Frisbee Finding Dog Gives Back, A 200-Pup Birthday Salute, Wimbledon’s Furry Security Team, and More!

Daisy with some of the 155 golf discs she has found. photo: Ben Bolock

Daisy’s Discs: Frisbee Finding Dog Gives Back

Daisy, a four-year-old Yellow Lab, started finding Frisbees several years ago, ferreting them out in the woods around a local park with two popular disc golf courses near her home in West Virginia. Golfers had apparently abandoned the discs after their throws went astray and gave up on finding them in the underbrush.

But for Daisy, locating errant discs was a piece of cake. “I believe she can smell them,” says Ben Bolock, the park’s assistant general manager. “She’s an incredibly smart dog.”

Daisy’s owner, Kelly Mason, didn’t know what to do with her dog’s growing Frisbee stash, but when it finally topped 140, a friend had an idea: sell them as a fundraiser. So Mason and Bolock put their heads together and came up with a plan. If a Frisbee had a name on it, they’d give the owner the chance to come and pick it up, with the option of making a donation to the local animal rescue league. Any disc without a name would be sold for $5 or $10, depending on its condition, with proceeds going to maintain the park. With Daisy’s impact multiplied by her ongoing Frisbee count, she now stands to raise real money for her community.

When she’s not on Frisbee patrol, Daisy’s in training to become a therapy dog for nursing homes, schools, and libraries. But with her disc collection now at 155 and growing, this very good girl is already well on her way to doing good.

Source: washingtonpost.com

Robert Moore is living it up with everyone and their dogs. photo: Denise O'Brien

You Say It’s Your Birthday? 200 Pups Turn Out for Man’s 100th

Alison Moore was looking for a special way to celebrate her father’s 100th birthday and, with many of his best human friends already gone, she decided to ask her San Jose neighbors to bring their dogs by for a pet parade, which she knew would delight her dad, Robert Moore, a lifelong dog lover.

She planned to have him sit outside with a banner so folks would know where to congregate and posted her idea to social media, expecting a couple dozen pups at most. But when the birthday morning rolled around she was stunned to find a line of over 200 dogs waiting patiently to be petted and admired by the guest of honor.

A retired dean at San Jose State, Mr. Moore spent the whole pup parade “ear-to-ear smiling” according to his granddaughter Caroline who flew in from New York for the occasion. And yes, he did pet every single dog in a fur-filled celebration that took almost two hours.

“The dogs know he’s a dog guy,” says daughter Alison. Now the rest of San Jose does, too.

Source: washingtonpost.com 

Service dogs on duty at the British tennis event. photo: Wimbledon

Tennis Anyone? Meet Wimbledon’s Furry Security Team 

Wimbledon has come and gone, but if you didn’t get a chance to meet tennis’s top security dogs, it’s not too late. Spectators at the storied Grand Slam tourney often include members of the royal family, as well as A-list celebs, so the pressure on these tail-wagging sniffers is considerable, though you’d never know it to see them in action. 

In addition to keeping the event safe, the pups serve as unofficial therapy dogs for the public, staff, and contestants. We suspect they may also get to gnaw on a tennis ball or two in their downtime.

And unlike the players, the dogs don’t have to adhere to Wimbledon’s famously strict all-white attire requirements. After all, who needs a dress code when you’re wearing a stylish coat you grew yourself?

Source: independent.co.uk

"Barking" by finalist Chris Porsz. photo: Comedy Pets

Say Cheese: Comedy Pet Photo Finalists Are Here! 

Need a quick smile? Look no further than the annual Comedy Pet Photography Awards, where folks from around the globe submit photos of their animal pals doing extremely silly stuff.

The winners will be announced on August 11, but the 2023 finalists are already in and ready to tickle your funny bone at https://www.comedypetphoto.com.

They’re not all dog pix, of course, but a number of canine candids did make it into the finals, and we must admit the cat photos are pretty priceless, too (sorry, reptile folks, that turtle just looks grumpy).

In fact, if you act fast, you might still have time to vote in the People’s Choice Awards. We won’t tell you which one we voted for, but let’s just say we didn’t know a dog could do that.

Source: newsweek.com

Louis in the arms of his hero. photo: Moffat Mountain Rescue Team

Happy Endings Dept.:
Plucky Pup Survives Scottish Plunge

You think cats have nine lives?

Louis, a diminutive Jack Russell, tumbled nearly 200 feet down the Gray Mare’s Tail waterfall near Moffat, Scotland, and lived to tell the tale with barely a scratch.

After fielding an urgent call from the dog’s owner, local police alerted the all-volunteer Moffat Mountain Rescue Team who raced to the scene. They quickly spotted Louis in one of the lower pools and set up a rope system to lower a team member down the fall to retrieve the plucky pup.

The waterfall is one of the highest in the UK, yet despite his dizzying plunge, Louis appeared well with only a slight limp and was very pleased to be reunited with his human.

Let’s see a cat top that.

Source: bbc.com