Comments on: Brooklyn Dog Meetup

Brooklyn Dog Meetup

griphus — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 07:11:59 -0800

Let's have a Brooklyn dog meetup some Saturday while the weather is nice (but not too hot.)

Our little prima donna Apple isn't bright enough to go totally off-leash unless it's an enclosed area, so I suggest Owl's Head dog park in Bay Ridge. Other suggestions totally welcome, that's just the only place we've been with her.

By: the young rope-rider

the young rope-rider — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 07:16:51 -0800

Can I come and just peek in on the dogs and pet the dogs and hug the dogs

By: Grither

Grither — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 07:20:15 -0800

Aw man, unfortunately our Moxie isn't the best with other dogs, especially in dog parks. We used to take her to Tompkins Square Park dog run all the time, then she got bit a couple times there and is now not always so nice with other dogs in settings like that.... have fun though!

By: grobstein

grobstein — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 08:54:12 -0800

Yes. I don't have a dog, but yes. I don't have a dog, therefore yes.

By: moonmilk

moonmilk — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 09:29:20 -0800

Samson and I are up for it.

By: moonmilk

moonmilk — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 09:29:50 -0800

(But the next one is totally gonna be at Prospect Park!)

By: griphus

griphus — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 09:51:45 -0800

YOUR TINY DOG IS NAMED SAMSON I wanted a pug to name it Adonis but that didn't work out.

By: grobstein

grobstein — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 09:59:37 -0800

You know those extendo-leashes they have, where line unspools from the grip when the dog walks away and then rolls back in when the dog comes back? I saw a woman in the park with one of those, same as all the others except made of beautiful wood!

By: (Over) Thinking

(Over) Thinking — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 16:09:32 -0800

Yes, please to this meetup, I was just telling a friend last night that I would pay by the hour to play with a dog right now. As long as dog-less people are allowed, that is.

By: the young rope-rider

the young rope-rider — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 19:58:11 -0800

So when is this Dog and Dog Fan meetup? I AM A FAN. A FAN OF DOGS.

By: spec80

spec80 — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 07:03:21 -0800

I will try to come!

By: the young rope-rider

the young rope-rider — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 07:17:09 -0800

grobstein, I've seen those on mefi advertiser Fab. If anyone wants to join the site let me know and I will ~~make money off of you~~ give you a referral code. (But I think anyone can sign up anyway.) So is there a leash-free area in Prospect Park?

By: the young rope-rider

the young rope-rider — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 07:17:30 -0800

Also, spec80, can you make it to Prospect Park or is it too much of a haul?

By: moonmilk

moonmilk — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 08:51:12 -0800

Large parts of Prospect Park are leash-free before 9am and after 9pm. There are no enclosed dog runs. A future dog meetup at Prospect Park would probably best be a leashed meetup! For now, we're still talking about meeting at Owl's Head Park in Bay Ridge, right?

By: griphus

griphus — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 11:00:58 -0800

We could do both!

By: the young rope-rider

the young rope-rider — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 11:01:30 -0800

I really don't care, I am just trying to gently obsessively nudge y'all into picking a place and time so that OMG PUPPIES

By: subtle-t

subtle-t — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 14:26:10 -0800

We would come and bring Norman. For future dog meetups, Hillside is a pretty large enclosed run in Brooklyn Heights with a special gated off small dog area.

By: spec80

spec80 — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 03:55:04 -0800

Prospect Park would be much easier for me than Bay Ridge. I have done that trip with my dog both in cab and subway and he's been great.

By: moonmilk

moonmilk — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 07:38:55 -0800

Here's a suggestion: this Saturday, 1pm, on the lawn in front of Litchfield Villa, 5th St & Prospect Park West. It's a small space, so maybe easier to find each other. We could walk the dogs into the greater park after giving everyone time to show up. F/G train at 7th Av is the closest subway.

By: griphus

griphus — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 07:58:36 -0800

Crap, I have a thing on Saturday. If everyone else wants to do that, speak up and I'll just change the info to what moonmilk suggested.

By: moonmilk

moonmilk — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 08:42:44 -0800

Could you do it at 11, griphus? Others?

By: subtle-t

subtle-t — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 09:20:08 -0800

11 or 1 is fine for me.

By: spec80

spec80 — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 14:43:37 -0800

Deacon and I are out of town this weekend :(

By: griphus

griphus — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 10:31:31 -0800

I'm actually out of the running for Saturday but, again, I don't mind not making it to this one.

By: moonmilk

moonmilk — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 11:26:05 -0800

Doesn't sound like we have a quorum for this Saturday, but - I live less than a block from Litchfield Villa, so Samson and I will happily meet anydog there tomorrow at 11am. Unless it's raining. And how about NEXT Saturday 11am?

By: moonmilk

moonmilk — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 11:26:49 -0800

Or this Sunday, for that matter? Heck, Samson and I go there every day anyway.

By: subtle-t

subtle-t — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:47:08 -0800

We're good for next Saturday if it works for others.

