Archive for the 'Non-Park Topics' Category

Enter Your Pet in the Spay Day Online Pet Photo Contest!

Posted by Brian, Jessie, Bear and Tootsie on January 24th, 2009

If you like contests here’s one that benefits pets.
To support Spay Day, The Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society International host the Spay Day Online Pet Photo Contest – a great opportunity to celebrate our pets, raise funds for spaying and neutering, and win great prizes! Online Pet Photo Contest
Feel free to [...]

Dome Day Tuesday 1/6/09 6:00pm

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

Indoor play time once a month at the Metrodome. HHH Metrodome events calendar

Now Boarding opening late November 2008 (ADP EXCLUSIVE)

Posted by Brian, Jessie, Bear and Tootsie on November 6th, 2008

Now Boarding, the building under construction at the north end of the park, is planning to open on November 24, 2008 just in time for the holiday travel season. They are developing a website at NowBoardingPets.com .
Featuring:
Overnight boarding for your pet
Doggy daycare Monday through Friday
Spa treatments including grooming, massage, [...]

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

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

Minnehaha Falls Park

Posted by trplfudj on June 25th, 2008

Has anyone been down to the river lately? I’ve been told access is impossible, beaches are underwater and water is dangerously fast.

Dog Day at the Metrodome

Posted by 2beaglz on March 22nd, 2008

For anyone looking for a drier bit of fun in the sloppy spring… (though the park will always be our favorite!)

Dog Day at the Metrodome
Wednesday, April 9th

 
 

Dog Day at the Metrodome
Off-leash fun for you and your dog(s)

Who
All dogs (with their owners) are invited to attend for some off-leash fun and [...]

digging

Posted by anne_henry on March 21st, 2008

Hello Everyone,
Henry has a tendency to dig occasionally in the yard. Mostly I think he is trying to unearth something that smells good. We are considering making him a “digging pit” and I was wondering if anyone has tried this at home and if so, were you successful? He doesn’t dig very often and the [...]

Downloading from Flickr 101

Posted by Brian, Jessie, Bear and Tootsie on March 10th, 2008

I am still learning about the Flickr site and just ran across this and thought I would share.  This is a quide on how to download my full size images from Flickr.
Downloading Photos from Flickr
1.    Go to a set and open it.  This will give you a thumbnail view of photos in that set.
2.    Click [...]

Happy Birthday, Chaz

Posted by Devon & Chaz on January 28th, 2008

Chazzie-Man…
Today, you are four. And you have been in this, your forever home, for exactly two years and two days.
Two years and two days ago, you knew Sit, but not Come, or Down, or Roll Over, OK, and certainly not Stay. You looked blankly at me when I said, Take a Pee, Take a Poop, [...]