A Dog’s Life in Clemmons NC… Doesn’t Get Much Better!

A Dog’s Life in Clemmons, NC… Doesn’t Get Much Better! A Perspective from Four Paws

BY CAROLYN S. PETERSON

Trust me on this, a dog’s life is rather simple with a good master. I am loved, cared for, fed, walked and, although I have my own bed, I nd the big one where my master sleeps much more comfortable and so that’s where I take my naps and settle in every night. Not much gets me upset unless it’s a squirrel thinking that I’ll share my yard, which I quickly make clear that I won’t. Other than that, life is good especially when you live in Clemmons, NC.

I can’t imagine living where dogs like myself aren’t appreciated and welcomed, but I hear there are places like that. Well, Clemmons, NC isn’t one of those places. From my understanding, I live with my family in a neighborhood made up of other families that look a lot like mine. Most of my friends live close by and on our daily walks we talk about the last tree-mail we read on the big oak on the corner of the street or the long love poem left on the re hydrant from Fred to Phoebe. The general consensus is that Fred, a BassetBeagle mix, is out-punting his coverage even thinking that Phoebe, a purebred Poodle, would look his way, but hope springs eternal in dogdom. You can’t blame a guy for trying, right? There’s another thing that my friends and I agree on, and that’s how many great places there are for us pups to go in Clemmons, NC.

TANGLEWOOF DOG PARK

Nothing brings out the puppy in me more than when I go to Tanglewoof Dog Park. It seems like I’ve been going there forever, but that may just be because I’m six in ‘dog years’ and that’s 42 in ‘regular years.’ No one has really clued me in on what all that means, but I just know that going to the dog park is the best. There are so many smells that I could spend all my time ‘writing back’ to the other pups who have been there and left notes, until I see the ball come out and then I could chase it all day. It’s a pretty cool place with pups my size in one area and the little pups in another. Some of those little dogs are a lot of talk, but we all get along and play while our masters sit and watch us. After the dog park, sometimes my master likes just us to take a walk through Tanglewood Park, and I like that, too. It seems to make my master happy just being with me, and I know that it’s my favorite thing to do. With a good walk and some playing done, I usually get a special treat at Starbucks in Clemmons.

A TREAT LIKE NO OTHER!

I ride in the front seat of the car, so I get a good view of what’s going on, plus I get car sick if I’m in the back looking out. I don’t really know how it happens, but my master and I go to this place where a lot of other people go, and my master talks into this box and when we drive up to the hole in the building, I get the best treat. It’s a Puppuccino, and although my master tells me to slow down, I pretty much devour it. I don’t know what’s in it, but it hits the spot after an afternoon of playing.

DOGS WELCOME!

Then there are some days when my family and I just get in the car and go to a place where food just comes to you. I like when I can lie by my family as they eat, hoping something might fall and I’m ready to snatch it up. Sitting outside at Panera Bread and Dairi-o, pup friendly places in Clemmons, is the best. Sometimes I see my friends, but there’s no place I’d rather be than with my master.

Yep, I hear people say to me, ‘You have the life of Riley,’ and although I have no idea who Riley is, if he lives in Clemmons, NC and has all the fun I do, we are both pretty lucky dogs!

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