April 20, 2005
Record Breaking Biscuit Day!
There are so many reasons why Portland Maine is a great place to live if you are a dog. My dog truly loves all the off leash areas, and beaches. But if she could speak to us today, she would surely tell of all the treats she got while we did a few errands this morning and how we broke our previous record of 5 biscuits by a whopping four.
It was an eight biscuit - plus one munchkin day.
The first biscuit came from the teller at the drive through Bank. One block later Charlee got three Milk bones from Danny at the Texaco on Forest Ave.. (we love that place-great service and they still pump the gas!). On our walk to get a quick drink, Charlee scored two more biscuits from a mail carrier. Now mail carriers are technically not allowed to give out dog biscuits, but when they break that (silly!) rule, it makes very positive associations for the dog to people in uniforms. If all mail carriers, delivery and service industry people carried and distributed biscuits, it would cut down on dog bites in the long run.
But I digress. A quick trip on the Maine Turnpike yielded biscuits North and South bound. Another quick pit stop at Dunkin’ Donuts yielded Ice coffee for me, chocolate munchkins for the kids and a freebie plain Munchkin for the dog.
Now does this town love dogs or what? When we lived in Boston, a lot of businesses carried biscuits to entice local shoppers, but it has been my observation that people in Portland have biscuits just because they love dogs.
Anyone out there ever beat our 9 treat day? Come to think of it, the dog made out better than the kids. The two kids each got one free lollipop from both the bank and the gas station.
Final score-
Dog 9
Kids 4
I like your laid-back attitude toward allowing your pup to eat stuff besides raw meat.
Posted by
Susan FreimanApril 21, 2005 01:52 AM
The way I look at it is...if I am eating a munchkin and the kids are too, the dog might as well join in. I read several reviews of "Dog Show Moms and Dad's" on Bravo where the reviewers were freaking out that the trainer fed raw. I think feeding a raw is wonderful but currently do not feed it. If I see a person giving my dog a biscuit from a company I know to be garbage, I may tell them a few nutrition facts if I know them well enough, or I may politely take the treat and pocket it but give the dog something healthier from my pocket, or sometimes just say what the heck and consider it the same as if me or the kids ate a Ding Dong every once in a blue moon. lol
Posted by
nancy freedman-smithApril 21, 2005 07:37 AM
Another place to score doggie biscuits is Acadia National Park. It seems like park personnel are required to keep them on hand. Burley gets a treat with just about every encounter with them.
Posted by
CarlApril 22, 2005 12:29 PM
On your digression. It's one thing to have your dog treated by bank tellers and such but when it comes to UPS and the likes that drive up too fast on long drive ways and then throw out treats to your dogs that are doing farm chores with you. I don't stand a chance of recalling them from running out in front of these vehicles to get their treats. Talk about rewarding bad behavior. The worst times are when it is icy, I can just see one loosing its footing and going under the front wheels. Most of the time I can control them but one only has to break ranks of the 5 and they all go. I've put up gates for this very reason.
Posted by
Gina GutmanApril 26, 2005 07:39 AM
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