[BoxerMama82]

Yappy Hours at Wolf Creek Winery
2637 S Cleveland Massillon Rd
Norton OH 44203-6417

Tuesday, October 12th
5:00–8:00 p.m.
The Great Room
$10 per person at the door, includes raffle entry, glass of wine and goodies for your dog. $5 per person for non-drinkers, includes soda or bottled water.

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I have been wanting to take Medwin to this for a while now, I think it sounds like a lot of fun. I'm slightly hesitant about taking Dahnke at this point, but we'll see...

I also want to take Medwin out for his first Dog Park experience, (Dahnke too, but not till I've had her long enough that I know what to expect from her) (I'm the over-protective Mom-type... I carry a diaper bag with dog stuff anytime we leave the house...) I think I'm afraid of strange dogs, which is weird b/c two of our hot spots frequently have fosters...

Anyways, I'm taking the plunge and put the wine event in my planner in ink. If it's in the planner it's law... (Ok, I might have some OCD tendancies...

 

[Josue]

Holy crap, sounds awesome!!!! I will run it past the wife, but I'm sure she'll LOVE to go. We went to Wolf Creek a few weeks ago for the 1st time and had a blast.

Is there a dog limit? We'll likely bring both of ours...

 

[Josue]

Also, let us know if/when you'd want to hit up some dog parks! We're not too far from you here in Akron (wife is from and has family in Canton/perry twp) and we're always up for Boxer play dates!!

 

[BoxerMama82]

I will call them and find out about the limit. And I'd like to hit up a dog park. People keeps asking me if I've taken Medwin to the ones around here, and I keep sheepishly saying I haven't gone yet... So yeah, I'm definitely up for a doggy play date!

 

[Josue]

What are your concerns with dog parks? They can be a GREAT experience if all goes well, but as you may have read and/or heard, there CAN be a bad owner/pet in there that ruins the experience for the day. It's usually not a big deal though...if it's that bad of a situation, then you just leave and hope for a better day next time!

We haven't had many bad experiences though, so we usually take Tyson and Apollo at least once a week to the Akron dog park, since it's so close, and we try to make it up to Bow Wow Beach in Stow as often as we can as well, since it's a doggie euphoria!!!

 

[Rolemala]

I will be at work, so sadly I won't be able to go.
However, let me know about the dog park. Its always fun to see lots of boxers get together and play. We should have an end of summer boxer bash!

 

[Josue]

I wish we could find somewhere big enough for it to JUST be boxers! That was awesome when we had my 2, and Katie's 5 in the park all by ourselves!! hahaha A guy I used to work with has 2, and a guy I work with now has 1...I'm probably forgetting other people that have them too. lol

 

[BoxerMama82]

What are your concerns with dog parks? They can be a GREAT experience if all goes well, but as you may have read and/or heard, there CAN be a bad owner/pet in there that ruins the experience for the day. It's usually not a big deal though...if it's that bad of a situation, then you just leave and hope for a better day next time!

We haven't had many bad experiences though, so we usually take Tyson and Apollo at least once a week to the Akron dog park, since it's so close, and we try to make it up to Bow Wow Beach in Stow as often as we can as well, since it's a doggie euphoria!!!

I think it's the bad owner/pet situation that scares me. I'm overprotective as it is, I'm fine with pets of friends after introductions, but strange dogs worry me.
Now that I have Dahnke, I'm trying to figure out how to proceed. She's great with Medwin, is adapting well to my household and schedule well (no accidents in the house for three days!), but doesn't like the GSD next door. At all. I know she came from an abusive background, and is going to need work, she's made great progress in the week she's been here. I'm afraid to take her out though, b/c I don't know how she'll react to things, and I REALLY don't want to be "that bad pet owner with the bad dog"... Medwin gets to socialize with my mom's rescues and fosters all the time. After this display with the GSD next door, through the fence no less, I'm a little worried about taking her out.
I took them both on the towpath for a walk yesterday, and again they walked me but they did start to straighten out about half way, I had to drag them past this guy and his dogs (who were NOT leashed) and then there was a gaggle of geese... I gave up at the geese, we turned around and went back to the car... got about a mile in, my shoulders will tell you it was more, lol!

 

[Josue]

Honestly, and I know it may sound strange, but I would just dive right into the situation and go from there. You don't and won't know how they'll act until you put them in the situation...up till then, it's all just speculation.

Tyson had ALOT of problems when we got him. He was an abused rescue, that if the shelter would've evaluated correctly, probably would've been put down for his food and medical aggression! His first few dog park experiences weren't very good...he'd growl and bark at certain people, got into a few dominance matches with other dogs, and for some reason, he likes to pester small dogs. So all this had us feeling like a-holes with the unruly dog in the park, but I swear, it didn't take long for him to learn his manners, and now he's a GREAT dog and usually well behaved at parks. There might be a scuffle every now and then, but that's gonna happen, and he listens to us when we tell him to knock it off. Usually, people will act wierd towards you anyway though, cause they always mistake boxer play for aggression. We've had that happen to us a few times, where the owner will take their dog home because Tyson wouldn't stop trying to play with it...haha

Apollo has such a sweet tempement, we took him to the park a week after we had him! lol He does great with all the dogs, but he doesn't listen too well in distracting situations like that...still working on that.

 

[BoxerMama82]

That actually makes me feel much better, you have no idea, lol!

 

[Josue]

We'll give you the full rundown on tuesday I'm sure. haha But yea, socialization goes a LONG way!

 

[BoxerMama82]

Sounds good! I will be there about 6ish, don't get of work til five, then the drive

 

[Josue]

Same here, but we only live 20 mins away, so we'll plan on being there at 6 too. Maybe the goats will be in the barn, and we can let the dogs off leash! Yea right...haha I know our boys will be getting a little stir crazy after long just sitting there next to us on a short leash. lol

 

[BoxerMama82]

FYI, I finally contacted the winery, and there is no limit on the dogs we bring!

 

[Josue]

Excellent!

Are you just bringing your boy then?

 

[BoxerMama82]

Yeah, for tonight. I want to see them one at a time at this before I bring both. If my SO wasn't working I'd probably bring both...

 

[Josue]

Sounds good. We'll see you at 6!

 

[BoxerMama82]

It was so great meeting you guys! Poor Medwin crashed on the way home, and I definitely think Dahnke would have been fine. I'm definitely up for meeting for a puppy playdate any time on the weekends.

 

[Josue]

It was great meeting another local boxer fanatic as well!! Let us know when you're available, and we'll set something up. We could try a smaller park at 1st, to break them in slowly. Plus, as nice and sunny as it may be this weekend, and from here on out, the parks might not be too busy because of the chill in the air...

 

[BoxerMama82]

I can definitely bring them out this weekend. Sat would work best for me... Sunday I have to do laundry and watch the Steelers v. Browns in HD!

Let me know where and when and we'll be there!