Purrfect Dog Parks

I have yet to find the purrfect dog park in the South Bay. My first visit to one ended up with a hurt knee when an out of control pit bull simply ran into me. Before I could gather what had happened the owner had taken the dog and left. He never apologized. This dog owner is responsible for any damage the dog causes even if inside a dog park area. The same laws apply, the only exempt is that the dogs are allowed off leash within the city limits.

I have attached ann interesting article about the

Perfect Dog Park

Competitor watching you?

I have a few new fanpages on Facebook. One of them being Bay Area Green Pets. This morning I wanted to post something new only to see the picture of a new fan on the left hand side whose name I recognized.

I clicked on the picture and I was brought to the person's profile.

What I saw there made me laugh so hard my stomach hurt. One of my competitors apparently had gone to my profile and added my fanpages. My Facebook page is private for a reason. I only add friends and people I know. This is what she saw when she went onto my profile. What she was hoping to find I don't know:

 I can guarantee you AJ does not know the Monster Minders, See Spot Run or Doggieville. All these are listed as my fanpages attached to my profile and most of the fanpages are mine! If not my fanpage the businesses are either personal friends and/or business relations. I know she doesn't know any of them.
Gave me goosebumps for a few minutes! S.T.A.L.K.I.N.G. comes to mind. Why would she try to go on my closed profile? What is she trying to find? The secret to my success? Sorry, you cannot find that on the internet. No matter how hard you look you won't find it!

It did give me a good laugh in the end. I made a picture just to make sure I don't forget this moment of recognition from one of my competitors. Thanks AJ! Oh, and dear friends and business colleagues. Is your business on the list too. You may thank me for your new fan. ;-)

Flower Power

Blooming fruit trees!

Blooming brushes!

Blooming flowers!

Spring is coming!

A tribute to Cody: a Golden Boy

Last night Cody peacefully passed away after a two week struggle with cancer. He still hiked with us about two weeks ago and suddenly he got very ill. Cody spend weeks with us when his daddy was away on business and he and his brother had become part of our family.

Cody will be terribly missed. He was one of those dogs that came in and stole our hearts in a beat. Cody will always be remembered.

http://www.beyondcompanions.com/Cody

We will always remember our pets and those of our clients:

http://www.beyondcompanions.com/memoriam

Sweet dreams Cody!

Another faire and dog haning out of car

Yesterday I didn't even turn on my laptop. I got up at 6 am and sat down for the first time at 9 pm. I was invited to Miasole, a growing solar company, based in Santa Clara: http://www.miasole.com/. I met a lot of other businesses and it was great to be part of this faire. Most businesses do these faires once or twice a week. I started to love my job even more! I was sitting there and realized that these people get paid to be at faires like these on a weekly basis. I get paid to hike and spoil pets.

On my home I met this dog owner, whose dog was litteraly "hanging" out of the window. I took the picture with my phone, therefore the quality is not that great. I'm not sure the dog thought it was that great after they hit 40 miles an hour. I will not share my comment but believe me ... my mouth stood wide open for a long time!

Sunnyvale Pet Parade and Faire

Happy Pet Parade and Faire!
Our booth was popular especially due to our foster puppies!

Sunnyvale Pet Parade and Faire was a great success. We had fun. I want to thank all my "competitors": Auntie M Pet Care, K9 Bed and Bones, Sit 'n' Stay, Merry Puppins, P.E.T.S. and last, but not least!, Pet Star Services! It is fantastic to have such a great group of people working together and on top of that having so much fun.

Pawsitively Purrfect!

Belle and Koda

Belle is back and we are also fostering one of her deaf sons: Koda. Koda is a cute lil' guy. You cannot even notice he doesn't hear a thing. Adventurous, happy lil' fella. He sleeps in a crate in our bedroom. He came in very sick. Throwing up and diarrhea. Not good!

After two days he started feeling much better. That is when we realized that Koda needed a bit more work. The beginning of separation anxiety. He couldn't be alone one second. Communicating with a dog that hears nothing wasn't much of a challenge. Dogs read body language! Most of the times they miss our vocal instruction but they follow our gestures better. Craig Norman, Animal Behaviorist at the San Jose Animal Shelter, once said to me: the dogs have figured you out before you even enter their kennel. That sentence turned out so true. We have yet to figure them out but they have figured us out. How? Body language.

I have a cute picture of Koda. The kids renamed him from GrayJoy to Koda. A deaf Catahoula Leopard Dog. I simply love this breed. Smart, intelligent and quick learners. Did I tell you that one of Jeff's colleagues has 11 of these wonderful dogs ....