The Governing Board

of your dog park is worried about your health. This is the flu season and we all know that a major route of transmission is via the hands. Therefore, after consultation with the health authorities, we RECOMMEND that humans refrain from shaking hands and instead adopt the method of greeting used by our furry friends, butt sniffing. This may appear awkward at first, but we urge all of you to bend over trying.
Happy Holidays!!

17 Puppies, the sequel

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101223/ap_on_en_ot/eu_germany_puppies

And you thought you had a lot of poop to pick up

http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/entertainment/pets/122110-dog-has-litter-of-17-puppies

Another car break in

I heard this evening that another of our dog park people had their care broken into last Friday. This is the second one I am aware of. I think we need to assume that thieves are watching as people get out of their cars. My guess is that they are looking particularly at women that may be placing purses under the seat before they get out with the dog(s). Be careful.
Also, although I haven't heard of any personal violence, now that it is getting dark so early, be very careful in the park and walking to your car. I am willing to walk the ladies to their car and I am sure that most of the other guys would be willing to do that as well.

Nothing to do with dog parks

I am an investor in, and board member of a Tucson company that is doing some very good things for special needs children. I thought some of you might be interested in recent local media coverage.

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http://www.kvoa.com/news/toys-designed-for-special-needs-children/

Hey, It's Monday. let's have a party!

Thanks to Kathy for taking the pictures

StrawDogs? Rumor has it they are filming a new version in Tucson.Some of the actors?

A rare sight

What is Mia doing, I've never seen that before!

Back to the pictures

What the heck????
Vienna

Dog Wars Part 2

I have heard much support and some criticism of my last editorial. Let me clarify one point- I love ALL dogs, hell I love animals. I love big dogs, little dogs, fat dogs, skinny dogs. I love poodles and pit bulls. I do recognize that our dog parks have been organized to separate dogs by size, I just think that is wrong headed. Yes, really big dogs that are running at warp speed should probably be in a different park, but it is a fact that many many parks do not segregate dogs in this way. To the best of my knowledge there is not a major problem with attacks, NFL style tackles etc in most of these parks. Again, I appeal to all to use common sense about this issue. Yes, some dogs display behavioral issues, but I doubt it breaks along weight lines. We had a nice, cordial community and my sense is that while the dogs are generally getting along, the humans could perhaps take a few lessons in that regard from watching our canine pals. Just a thought.