It was a fierce battle for first but Goblin pulled out a victory over Dizzy and Ruby.
Goblin will face Rocky and the winner of the cat semifinalist to be posted tomorrow.
Pets
Photo by PoPville flickr user schmiddi
Sorry for the blizzard photo but when I searched the PoPville flickr pool for dog walking shots I was mesmerized by this one.
“Dear PoP,
My partner and I recently added two puppies to our household. We have a rowhouse in Ledroit Park. While we are able to take them out morning and evening, we are looking for a dog walking service for the middle of the day. You may have addressed this before but I couldn’t find it in the archives?
Do your readers have any suggestions or recommendations?”
For those who leave suggestions, I’m also curious, if you are able to say, how much does it cost?
To help select the Dog finalists I enlisted the aid Nichole, former PoP contributor and Fundraising and Outreach Chair of the Board of Directors of Hill Hounds, the official “friends of” group of the soon-to-be-constructed Kingsman Field Dog Park on Capitol Hill. Thanks to all who sent in photos of their dogs. There is a no doubt that they were a super cool bunch this year. Believe me selecting semifinalists was nearly an impossible task (Nichole selected 5 and I selected 5). But at the end of the day, it’s just a fun summer pet contest so let’s remember to vote honestly. If the poll is tampered with your pet will be disqualified. Voting will be open until Friday.
Photos after the jump. (more…)
It was a heated competition but Rocky pulled out a solid win with 38% of the vote beating out both Claude-Philippe and Winnie who tied for second place with 21% of the vote each. First time we’ve ever had an exact tie before. But congrats to Rocky on a well earned Finalist berth. Stay tuned for Dog Semi finalists tomorrow.
Photo by PoPville flickr user christopher.poole
The race is on!
And I’m not gonna reveal the votes yet but it’s been narrowed down a bit and it looks like we’ve got a tight three way race between Winnie (hamster), Rocky (turtle) and Claude-Philippe (snail). If you haven’t voted yet you can still do so here. Stay tuned for the Dog and cat semifinalists next week!
This pet friendly rental option is located at 30th and Ordway St, NW:
The Craigslist ad says:
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Large (700 sq.ft!) 1 Bedroom Plus Den – Cleveland Park Near Metro – PETS OK !
APARTMENT is in private home in appealing and safe neighborhood and has:
– – – Private entrance
– – – Living Room — exposed brick plus walk-in closet
– – – Bedroom — with tall windows. wide sliding glass door, and wall-length closet
– – – Sunroom/Den — with exposed brick, wide sliding glass door, redwood walls, brick floor
– – – Bath — with ceramic tile shower, exposed brick and cedar walls
– – – Kitchen area — with 2-burner gas cooktop, new refrigerator
– – – Washer/Dryer exclusively for use by apartment tenant
– – – All natural materials – exposed brick, natural wood, parquet floor, brick floor, etc.
– – – Patio and deep wooded yard (great for dogs).
Apartment is entirely above ground with very large windows.”
Does $1925 sound reasonable for this 1 bedroom plus den?
The reader is looking for a pet friendly building closer to Mt. Pleasant and writes:
“I am hoping you and your wonderful readers can help me out with something. My 40 lb. dog and I need a new home, but I’ve been having a really hard time finding affordable dog-friendly buildings (or condos) in the Mt. Pleasant/ColHeights/U Street/Adams Morgan area. Do you have any tips for places I may have overlooked?”
Anyone have any good advice for finding a place that takes pets in that area?
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Thanks to a reader for sending the news and an email from the owners of Dogs by Day/Green Pets. The reader mentions that they believe the proposed new site is at 1711 Florida Ave, NW. The owner of Dogs by Day is requesting your help to obtain a C of O:
Hello Friends and Neighbors,
As many of you already know, Dogs by Day and GreenPets are moving out of our current location to a new building a few blocks away. We are being forced to move for a number of reasons; mainly the building is no longer safe and the landlord refuses to do any repairs. In addition, the landlord thinks a large restaurant would pay more rent than we have offered, so unfortunately, we must leave. The good news is we found a wonderful new building with a terrific landlord only a couple blocks away. We have also found a second location a couple of blocks south as well. We’re hoping that with these 2 locations we’ll be able to serve you even better than we can now.
