Saturday, April 10, 2010

City Bark Playdate: EPIC FAIL

City Bark offers their employees a really cool perk.  Once a week, they are allowed to bring their own dogs to work.  They get to play for free and have access to all the same amenities that the paying customers get.  Hudson loves his little wading pool at home, so I was really looking forward to him getting to play in the 4 ft. deep doggie pool at City Bark Parker.  Hudson always does really well at home checks, the dog park and various rescue events that I drag him to, so he shouldn't have a problem at doggie day care, right?
Hudson went to work with Tony today..  Tony called me after three hours and wanted me to come get Hudson.  Apparently, being free to run around in a room of 20-30 dogs makes Hudson randy.  He was humping any dog that he could get to.  He ended up being tossed in a room with Fizzlewit and McTavish (Michelle's dogs) and he did fine there.  Clearly, he is not meant for free play.  Tony was so embarassed. 

The only time Hudson behaved appropriately was when he saw the swimming pool.  Tony said that he let all the dogs into the pool area and turned to shut the gate.  As he was latching it, Michelle said "Hey, look at your guy!"  When Tony turned  around, Hudson was neck deep in the pool.