Recap

Whew! It has been a wonderful, crazy, hectic, fun few weeks. Lets start with a short recap:

Amy Castleman has joined our Ultimutt group-she has kept my dogs for years and we have the numbers here to bring her on. She has such energy (probably because she is young) and passion for dogs and life. All the Ultimutt's have welcomed her with wagging tails and lots of kisses!

10/23 was a milestone day for Ultimutt, it was Amy's first day and our biggest day yet. We had 37 dogs here!!! What a blessing to see that many dogs playing and running in our facilities.

10/26 Ultimutt Halloween Trick or Treat-Jennifer Keiffer took amazing photos of all of our Ultimutts and the judges picked 3 winners. Buddy-the prisoner, Jesibell, the 'social butterfly' (for those of you that follow along you know how true this is of her-ha), and Daisey Duke, in her grass skirt. Stay tuned to www.ultimuttdogcare.com to see photos.

10/30 Ultimutt joined the Chamber. We had our official ribbon cutting ceromony. The Chamber, their staff, and the ambassadors came to tour Ultimutt and see all of our dogs. The dogs were all on their best behavior-and our visitors LOVED seeing all our babies and trying to guess their breed.

11/2 Training Graduation! We had a wonderful first class of dogs. It is so rewarding to see the dogs and their owners walking 'at peace' on a leash and the dogs sitting so we humans can talk.

11/5 Ultimutt on the Radio. Brook, Chance, Andy, Lilly Jack and myself went on a field trip. (Not to worry Connie was here with all our other doggies-so their fun never stopped!) We headed down to The Rebel 95.3/ESPN 96.3 and filmed a commercial to start tomorrow during the Hog's post game show. This was an experience. The 5 of us and Jay Johnson spend about 90 minutes in a TINY room working on the commercial, making the dogs bark, and lots of laughing.

We also have been planning our booth for the Holiday Market. We are very excited to get to share our business, stories of our Ultimutts, products, and lots of Ultimutt photos with the public. Stop by our booth and look for pictures of your Ultimutt!

The last 2-3 weeks we have been averaging 25 dogs a day. Which means our pack is growing! Dakota, Irish Golden Retriever, and Charlie, a precious little mix, are new this week. They are every day kids and doing GREAT. Dakota has the kind of energy and hair that most of us would kill for. Charlie loves life-he doesn't care if he is running with the pack, wrestling, laying in the sun, or sniffing the fence-he is happy and always moving.

Cody (the Collie) is a big lover. He is so happy to run and play and chase Lilly Jack. Cody, like so many of the others love his 1 on 1 time with Brook and I. He likes hugs and a good rub behind the ears a few times a day.

Myles, yellow lab, and Ruddles, dark golden, are in the area for a short amount of time but will always be Ultimutt's. Their parents are here starting the new Mars plant-so they are animal lovers through and through. They are great day care and boarding kids! They play til they are so tired and beg to go in their crates.

Maggie and Copper are siblings and as different as night and day. Maggie is almost a year and a bulldog-when you look at her you just want so squeeze her face and tuck her tounge back in. Maggie loves the little dogs and being held by Brook and me. Copper is a beautiful golden retriever. He wants to play and run with the big dogs. Copper likes to stay outside and enjoy the beautiful weather we have been having.

Wally is a young setter-he is enjoying learning the ropes of daycare and is obsessed with the Danes. We look forward to watching him grow up.

I better get back to the doggies. This weather is so amazing they just want to be outside running and playing all day-and since they are the boss they get to.