Parkside Pups, LLC

08/08/2024

Summertime and the livin’ is easy

07/23/2024

Guests of 7/19 milling about in the kitchen hoping for a misplaced breakfast ingredient or two.

07/23/2024

Always hard to say "until next time" with this little girl. She is the perfect guest. 🥰🥰🥰🐾🐾🐾

07/03/2024

Chilly morning at Parkside Pups.

06/05/2024

Doodles and Poos 2024!

05/27/2024

Update: Reunited! ❤️🐾🐶

05/26/2024 - Found Dog - Livingston, NJ

This dog was found on N. Livingston Ave by Rt 280. If you recognize him please contact Police Headquarters at 973-992-3000 x 0.

05/26/2024

Update: Reunited! ❤️🐾🐶

05/26/2024 - Lost Dog - Montclair, NJ

Please spread the word! Fudge was LOST on May 26, 2024 in Montclair, near Lincoln Street

Description: Just rescued & not familiar with the area. Very skittish

For more info or to contact Fudge's owner, click here: https://www.pawboost.com/p/70342781

05/15/2024

*COURTESY POST* - Hillside, NJ

05/14/2024 - Found Dog - Hillside, NJ

This pup was found running down Liberty Avenue in Hillside.

05/13/2024

Lamby and Kong — perfect for a gray morning🐾😊

05/06/2024

Parkside Pups has a special guest today!

05/04/2024

05/03/2024 - Found Dog - West Caldwell, NJ

Do you recognize me? A female dog with no collar and no tags wandered into Crane’s Mill. Please contact the West Caldwell Police at 973-226-4114 if you know the owner.

05/03/2024

Ooops! Lesson learned. First time in eight years😝. No guests were in the kitchen at the time🐾🐾🐾

04/23/2024

Thank you City of Peru Animal Care and Control ……

Everyone who is thinking of getting dogs should read this because you need to understand this reality:

***I am a 21st century dog.***

-I'm a MALINOIS
Overskilled among dogs, I excel in all disciplines and I'm always ready to work: I NEED to work. Nowadays I get asked to chill on the couch all day everyday.

-I am an AKITA INU
My ancestors were selected for fighting bears.
Today I get asked to be tolerant and I get scolded for my reactivity when another approaches me.

-I am a BEAGLE
When I chase my prey, I raise my voice so the hunters could follow.
Today they put an electric collar on me to shut up, and you make me come back to you - no running - with a snap of your fingers.

-I am a YORKSHIRE TERRIER
I was a terrifying rat hunter in English mines.
Today they think I can't use my legs and they always hold me in their arms.

-I'm a LABRADOR RETRIEVER
My vision of happiness is a dive into a pond to bring back the duck he shot to my master.
Today you forget I'm a walking, running, swimming dog; as a result I'm fat, made to stay indoors, and to babysit.

-I am a JACK RUSSELL
I can take on a fox, a mean badger, and a rat bigger than me in his den.
Today I get scolded for my character and high energy, and forced to turn into a quiet living room dog.

-I am a SIBERIAN HUSKY
Experienced the great, wide open spaces of Northern Europe, where I could drag sleds for long distances at impressive speeds.
Today I only have the walls of the house or small garden as a horizon, and the holes I dig in the ground just to release energy and frustration, trying to stay sane.

-I am a BORDER COLLIE
I was made to work hours a day in partnership with my master, and I am an unmistakable artist of working with the herd.
Today they are mad at me because, for lack of sheep, I try to check bikes, cars, children in the house and everything in motion.

I am ...
I am a 21st century dog.
I'm pretty, I'm alert, I'm obedient, I stay in a bag...but I'm also an individual who, from centuries of training, needs to express my instincts, and I am *not* suited for the sedentary life you'd want me to lead.

Spending eight hours a day alone in the house or in the garden - with no work and no one to play or run with, seeing you for a short time in the evening when you get home, and only getting a small toilet walk will make me deeply unhappy.

I'll express it by barking all day, turning your yard into a minefield, doing my needs indoors, being unmanageable the rare times I'll find myself outside, and sometimes spending my days sunk, sad, lonely, and depressed, on my pillow.

You may think that I should be happy to be able to enjoy all this comfort while you go to work, but actually I’ll be exhausted and frustrated, because this is absolutely NOT what I'm meant to do, or what I need to be doing.

If you love me, if you've always dreamed of me, if my beautiful blue eyes or my athletic look make you want me, but you can't give me a real dog's life, a life that's really worth living according to my breed, and if you can't offer me the job that my genes are asking, DO NOT buy or adopt me!

If you like the way I look but aren't willing to accept my temperament, gifts, and traits derived from long genetic selection, and you think you can change them with only your good will, then DO NOT BUY OR ADOPT ME.

I’m a dog from the 21st century, yes, but deep inside me, the one who fought, the one who hunted, the one who pulled sleds, the one who guided and protected a herd still lives within.

So think **very** carefully before you choose your dog. And think about getting two, rather than one, so I won't be so very lonely waiting for you all day.

Eight or ten hours is just a workday to you, but it's an eternity for me to be alone.

poem/blogpost from cynopolis.fr, translated from the French original. Copyright Elsa Weiss.

04/06/2024

Just another guest having difficulty feeling at home and comfortable at Parkside Pups!

04/03/2024

My arm is asleep, but I’m not gonna wake this one up. He’s been antsy all day!

04/01/2024

Am I cute, or what?

03/30/2024

It’s a doodle/poo kind of weekend. All taking a nap except the one who got crowded out of the bed by four dogs last night!

03/24/2024

This has been a fun afternoon with the black and whites!

03/23/2024

Puppy guest dubbing Clover as the bestest Parkside Pups camp counselor in all of history!

03/23/2024

Bali celebrating National Puppy Day with a new interactive toy.

03/21/2024

5 month old and 10 year old finding common ground in a playful encounter😊🐾

03/19/2024

Luigi waiting for a little fettuccine Alfredo

03/16/2024

03/15/2024

Weeej is back at Parkside. Missed this little guy❤️❤️❤️

03/11/2024

Update: Reunited! ❤️🐾🐶

03/10/2024 - Found Dog - West Orange, NJ

A Good Samaritan was able to catch this pup running across Mt. Pleasant Avenue a short while ago. If anyone has information regarding the owner, please contact the police department at 973-325-4000

03/01/2024

My current bookends - oops, I mean guests. These two sisters are cosmically connected and do everything together. It's been a delight to have them at Parkside Pups!