Please help find Prince, the missing black cat from Prince Postale. John shares the following: Prince is a 5 year old black cat. He lives in my shop on Prince Street. He is an indoor outdoor cat. I let him out in the morning and he walks around our section of the North End. He Read More…
There is a new fountain on the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway, near the carousel and Harbor Islands Pavilion. This one isn’t for kids to run through but rather to “Drink Up!“ Bring your dog too, because there is a special drinking bowl for fido. The unique design allows easy filling of water bottles as an Read More…
Martignetti Liquors and Responsible Urbanites for Fido (RUFF) are teaming for a special wine tasting on Tuesday July 22nd from 7:00pm to 9:00pm at The Living Room, located at 101 Atlantic Avenue, Boston. For $35.oo per person (payable at the door) Hors d’Oeuvres will be served, and a raffle will take place to benefit the RUFF organization. Visit Ruff Boston Read More…
This scared raccoon was spotted by Gary F. on a North End fire escape around Cleveland Place this week. Filed under North End wildlife and wondering if he eats rats? “Neighborhood Photo” is a regular feature on NorthEndWaterfront.com. Did you take an interesting photo in or around Boston’s North End / Waterfront? Have it featured Read More…
On Tuesday night, RUFF hosted dog trainer Janet Vera. The event was a huge success. We had between 10-15 dogs and their owners come out and practice and learn techniques for reliable recall. We at RUFF think this was a valuable session because Janet was able to work one on one with the dog and Read More…
North End resident, Maria Ciampa (Pidg), shares this commentary on establishing a dog park in the neighborhood and questions the Gassy Flights area for that purpose. Hearing there’s a bit of chatter about turning the Gassy into a Dog Park! I’m under the impression that many of us, dog owners and not, already signed the Read More…
[responsive_youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HwO3hJpqRE] The North End / Waterfront Neighborhood Council (NEWNC) met on April 14, 2014 to discuss and consider several community initiatives. A summary of the issues discussed and the results for voting items are shown below. (The numbers in parenthesis refer to times in the above video so you can jump to areas of Read More…
Last week’s post about unleashed dogs in the Gassy (DeFilippo Playground) courts has caused quite a stir. The dog owner in that situation was in the Gassy again on Monday, this time with his own camera. He tells us that he was out looking to document the mess there. He explained that he is profound Read More…
While shooting hoops with her kids on the basketball court at the Gassy, Melanie was “discouraged and disgusted” when a man took his dogs off leash on the courts that are marked “no dogs allowed.” After refusing to put the dogs back on leash, he said that his dogs needed to run. This North End Mom not Read More…
RUFF was alerted last night by the owner of a dog that was poisoned in Greenough Lane, small park off of Charter Street. The owners were walking their dog, on leash, in the Greenough lane area when they discovered what their dog was interested in. The poison is the same that we have seen before Read More…
[responsive_youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ9SD00S8cM] Responsible Urbanites for Fido (RUFF) President Leslie Horn and Chairperson Amy Hand reached out this week to the North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association (NEWRA) regarding a dog park pilot concept for Parcel 12 on the Greenway. Parcel 12 is the highway ramp parcel that runs parallel to Cross Street and Surface Road Read More…
Margie S. writes in: Grandkids just came back from the Gassy and they said “Too much dog poop to play!” Where the swings are, loaded with it. Why can’t dog owners pick up? It was really disgusting – no exaggeration! Beautiful day ruined by this… The photo above was taken on Saturday afternoon, March 7, Read More…