Had to snap a photo or two of the ’low riders’ (besides my own Rugby) who were at PDXDog Town on Saturday. I know Oregon Dachshund Rescue had a booth at the festival; not sure if this handsome doxie was from there or not.
(Photo from 2008 PDXDog Town Event)
Deborah Wood brought her wonderful Papillon Pogo to PDXDog Town on Saturday. He was there, not in his role as a therapy dog, but rather as a spectator and to help Deb judge a pet parade.
After the parade was over, I was speaking to Deb about a variety of things, including Pogo’s career as a therapy dog. While we were talking, a girl wandered over towards us, literally drawn to Pogo like a magnet. She began talking and it turns out she was a bit nervous about being around big dogs. She was clearly calmed by Pogo, one of just a handful of small dogs who were in attendance on Saturday.
As they spoke, Pogo took his paw and reached out to touch the girl. Deb told me later that he does this frequently during his therapy dog visits; it turns out he usually places his paws on locations that are known acupuncture points for stress relief.
(Photo from 2008 PDXDog Town Event)
At the PDXDog Town event, several local animal shelters were present, promoting dog adoptions. The Multnomah County Animal shelter was there with this handsome Border Collie named Romeo:
(Photos from 2008 PDXDog Town event)
Perhaps Bulldogs are more popular than I thought! At PDXDog town, I spotted no fewer than 3 of these magnificent beasts in the time I was there.
(Photos from 2008 PDXDog Town event)
Among the many dogs present at PDXDog Town yesterday were a couple of frisbee dogs, more properly known in the canine competitive world as “Disc Dogs”.
(Photos from 2008 PDXDog Town event)
A strange thing happened today in Portland:
There were dogs (OK, just one dog that I’m aware of), wearing fish neck ties, as a way to honor one of the two rivers that run through our fine city!
This is Pogo, a lovely Papillon belonging to Deb Wood. Deb is probably best known to Portlanders as the pet columnist for The Oregonian newspaper.
Pogo is sporting a lovely fish neck tie (trout or salmon, I’m not sure) as his way of celebrating the Willamette river during the PDX DogTown event (a part of the larger “RiverFest” celebration that’s been going on for over a week now).
More photos from the event in the days to come!
