Between the cold weather, not being able to walk anywhere and Detroit not being particularly dog-friendly, Mr. N barely went anywhere during our trip to visit family besides walking around the neighborhood and for a hike. The exception being when we met up with How I Adopted Your Brother and her puppy Kelinn to go to the Rust Belt Market on Saturday. The Market is an indoor arts and crafts fair that is open on the weekends (and allows dogs!).
Portland is ridiculously dog-friendly in many ways (although the airport could really use an indoor bathroom area for dogs) and Mr. N being pint-sized means he gets to go almost everywhere that doesn’t sell food. I could tell he missed all the mental stimulation of being out and about when we came back from the market and he crashed.
Everyone wanted to say hello. Who wouldn’t want to say hello to this puppy face?
April 4, 2014 7:10 am
What a fun indoor fit dog adventure! Congratulations on your Pound-for-Pound honor. It's funny you should ask that mental stimulation question today because I think you know- ON THE ROAD!!!
April 4, 2014 9:55 pm
Excited to see you soon!
April 4, 2014 12:34 pm
You thought I was kidding didn't you when I said that Detroit is NOT dog-friendly? And…our weather sucks……(at this time of year), I wasn't lying as you can see! Glad you found somewhere good to go!
April 4, 2014 9:56 pm
I didn't think you were kidding! I just didn't realize how bad it was lol.
April 4, 2014 12:49 pm
Great post Mr. N. – mental stimulation is pretty key to a healthy pup. We like to take the dogs to the pet store…talk about challenges – wow! Thanks for joining the Hop and being part of the FitDog Friday Family.
April 4, 2014 1:45 pm
That looks like a fun place for dogs. I would go somewhere like that too, if I could.
April 4, 2014 8:07 pm
Nice indoor adventure! And congrats on the award!
April 4, 2014 9:07 pm
Nice adventure, congrats on your really cool fitdog friday award.
April 4, 2014 9:16 pm
That looks like a cool place and a great adventure. I walk down to our local shops for mental stimulation. Rocco loves to visit with all the people and we typically pass lots of dogs on the way too. There's even a pet store along the way. We stop by there even if there's nothing that we need to buy.
Happy FitDog Friday!
Diane and Rocco
April 4, 2014 10:39 pm
Congratulations on your FitDog Friday award! I'm glad you found someplace you could take Mr. N when you were traveling, that market looked like fun!
Jan, Wag 'n Woof Pets
April 5, 2014 12:54 am
That looks like fun, especially meeting up with another blogger- and what an adorable puppy! Because Rita is reactive and I never really know if she'll like/be afraid of certain men, there aren't too many places I take her, but she does come along with me every other week to the chiropractor. She LOVES my chiro guy, and she does pretty well with most of the other clients that come and go. But last week she barked at some poor guy. Soooo embarrassing. Not sure if i'll be taking her back again…. Ugh.
April 5, 2014 12:56 am
Just to add so people don't think I'm a total dummy, I asked the chiro if he wanted me to stop brining her since she barked. He said he loves it when she comes and he didn't want to be the one to make the call. So… I dunno. We'll see. It's good to get her out meeting people in a safe environment, but not cool when she barks at someone!
April 5, 2014 2:11 pm
Guess Mr N and Kelinn need more time to warm up to each other 😉
April 5, 2014 4:08 pm
Puppy brains' lack of focus are made up for by an extra amount of cute. Although it doesn't seem like Mr N was swayed by the cute. At least he was tolerant of puppy shenanigans.
–Woofs (and purrs) from Life with Dogs and Cats
April 7, 2014 10:35 am
What a cool spot AND you can take your dogs in with you. Mental stimulation for you & your dog. that's it – I'm packing and moving to the states!! so hard to get your dog 'inside' anywhere around Australia. too many health & hygiene rules i think….
April 12, 2014 12:20 am
I guess I never really thought of it not being dog friendly here. We are always out doing things with our dogs, but shopping and stuff is not something we do often. 🙂 You should have come this week. We had lovely weather! The week you were here, it stunk!
January 5, 2018 10:17 am
My dogs’ favorite place is definitely either one of the two pet stores in the area. It’s nice to switch it up, different smells, different regular staff, different clientele. Plus the dogs know they get a dried rabbit or duck roll when we get home after so they behave as well as they possibly can, which is fun!
January 9, 2018 1:27 pm
Mr. N likes visiting the pet stores but really, he’d rather walk.
January 5, 2018 5:06 pm
We’re glad Mr. N got to meet up with a friend. We bet that was a lot of fun, even if he couldn’t go many other places.
January 9, 2018 1:28 pm
He does enjoy romping with other dogs!
January 6, 2018 2:33 pm
I am glad that Mr. N got to go out and enjoy the attractions. The Rust Belt market sounds like a fun place. My town isn’t very dog friendly, several people take their dog to Lowe’s for excitement in the winter.
January 9, 2018 1:31 pm
I hear that’s a common place for people to go elsewhere. Here Mr. N can go most places where they don’t serve food so he misses it when we travel.
January 7, 2018 9:41 am
We had some serious fit challenges in the past month. Even though we love winter and have no problem with cold weather, it was so cold that we couldn’t go anywhere other than potty for about month when all added up. Poor Cookie. Today is a terrible blizzard, but it’s warmer, so we’re out there braving the elements.
January 9, 2018 1:30 pm
East Coast weather has been crazy lately!