Comments on: Dog Park Duties – Tue Cute Tuesday

By: lauren

lauren — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:51:21 +0000

ha ha ha! desmond’s job is Town Mayor. he’s all up in everybody’s business at the dog park and has to get himself involved in every scuffle, every play fight, every entrance, every exit. unless he finds a nice tennis ball to chew on–then he just fully ignores everyone.

By: M.C.

M.C. — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 06:58:32 +0000

The Shiba’s job is Editor-in-Chief. That is, if anybody else pees on a bush within vicinity of him, he always double checks and then “finalizes” their work with his own.

The Basenji’s in a whole ‘nother line of work altogether. Not sure what it is exactly — Park Imp? Something that stirs up the other dogs and incites them to chase… all in good fun, of course.

By: melF

melF — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 03:42:55 +0000

LOL! I loved the photo and caption. I was trying to think what role Jasper played when I first read this, and came up empty. He’s the nut who chases Great Danes thinking they are sheep. He’s also the dog who is obsessed with his stick.
Daisy didn’t use to be, but she’s become the dog park greeter. Who’d have thunk it?

By: shanendoah@life by pets

shanendoah@life by pets — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:41:06 +0000

Junebug’s dog park job is to make sure every human there has a chance to pet her. In fact, her super power is getting people who aren’t really interested in petting other dogs to pet her.
Larry’s job is protector of small dogs. If things get rowdy between two dogs, Larry will jump in the argument, always on the side of the smaller dog, never mind that he’s only 25lbs himself.

They also have secondary jobs at the dog park, ones that we would rather they didn’t do.
June (Beagle): search the hillside for the rabbits that live there. Bay like she’s been caught in a trap when she finds one, and flush it out. If this requires going through/under blackberry bushes, so much the better.
Larry (Smooth Fox Terrier mix): also search the hillside for any kind of vermin. Chase them. If June is spending too much time on the hillside, attempt to flush her out. Maybe convince her to come off the hillside, or maybe join her in hunting everything that moves.
It’s best to do both of these jobs around twilight, when the other creatures are starting to move about and the people have a hard time spotting you to try and convince you to come back.

By: Pamela

Pamela — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:27:57 +0000

In reply to Georgia Little Pea.

Ok, I wasn’t going to reply to comments on my lunch break. I have a few other jobs waiting for me. But then I saw Georgia Little Pea and I had to say—Hello! Welcome Back! We’ve missed you! Hope You Had a Great Trip! Can’t stop talking in explanation points!

I’ll stop now and do a little happy dance. 🙂

By: Georgia Little Pea

Georgia Little Pea — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:49:35 +0000

In reply to one person's view. BOL.

By: Georgia Little Pea

Georgia Little Pea — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:47:57 +0000

Georgia’s old role was Bully And Ball Buster. Her new one is Standoffish Well Bred Lady. Life’s weird like that.

How are you? Hope Honey has recovered from bring poked by too-familiar noses 😉

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:34:40 +0000

Watch dogs (that’s what Corgis do) and herding the cats (badly).

Wish we had a dog park like yours with a greeter like Honey. 🙂

By: houndstooth

houndstooth — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 01:34:20 +0000

Blueberry’s job is to sniff every single blade of grass in the dog park and keep track of squirrels. Bunny’s job is to trot around and sniff, then to take off at warp speed and show all the other dogs how to run. Morgan’s job is to romp around with other dogs in hopes they want to play Shepherd games until Bunny runs, then she has to run behind and make sure none of the other dogs jump on Bunny when she stops. She also has to maintain a constant head count of her pack while we’re there!

By: one person's view

one person's view — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:42:04 +0000

In reply to one person's view. This is the second comment in a row today (and the second this week on Pam's blog!) where I messed up! Blog fodder comes from other dog owners and their dogs. The dog owners don't have owners, do they?