Park because I thought it was too far away and the one time I was given directions to get there it took longer to recite the directions than I wanted to spend traveling to get there.

I decided it was too far away. It is too far away and it’s in kind of a weird place and it’s not easy to get to. They do have water inside the park and that is a plus, but the park doesn’t have much shade and I felt oddly exposed as Dogger and I walked around. Dogger didn’t dig it either, I said “Okay Dogger, want to go home?” and she was in the car with the A/C running before I got the leash back on. Normally when I say that to her she heads for the furthest point away from me and pretends she’s been deaf since birth. The Other Dog Park just isn’t as nice as ours and it’s just too far away for casual use. They did have better freebies at their carnival though. I scored a nice new leash and some coupons for a free movies and they gave me a free stuffed toy for Dogger to eat . I don’t know what the free movies have to do with dog care but I guess even pet parents need a night off every now and then.