Halloween goes to the dogs outside Blair Mill apartment building

By Jennifer Deseo | Nov 2, 2009
Photo: Somebody give these guys a cookie! Credit: J. Deseo/SSP.

Photo: Somebody give these guys a cookie! Credit: J. Deseo/SSP.

Saturday’s soggy weather may have kept trick-or-treaters inside, but it didn’t stop one costumed crew from frolicking outdoors.

That afternoon, the prospect of fresh air was enough to draw doggies (and their owners) to a small dog park outside The Blairs apartment complex off East-West Highway. The trio of pugs, one Westie, a dachshund and a larger mixed-breed dog played dumb to the mud and cars cruising an adjacent supermarket parking lot.

Moreover, they didn’t seem to care how they looked. The bouncing appendages of a bee costume didn’t bother the Westie. The fluttering black cape of the dachshund’s vampire suit was no big deal. A black pug named Pumperknickle ignored the flap of his oversized angel’s wings.

All that mattered to them was the open (albeit gated) space, and the chance to chase their own and each other’s tails. Of course, the biscuits offered by one apartment manager didn’t hurt, either.

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Photos by J. Deseo/SSP.

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5 Comments

5 Responses to “Halloween goes to the dogs outside Blair Mill apartment building”

  1. Kathy J says:
    Nov 2, 2009 at 9:37 am

    I didn’t know there was a dog park there – for Blair residents only? Or others? If you map it, I’ll spread the word to my dog walking friends.

  2. brh says:
    Nov 2, 2009 at 11:12 am

    That dachshund gives me a severe case of the giggles.

  3. CoronaSS says:
    Nov 2, 2009 at 11:39 am

    @ Kathy J – I think Jen did an article on the dog park about a year or so ago. It’s at the corner of Eastern and Portal. There are two doors, one off eastern, and one in the blairs community. Sometimes the street one is locked but typically it is not. I’ve never lived at the Blairs but we frequently brought our Eskie there to visit because there are so few dog parks in the area.

  4. Kathy J says:
    Nov 2, 2009 at 5:27 pm

    Thanks CSS next time I’m near Portal I’ll check it out.

  5. Jennifer Deseo says:
    Nov 4, 2009 at 1:18 pm

    As it turns out, the canine costume party had a competitive element to it. According to an email from Blairs management, the top dog was Casey the blood-sucking dachshund. The mixed-breed ladybug took second, and the pug with antlers took third.

    Congrats to all the beauty queens!



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