Well, what do you know! your morning walk in Central Park with your pooch is boosting your immunity, actually driving up your white blood cell count. The chemicals that plants give out to protect themselves against rot and insects appear also to raise levels of white blood cells in humans and to “lower concentrations of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘dog walking nyc’
A walk in the park
Friday, July 16th, 2010Wonderful dog walkers! Today: Hilary
Sunday, July 11th, 2010Roxy is a Bernese Mountain Dog. In an email to me on 7/9/10, her owner wrote: Hilary is a caring, wonderful and focused dog walker. When she comes to our home, routinely in the late morning, I see Roxy’s tail begin to wag, and she cannot wait to go outside with Hilary (and often, some [...]
Wonderful dog walkers! Today: Jen
Sunday, July 11th, 2010No sooner did we post a client’s praise of our dog walker Megan than other clients wrote in praise of their dog walker Jen. (I have to think they wrote via email because, like me, they’re a little unsure about using new technology, ie, social media.) So, from Fosco’s mom we heard: I cannot resist [...]
Wonderful dog walkers! Today: Megan
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010This is what one of our clients wrote me a few days ago about Megan. “I keep meaning to write to tell you how wonderful Megan is! she’s a lovely person. Sometimes I’m working at home when she comes to pick up Rosie and I can see how much she loves her work and the [...]
Dog House NYC Lollipops
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010Dog House NYC Lollipops What’s with all this rain! We heard it’s the wettest March on record. We don’t like it! But at least we are dressed for it. How do you like our swackets? Want one? We don’t endorse, but we got ours at www.animalwrappers.com. What are you wearing?
I’m SO unhappy . . .
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010Don’t worry! we don’t send our dogs out in the rain like this. But sometimes, we get caught out. Last summer, this storm came upon us in minutes. Maggie is our poster-dog for our feelings about heavy rain.
Ode to Spring!
Saturday, March 27th, 2010This is us a few hours ago. It’s still only March but we know Spring when we smell it!
Your Dog Eats a Dead Animal – Now What?
Thursday, March 11th, 2010It does sometimes happen in these wild woods of ours in NYC. This past Sunday morning, for example, Winnie the 45-lb standard poodle dug up a dead bird from ankle-deep leaves in the North Woods of Central Park, tormented his mom by parading it around in his mouth, and then ate it. Too early for [...]
New York City Dogs Love Snow!
Friday, February 26th, 2010Walking an Urban Dog — Part 1
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010Part 1: On the street and in the apartment building What follows is taken from The Dog House NYC training manual for our dog-walkers. We hope it will help all people walking their dogs in New York City. Street Behavior – For you and your dog(s) Safety first! Make sure the collar is tight enough. [...]
