Dogtopia of Waco, TX Blog

Meet Miss Hogan our dog of the week! This pretty girl is just as sweet as she looks! Hogan loves chasing her friends in the Toy Box,  jumping on the car bed and playing ball. She can also often be found in a Pack Leaders lap giving kisses.

Looking for a FURREVER friend?

Well here is your chance! Shelter groups and breed specific rescue groups throughout Central Texas will be participating in this exciting Adoption Event! It will be held December 5th from 11am-4pm at the HOT Fairgrounds 4601 Bosque Blvd. This event is sponsored by Fuzzy Friends Rescue, Waco Humane Society, and Heart ‘O Texas Fair Complex.

A link to the Fuzzy Friends flyer

As we get additional details on the event we will be posting on Facebook and Twitter.

Meet Sugar! She is one of our sweetest Saturday dogs! Even though she is a medium sized dog, she LOVES the little dogs and they love her. She spends her Saturdays wrestling and romping in the Toy Box and giving lots and lots of kisses to everyone. She is certainly as sweet as her name

Damon and his Mom Michelle invited Kim and I to a painting party at Practically Pikasso. Damon is a service dog so he goes every where with his Mom and one day they visited Practically Pikasso, an art studio that specializes in paint your own pottery as well as mosaics and glass fusing. While there they painted Damon’s paw print and Michelle asked Sammie, the owner, if she would be open to having a small puppy painting party.

I have to admit, I haven’t done any ceramics since I was a kid and my painting skills are very sad indeed but I was excited to go see what it was all about. Then I had one of those moments. You know the one…almost every parent has one when they bring their dog in today for the first time. What will my dog do? Will he misbehave? Alfie is one year old and spends practically all of his waking hours at Dogtopia. He is very well socialized with dogs….people not so much. He shys away from people he does not know and often hides behind me. There have also been occasions in the lobby when he was with me and other dogs approach, that he might not have been as polite as he knows how to be. I decided we had to start some where so this was hopefully the perfect opportunity. I may or may not have lectured him in the car on the way. 

There were four adults and four pups for our party. Michelle had yummy snacks for us and homemade treats for the pups. Sammie, the owner instructed us on how to get your dogs paw print on to a plate and assisted us in choosing colors that we liked. She was more than patient with the dogs helping us get just the right paw print and practicing before we put it on the plates. We laughed and had so much fun! To top it off we all now have painted plates with our dogs paw print in the middle. Sammie said that she has had owners come in to do paw prints before on tile, plates and even Christmas Ornaments. What a wonderful Christmas present for Mom, Dad, or Grandma!

Give them a call or better yet stop by and check out this really neat place!

Practically Pikasso ph 254-776-2200

4310 West Waco Drive, Waco TX 76710

 Holiday pet photos benefiting the Animal Birth Control Clinic’s Building Fund will be held at Dogtopia on December 6th from 12pm to 4pm.

Artist, Katie Croft of The Croft Art Gallery will be donating her time to photograph your pets just in time for Christmas. Photo’s can include a family member or just your pet. There will be a black background with a simple tinsel tree and a white background for black dogs and the scenes will be elevated. Sorry, no Santa Claus.

Suggested donation of $15.00 is appreciated.  All proceeds benefit the ABC Clinic Building Fund.

Tips for a great photo shoot:

Take your dog for a walk before to calm them and take their energy down a little. Bring thier favorite toy or snack to use for rewards and to keep their attention. Schedule your grooming appointments with Jacqui early so your pet will be pawsatively gorgeous and ready for their close up!

For more information please email animalbirthcontrol@sbcglobal.net

Howie and his walking partner

Last month Dogtopia participated in a pilot program with Hillcrest’s Getterman Center and Mary Hardin Baylor which was very rewarding. We recruited a few folks and their dogs and we took our fosters, Howie and Mel, over to walk on their outside track with some of the rehab patients. The patients really seemed to get a kick out of getting their exercise while walking a dog. Many even walked more than their required laps and a couple even did a little jogging. Howie was the favorite walking partner and hopefully all who walked with him will spread the word on what an awesome dog he is!

Mel walking with a new friends

To top off the success of this beta test Mel found someone he adopted! He fell in love and wiggled and pranced until his new owner just could not resist anymore…WAY TO GO MEL!

Happy November Dogtopians!

Our November Newsletter is out and now available online. See what is going on in the month of November at Dogtopia of Waco and in the Waco dog Community. Tons of cute pics from our Halloween contest and party, our foster of the month and information on Holiday hours and boarding.

Simply click HERE and enjoy!

Bo is one of our newer dacyare dogs. This bouncy, happy guy has quickly become a favorite of all the Pack Leaders. A Boxer and Ridgeback mix with tons of energy, Bo loves to play! He loves to fetch, he loves to wrestle and he loves tearing around the Romper Room as fast as he can! He is seemingly always into something and has a tail that is a weapon of mass destruction.

That means there are ALWAYS “Bo Stories” to tell and this just makes us love him more.

Bo and Sam romping in the yard

Congrats to Morrissey the Pom-Pilot of Dotopia North Carolina! Morrissey is the Dogtopia Costume Contest Grand Champion. Check out his pictures and video here!

Our Howl-o-ween party was a smash! There were many cute costumes, treats for everyone and the Tricks for Treats contest gave everyone a good laugh!

We had quite a few Boxers so we even had a Boxer group picture taken.

Halloween 2009

 To see more of our Halloween Party Pics hop on over to our Facebook or photogallery.

Introducing Ms. Shelby! Shelby is one of our newer daycare dogs that just immediately fit right in. She loves to play! She romps around the Toy Box chasing Alfie and wrestling with Craig or any other dog that happens by. Then she settles down for a power nap on the car bed so she can start all over again!