This just made my day. I LOVE me some Top Golf. And I love my dogs. So when I got my TopGolf email newsletter with the subject line declaring “Bring Your Dog to TopGolf and Get a FREE Game!” I thought, it’s too good to be true! So get your WELL-BEHAVED pooches out there to the driving range! Top Golf also has Big Jenga, another favorite pastime of mine, as well as miniature golf, putting greens, and batting cages. Let’s also not forget the adult beverages and some of the hottest buffalo wings I’ve ever had.

Here’s the fine print from the Top Golf website:
Bring Your Dog to TopGolf!

Dog Days of Summer Special

Now through the end of summer, head to TopGolf with your pooch and receive a FREE game of TopGolf and a treat for your dog!

Valid Monday through Thursday only.

I’m a bad dog mom. OK, maybe that’s a little extreme, but looking at my precious babies this morning let me know that I have been a bit neglectful. Of course they have their basic needs taken care of, and then some. These guys are never hungry and never without a million toys and are well exercised. Definitely need more training, but that’s another post. My two Chihuahua mixes, aside from being very clingy, pretty much take care of themselves in the grooming department. And I mean that literally. I rarely clean their ears, because they do such a nice job on their own. Click here to see what I mean.

But Chewy is another story. He refuses Fudge’s offers to clean his eyes, turning away in complete annoyance. He loves to be brushed, however, and he absolutely LOVES going to the groomer. But with stray dogs on LBJ and conventions in San Antonio and work and life, I have neglected to pay attention to Chewy’s ever-growing coat. And with the temperatures in the upper-90s for the last several weeks, it’s time for him to get a haircut. No self-respecting Peke should have to walk around the neighborhood looking like this.

However, I think it’s time for a style I haven’t selected for him in years - the popular and sometimes controversial “puppy cut.” Now when Chewy was first rescued, he had a style of his own, albeit completely involuntary. His beautiful coat was so matted that it was hanging off of him like dreadlocks, and while much of it was saved, I knew I needed professional help. The groomer who saw him thought it would be best to “start over” and I agreed. Chewy seemed a lot happier and cooler, and I hate to admit, a lot CUTER. He looked like a puppy, which I didn’t get to experience with him because he was around 2 years old when I adopted him. Now I don’t think the cut was specifically a puppy cut, but it was probably a close relative.

So I’ve been researching puppy cuts and want to try it this weekend. I haven’t found many photos of what the cut should look like (and googling “Pekingese puppy” just about sent me on another rant about irresponsible breeding, but again, that’s another post), but in the end I just want Chewy to feel like his normal freshly groomed self, and have a lot less hair so he can handle the Texas heat a little better. If you are or know a groomer who will give my 5-ish year old Pekingese a trip back to his puppy years, I’d love to hear from you!

Last Sunday, like most Sundays, Lee Harvey’s was bustling with people enjoying a great day with their dogs. On this particular Sunday, the Humane Society of Dallas County hosted “Dog Day” where they sold treat bags and handed out prizes and tried to find new homes for some of their adoptable dogs. Chewy, Buster and Fudge all came out in support of Dog & Kitty City, the only no-kill shelter in Dallas. Read the rest of this entry »

This week, many parents sent their kids off to school for the new academic year. Some children were returning students, some were going to school for the first time, and some were starting at a brand new school…and from what I can tell, many parents were just as nervous as their kids. I never quite understood what they were so scared of until this week when I dropped Chewy, Buster, and Fudge off at doggie day care for the first time.
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Since Thursday night, I’ve been dog-sitting a cute little 3-pound Chihuahua named Bridgette. She’s tiny but feisty, loves people and animals (including cats), and is a model canine citizen. She is also a littermate of Buster and Fudge, so I already had a bond with her. It was a great weekend, since my three (male) dogs treated her pretty well over her three days at Casa DallasDogLife. Bridgette’s master came home today and picked her up, and Bridgette was thrilled to see him. Me, not so much. Read the rest of this entry »

Wow - over 2 weeks since my last post. Bad girl!

Saturday was definitely a productive day for me. As I mentioned in my review about UNLEASHED, I was able to walk away with some interesting information about dogs that I had never heard before. But the learning experience didn’t stop there! After I took a very tired Pekingese home from playing at UNLEASHED, I swapped him for the two little ones and went to a much less fun place (for them) - the vet’s office. Read the rest of this entry »