A Little Help

Thanks to all of our great friends and customers Rad Dog has come a long way in the last two years. Now we need a little help with the sewing, so today I took 200 or so retractors and the collar materials to a local sewer. She will sew all the red, black, and blue collars giving us a lot more time to do other things related to Rad Dog. Its a big help and I'm sure she will do a quality job. We still have to package them so we will be able to make sure everything is up to par before we sell them. Hopefully this will give us more time to focus on the customers.

A Day at Stevens Pass With the Avalanche Dogs

Spent a great afternoon up at Stevens Pass with 15+ avalanche dogs and their ski patrol owners. Stevens Pass Ski Patrol flew in from Switzerland two highly skilled avalanche dog experts and hosted a week long avalanche clinic for resorts around the west. There were over 15 dogs and owners in attendance running through drills and all the various skills that make for a great search dog and owner. They worked with the two Swiss instructors and further advanced there skills and knowledge about how to best search for avalanche victims. I also to meet Corey the and his dog Niva, the two that originally contacted us about our new product the Release N Run.

This picture is of the attendees, which made the trip from all over the west. We were happy to be there and meet these great life saving dogs and people. We were able to hand out gear to all the attendees that came form such places as, Mt Bachelor, Alpine Meadows, Solitude, Sundance, Alyeska, Mt Hood, Heavenly, Sierra at Tahoe, as well as some local Search and rescue groups with the WA state DOT and King County SAR. We are happy to have the gear on these dogs and hope they can put the gear to great use.











Here is Osso and Niva playing around in the snow after the class was over. It sounds like the dogs had a great week and all the attendees were very impressed with the information they received. Thanks for inviting me up to witness the class, meet the owners and their dogs and pass some new gear. What a great!

Photo Shoot - Amazing Day!

It was a great day in Bellingham for some Pictures with the DOGS!

We started out early Saturday morning with our bikes and gear to get some photos for the new website that Katy, our Graphics designer, is working on. We left the Samish parking lot at 6 am so as to catch the sunrise up on Galbraith mountain, and what a great sunrise and day it turned out to be, as you can tell by the pictures!

We started out from the lot in the dark, headed to the pipeline trail, and worked our way towards Mullet and the top of Oly for the main part of our shoot. We met our friend Nicola, co-owner of Trailhead Athletics, and her two dogs, Sonic and Roxy, part way up the mountain. Anders snapped photos the entire way up; the dogs loved it. We rode and jogged around with all three dogs zigzagging around the bikes and people.

After a few hours with Nicola and her dogs, they traded out duties with our friend Ruth and her dog Fiona. We took more pictures, gave the dogs more treats, and let the dogs get even dirtier; they loved it!



All the dogs played and enjoyed being out so early in the day. Oh, and of course they loved the treats that we bribed them with. Jake, Roxy, and Sonic are all showing the focus of a Rad Dog!






In the afternoon Anders set out to the saltwater flats with some of his friends for some more great pictures. He had three more dogs join him in the fun as they had a great time playing in the sand and water.












All in all, it was a great day on the mountain and at the beach. Anders did a great job with the shoot and all the dogs and humans alike had a great time! Thanks to our friends Nicola and Ruth for their help, and a big thanks to all six dogs that did all the HARD work looking good and sporting Rad Dog gear, like the Release N Run.

All Ten Avi dogs at Stevens Pass now wearing Rad Dog Gear

All Ten Avalanche search and rescue dogs at Stevens Pass Resort now have the Release N Run and other Rad Dog Gear. Stop by and check them out next time you are up there. Stop by the Patrol shack and buy a coll Stevens Pass Avi dog T-shirt from them as it supports the self funded owners and their dogs Buy a red or black one off our website and tells us you want to support the dogs and we will give part the profits from that leash sale to the dog fund.

Two Years...

Two years ago today we officially started Rad Dog, LLC. It has been a great two years, we have learned a lot about business and dogs. It has been a great deal of fun testing the Release N Run out on the trails and the roads. Unfortunately last year we saw our lead dog Fletcher pass but his spirit lives on in our company and everything we do at Rad Dog, he was the original Rad Dog! We have exciting things planned this year so stay tuned and please keep passing your comments on to us as this would have not been possible if it were not for all of our great friends and customers. Thanks everyone!

Release N Run Now at Skinny Raven in Anchorage, AK

The RNR is now available at Skinny Raven in Downtown Anchorage. Check them out on the web or if you are in downtown Anchorage drop in to their store; they carry tons of different shoes and other great gear. They are also super friendly and will help you find a great running or hiking trail around the area.

Rad Dog Gear Now Available at Golden Mill

New Store - Golden Mill in Golden, CO

The Golden Mill is now carrying Rad Dog dog gear, please visit them in downtown Golden and see what they have in to offer. Be sure to tell them that you are psyched about the new rad gear they are carrying! Ironically in the foothills of Golden, CO is where the idea for the Release N Run and thus Rad Dog started, does this mean bigger things are ahead for Rad Dog, we hope. For the story on how Rad Dog started please check out our website: myraddog.com They do not have a website but here is the link to yelp with the location. http://www.yelp.com/biz/golden-mill-golden