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Fairmount Dog Stories
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Fairmount Dog Stories features the every day stories of Sadie and Lily of Fairmount, a neighborhood in Center City Philadelphia. We honor the community of friends and fans of the girls in this blog space. Their exploits are endearing to us. So are the adventures and mishaps of all of their buddies who gather at an open space of Fairmount Park that we refer to as the playground. Join us here to share a moment of reflection about them!
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There is a Lot of Snow in Philadelphia
Sadie in the Back Yard There is a lot of snow in Philadelphia. Sadie is looking quite tiny against the mounds on our back yard stoop. She enjoys it, yet she’s a little intimidated to be out in the cold without her forever pal, Lily at her side...
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Snow Portraits of the Fairmount Dogs
Lily, of Sadie and Lily Sadie, of Sadie and Lily MM & RY 2010 Filed under: about the dogs, blizzard, boxer, center city, city dog, dog stories, dog sweater, dogs and philadelphia, dogs at play, fairmount, fairmount dog stories, mini-poodle, pets...
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Sadie’s Photo Posted in Dogs in Sweaters!
It’s Sadie! We submitted a photo of her to Dogs in Sweaters. She was wearing her Sponge Bob sweater and a pink polka dot harness, plus she was covered from head to paw in snow crystals from frolicking with Lily in December’s snowfall. Cl...
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Lily, our Boxer Puppy – the one with the Giant Paws
Lily was a tiny puppy – once, for about 30 seconds. She is shown above at the age of three months. The picture tells the story to come. Lily, the energetic, curious, playful and slightly mischievous youngster wants a piece of the house plant...
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Sadie’s Cowl Neck Sweater
Sadie, our mini-poodle, has acquired the habit of scratching herself to the point of hair loss. She has giant patches of exposed skin where she has scratched her entire coat away. We have tried many remedies, none have worked entirely. After trying ...
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Lily’s New Behaviors for 2010
Sadie is not the only Fairmount Dog that has developed a few new tricks for the new year. Lily has a set of her own cute but also maddening new behaviors to share. Even as the new traits threaten to overtake the old ones, the one thing about Lily wi...


I enjoy reading about the adventures of Lilly and Sadie. As a veterinarian, I see a lot of cancer in my Boxer patients. I wanted to write and encourage you to perform a daily 'lumps and bumps' check on Lilly. Like all cancer, early detection is key to helping our pets live a long, wonderful life. Please give Sadie and Lilly a big hug for me. And Lilly, lay off the poor frogs!
Posted: 2008-09-17