By: griphus

griphus — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:58:15 -0800

We can probably do next Saturday, but I'll double check. Should I set that as the tentative time/date?

By: moonmilk

moonmilk — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:41:30 -0800

Sounds good to me! Samson says "hrrmph" which seems like a grudging approval.

By: paulschreiber

paulschreiber — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 23:08:13 -0800

+1 Interested.

By: moonmilk

moonmilk — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 09:04:08 -0800

Should we make it official? Or is this Saturday 7/28 going to be too soon?

By: subtle-t

subtle-t — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 07:05:16 -0800

We are still in.

By: griphus

griphus — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 07:24:52 -0800

I have a bunch of Horrible Bureacratic Stuff coming up, but I'll make it for 7/28.

By: elizardbits

elizardbits — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 09:02:55 -0800

my puppy isn't even HERE YET you bastard

By: griphus

griphus — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 09:29:05 -0800

attend ALL the meetups.

By: moonmilk

moonmilk — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 11:46:19 -0800

Whoo! People who don't have puppies yet could maybe bring pictures of puppies they are going to have, or wish they had. p.s. please change the time to 11 AM.

By: griphus

griphus — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 11:52:45 -0800

Fixed. Also, everyone should carry around pictures of puppies they want all the time.

By: spec80

spec80 — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 06:03:33 -0800

I am a maybe. My husband is sick so it depends on how he feels by then :(

By: griphus

griphus — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 08:06:05 -0800

Hooray, I may or may not have beaten the bureaucracy. The lady and I will be there with Apple.

By: moonmilk

moonmilk — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 09:48:16 -0800

They say dog spit has healing powers, spec80.

By: spec80

spec80 — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 11:49:36 -0800

brb spreading peanut butter all over my husband's face

By: spec80

spec80 — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 09:24:18 -0800

Where in Park Slope are we meeting? Can I give someone my cell phone number just in case?

By: anthropoid

anthropoid — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 09:38:38 -0800

I manage permits and enforcement in Prospect Park so I will meet you at 11am outside my office and promptly give you tickets and kick you out for not having a permit. Just kidding. I'll come say hi and give you a map.

By: moonmilk

moonmilk — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 10:03:56 -0800

We're meeting on the lawn in front of Litchfield Villa, at 5th St and Prospect Park West. Memail me if you want my cell number; I'm glad to give directions. Anthropoid, do you work in the Villa? I've lived across the street for 15 years and somehow I've never been in there!

By: anthropoid

anthropoid — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 10:04:51 -0800

I work in the basement! Which, luckily, is the ground floor if you are at the back of the building.

By: moonmilk

moonmilk — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 10:11:04 -0800

...where the little electric carts nap!

By: griphus

griphus — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 10:14:51 -0800

Is anyone bringing a particularly large dog, btw? Apple doesn't do great with big dogs.

By: elizardbits

elizardbits — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 10:23:21 -0800

This is because you have not yet procured a tiny jockey's outfit for her and trained her to steeplechase atop Irish Wolfhounds.

By: moonmilk

moonmilk — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 11:17:38 -0800

A reminder for dogs and their people who haven't been to Prospect Park before - there's no enclosed dog runs, and dogs are allowed off leash only after 9pm and before 9am. So this will be an all-leashed dog meetup. Release the hounds!

By: spec80

spec80 — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 11:58:00 -0800

My dog is a 30 lb. corgi. He's of a medium size. I hope that's okay for Apple!

By: griphus

griphus — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 12:00:08 -0800

Oh, yeah, def., she's a 24-lb puggle.

By: subtle-t

subtle-t — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 12:41:42 -0800

Our dog is ~15 lbs. We're also bringing another dog (~10 lbs) that we are dogsitting for the weekend.

By: moonmilk

moonmilk — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 14:56:58 -0800

Important update: Samson got a haircut!

By: kkokkodalk

kkokkodalk — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 16:00:30 -0800

I might stop by to say, "Hi, doggie."

By: the young rope-rider

the young rope-rider — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 19:15:53 -0800

Samson's haircut <3 love

By: griphus

griphus — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 06:56:55 -0800

Anyone know what the weather situation is today?

By: spec80

spec80 — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 07:12:01 -0800

I am on my way but I am feeling a few drops.

By: moonmilk

moonmilk — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 07:22:32 -0800

weather.com and Dark Sky are showing little chance of serious rain before mid-afternoon.

By: griphus

griphus — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 11:06:25 -0800

Dog meetup success! Thank for the lift, guys!

By: spec80

spec80 — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 11:44:05 -0800

You're welcome! It was great to meet everyone and their doggies! :) Hope we do this again!

By: moonmilk

moonmilk — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 17:05:21 -0800

Samson was so tired and happy after hanging out with all those young whippersnapperpuppers. Thanks!

By: elizardbits

elizardbits — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 22:13:01 -0800

excuse me but where are the photos, you are all bastards

By: twoporedomain

twoporedomain — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 19:58:53 -0800

Agreed, a great time! Many sticks were destroyed. (Sorry I don't have any pictures. The, uh, dog ate them?)