Archive for October, 2008

Pet Boarding Facility

Posted by Brian, Jessie, Bear and Tootsie on October 30th, 2008

This is an MPR article from 3/11/08 about the new boarding facility being built next to the park. I have also seen another article in the Animal Humane Society’s magazine “Animal Tracks Autumn 2008″ but I can’t find it online.
MPR New pet boarding facility

Great Dane day on Sunday November 2, 2008

Posted by Brian, Jessie, Bear and Tootsie on October 30th, 2008

There are currently 20 Great Dane owners with their Danes that will be visiting the park this coming Sunday at 10:00am.
Come and see the big dogs play. To view the Twin Cities Great Dane Meetup group details for this meeting click on the link below.
Twin Cities Great Dane Meetup

Airport Dog Park Sponsors – Golden-Gear.com

Posted by Brian, Jessie, Bear and Tootsie on October 26th, 2008

The Golden Retriever Gift Shop & home of the Dysfunctionally Dogcentricâ„¢ product line. You can share your Golden Retriever pictures and story so it can be in the “Good Dog of the Month” feature on their home page.
All dog lovers should check out our sponsor at
Golden-Gear.com
I also ran into Anne Nichols a photographer taking [...]

Cattail Days

Posted by Brian, Jessie, Bear and Tootsie on October 26th, 2008

It’s that time of year again when the cattails seeds are blowing in the wind. It almost looked like it was snowing at the park on Saturday.
Are you looking for something different at the park for you and your dogs? Try a trip through the maze of trails already blazed through the cattails. [...]

Help Us Save Dogs! update from 9/19/2008 post

Posted by Brian, Jessie, Bear and Tootsie on October 24th, 2008

Update to a post by evelynsmom on September 19th, 2008. They now have a website called Save-A-Bull Rescue. The link to their website is Saveabullmn.com

Airport Dog Park Photos

Posted by Brian, Jessie, Bear and Tootsie on October 24th, 2008

Hi Everyone. It has been just over a year since we have returned to the Airport Dog Park. We have spent lots of time there and met many wonderful dogs and people. I have over 9000 pictures that I have taken over the last year most of which have been shot at [...]

A Wednesday night at the park

Posted by Brian, Jessie, Bear and Tootsie on October 23rd, 2008

I didn’t get out until 6:00pm last night and the sun was just setting in a cloud covered sky. I got lucky because my black pack of three pooped almost right away while it was still somewhat light. I managed to find two out of three dog poops left by my dogs. [...]

Would like to Comment… In defense of a dog

Posted by kimhanson on October 23rd, 2008

I am wanting to reply to your comments on my slanderous attack… It was not meant that way.
I have to tell you that I was really fired up when I wrote that message.
I was venting about a situation that SCARED me to death!!!
I have a new born baby who was with us on the evening [...]

Dog Poo

Posted by jeff on October 6th, 2008

To those of you who place bags of poo on the fence:
Question: Who do you think picks those up? Where do they go?
Answer: No one! Nowhere!…
…Until some innocent person picks it up because they don’t want to see it or smell it and has the decency to do someone else’s job! Thank you to those [...]

Treacherous holes

Posted by docsmom on October 1st, 2008

I was at the park yesterday and one day last week, after a long absence. There are some treacherous holes that could break one’s leg or ankle if you fell in one of them. The main ones I saw were on the hillside going down toward the lower level on the north end [...]