That being said, we need your help to move forward. As is true with all dog care facilities, we must apply for a special Certificate of Occupancy no matter how long we’ve been in business. We are fortunate to have a meeting scheduled for this Friday the 13th to discuss this issue. We are urging all of you who are willing to write a letter of support and or sign the petitions we have at the front desks of both Dogs by Day and GreenPets.
We have been in business for over 11 years and we’d very much like to continue for another 11 years. Please help us and fax your letter to the number listed below. Any words of support would be most appreciated.
Board of Zoning Adjustment
441 4th Street, N.W.
Suite 210S
Washington, DC 20001 *
Fax # (202) 727-6072***I apologize for the urgency however, we need letter of support submitted by noon, Friday, August 13th. Please fax once you completed your letter.
Thank you so very much for your prompt attention to this matter.
Gratefully,
Linda Welch
Owner
Dogs by Day, GreenPets
1724 14th St NW
Ok, we’ve had an amazing first round with over 300 awesome pets! The task of narrowing it down to semifinalists is nearly impossible. Remember there will be 3 semifinal rounds for ‘Other’, Dog, and Cat with the winners of each category facing off in the final for the title of Coolest Pet in PoPville. To help me pick Dog and Cat semifinalists, in addition to your comments I’ve enlisted some guest judges more on that later. Now please, please, please don’t be ridiculous and stuff the “ballot box”. We are on the honor system here but if there is an obvious fixing of the poll I will disqualify your pet. Seriously. Don’t do it! You can have your friends vote, you can put it on facebook or twitter but don’t stay up all night clearing your cache and voting 100 times yourself (it’s happened before). I am keeping results hidden and will show them at the end.
Anyway all the pets really were great and getting to post them up every afternoon for the last month has made my summer afternoons a lot more fun. So allow me to introduce the ‘Other’ Semifinalists. Voting will be tallied by poll and the poll will close at 11:59pm Friday night.
Dame Winifred Artemis Jolie-Pitt aka Winnie
Roo
Percy
Claude-Phillipe
Rocky
Ed. Note: The deadline has passed for entries, we got over 300! If you missed the deadline, save your shots for next year, sorry no exceptions. Remember if you have a favorite please let me know. Though, don’t make up names and “vote” for your pet multiple times. If you do so, and I catch you, (which is not hard to catch) your pet will be disqualified. Stay tuned for semi final rounds coming soon.
Durga
“This is Durga. We rescued her from a high-kill shelter in South Carolina through Lucky Dog Rescue. She has an unmatched sense of adventure – and energy level! Her hobbies include devouring chew toys and rawhide bones, and terrorizing squirrels throughout the U Street neighborhood. Her dream job – rat exterminator.”
Stinky
“This is Stinky. He has traveled on three continents, and is very happy to be settled now in Petworth. His primary responsibility is keeping an eye on the dog. He takes this duty very very seriously. It’s not all work though – he always takes time to stop and smell (and sometimes eat) the roses.”
Violet
“Violet was adopted from WARL a year ago and loves snow, playing fetch and eating sticks.”
Lots more great entries after the jump. (more…)
Ed. Note: The deadline has passed for entries, we got over 300! If you missed the deadline, save your shots for next year, sorry no exceptions. We’ll be wrapping up initial postings this week before the semifinal rounds commence. Remember if you have a favorite please let me know. Though, don’t make up names and “vote” for your pet multiple times. If you do so, and I catch you, (which is not hard to catch) your pet will be disqualified.
Petunia
“This Petunia; she is the self-appointed canine goodwill ambassador to the children of Columbia Heights. She is very happy perrita who loves the attention and is liberal in sharing her jump-and-lick with all who stop to pat her head.”
Cornelius
“Cornelius cooly contemplates Kennedy’s clever quips.”
Clementine
“This is Clementine. She’s 1½ and a true Petworth pet. Here she’s chilling froggy style in the cool, cool grass at Clark Elementary during the current heat wave. Her favorite activities include walks around Sherman Circle, hikes at Rock Creek, playing with her doggie buds at Clark Elementary and keeping tabs on the neighborhoods squirrels.”
Lots more great entries after the jump. (more…)