Make a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door. Make a better way to pick up dog poop, and then what? Well, the world isn’t exactly beating a path to my door, but it has had an odd effect on my social life. Last night, for example, I found myself in downtown Seattle at the W Hotel for CityDog Magazine’s “Puppy Love Mutt Mixer”.
Now I wasn’t going to the W Hotel to try to sell poop bags, but I was there to try to do a little networking and see what was going on in Seattle’s social dog circles, and possibly the pet product industry as well.
It was a crazy evening, though not as crazy as December’s “Yappy Howlidays Muttmixer”. Although the W is a “dog-friendly” hotel, my favorite part was watching the reactions of the hotel guests who perhaps were not aware of the hotel’s policy, let alone the fact that the lobby belonged to the dogs last night. Too bad for the ones who weren’t glad to see such a happy bunch. I just don’t seem to have a lot of tolerance for people who don’t have a lot of tolerance for dogs. And dogs at a Muttmixer? Hard not to smile at.
Since I couldn’t seem to find anyone else in the pet accessory business to talk to, my night literally went to the dogs. They ranged in size from Irish Wolfhound to 10-week-old Papillon mix puppy who’s small size, shape and choice of positioning by it’s owner caused me initially to mistake it for something that needed to be scooped up by a poop bag! Poor pup, once it started moving I realized that while his birth might have been an “accident”, he wasn’t the kind of an accident that could have been caused by any of last night’s four-legged guests.
Anyway, a fun time to be sure, although a bit of jealous sensory-overload for my dog Riley upon my return home. I know, I know, I should have taken him along. But, even though he was a very well-behaved boy when we went to December’s Muttmixer, I found it very hard to control a leash in one hand and a glass of wine in the other. However, Riley forgave me when I handed him a few choice treats from the goodie bag.
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