Bark in the Park 2008!

Hello all my furr guardians, how did the weekend treat you? We had a very busy but fun weekend. Saturday was the Bark in the Park festival, and BOY was it a blast! We had a much more streamlined booth this year, and even added a prize wheel! We had really cool give-a-way items which included custom printed "bags on board" poop bag holders, personal cooling fans, safety whistles, bone shaped jar openers, custom printed pedometers, paw shaped chip clips and frisbees! We also decided to add a water dispenser for all the thirsty doggies, and WOW was that a popular stop! We had a couple of "party poopers" who wanted to pee on the dispenser, but luckily their guardians were able to stop them before they were able to taint the water.

We saw SO many fun doggies, some of whom we have never seen before, (breed wise). We were located next to Titans Kingdom which is a doggy daycare located in Fremont. The namesake of the daycare was there to represent, and WOW was he a cool guy! Obviously his name was Titan, and he is a beautiful golden retriever. As we all set up our booths he ran around playing with our mascot Fozzy, and rolled in the grass. He loved us, especially because we had yummy treats that his people allowed us to give to him. Hours into the festival he was sacked out behind his booth and slept through the majority of the day.

Our mascot Fozzy represented our booth like the beautiful girl she is and sported her pink bandanna. She was really good with most of the doggies who ventured into our booth, and liked hanging out with our friendly visitor Boo. She had to tolerate watching as her person lavished attention on all the other doggy visitors, but all of us made sure to tell her that she was our special girl, and the honorary mascot of our booth, that made her happy.

We were so happy to see many of our furr kids and guardians who came to visit us at our booth. We saw Smush, Sake, Hershey, Coco, Rufus, Bandit, Joanie, Harry and Winnie. We also were visited by Bailey and Cognac's guardians and Zakin's guardians. We hope next year we will even see more of you!

At one point of the day there were probably close to 10,000 attendees and I couldn't even guess on how many furr kids were there. We saw some of the largest furr kids we have ever seen and some of the tiniest. We were covered in doggy kisses, and our booth was covered in muddy doggy paw prints.

We had a donation jar which went to 13th Street Cat Rescue, and I'm happy to report we brought in $92.00 in donations! It was a wonderful feeling to be surrounded by people and vendors who dedicate their lives and time to help furr kids. It was also wonderful to see how important and loved all the furr kids were, and how much their guardians value their relationship. We heard many funny stories about the visiting furr kids, and we loved all of them. We are looking forward to visiting with our new furr kids, and thank all of our existing furr kid guardians for making it a point to visit us.

Until next time, give your furr kids a big kiss from their nannies.

Happy September!

Hello all my furr guardians, and happy September to you all! Where does the time go? I swear it was just June and now it's September...did I skip a couple of months? It's probably due to this horrible heat wave that we're having! How are all your furr kids doing? Remember to keep plenty of cool water around for them, even throw in a few ice cubes for a refreshing treat. NEVER leave you furr kids in a car, even if the windows are down, and make sure to have ample shade if they are left outside during the day.

I have had one busy couple of weeks! Needless to say, whenever there is a holiday we are busy and this past Labor Day was no exception. Nanny Chandel, Katy, Samantha and yours truly visited lots of your furr kids and they all acted like perfect ladies/gentlemen. We had the pleasure of visiting Zakin, Marissa, Moki & Mara, Baily & Cognac, Ben & Mie, Pumpkin, Bianca, Cecilia & Odin, Hugs, Kisses and Zoey, Pipsqueak, Pippen and Sierra, Oscar & Java, and Max & Anya. What a fun bunch of furr kids they are!

Some exciting news...we are now an Accredited Business through the Better Business Bureau! I have wanted to do this for sometime, and finally I signed up! I have the very cool looking plaque hanging on my wall directly under my business license, and it makes me pretty proud that's for sure.

I have also decided to "go green" when it comes to my newsletters. Although I really enjoy sending out my newsletters, it is a part of my "footprint" that I can change over. So, I'm not exactly sure if I will do one more paper newsletter just so my furr guardians who do not read this blog will know, but after this one you will be receiving online newsletters. If you do not wish to receive a newsletter online just let me know! I'm planning on putting them up on my website so you can read past issues. I'm not exactly when this will happen, but it will very soon.

I have had the pleasure of speaking to many new SVPN furr guardians over the past month or so. It's so wonderful to hear all your stories and to hear how loved your furr kids are. I wanted to remind my existing furr guardians and to tell my new furr guardians to remember to send me a picture of your furr kid(s) if you do not see one on my site. Also, I have yet to receive a nomination for our newsletter pet! I know you ALL have a funny, heartwarming, sweet story about your furr kid(s), so make sure to send one in so your furr kid might make it to the front of the newsletter!

Well, until next time my friends, be good to your furr kids and make sure to give them a big hug from their Nannies.