Life. Is. Good.

So, I haven't written on my blog in awhile. It's not my fault! My human is lazy. I've been doing lots of fun things. Like eating baby rabbits!! So far the score is Grizzly=4, Baby Rabbits=0. Wait, does rabbit poop count? My number would be a lot higher if it does!

I've been spending lots of time in my backyard. here's a picture of me enjoying my backyard.

Mine! Mine! Mine!

Here's another picture of me in my backyard.

I'm excellent at camouflage!

My human built me a rabbit blind. Here's a picture of me in my rabbit blind.

Yeah, the rabbits would definitely have to be blind NOT to see me. I'll stick to my own hiding skills, thank you!

For Grizzly Day my human got me a Puppucino from Starbuck's. Here's a picture of me eating my Puppuccino.

More please! I didn't get any more.

Did I mention my backyard has raspberries? Here's a picture of me eating a raspberry.

There's a cherry tree too! My human says when I eat the fallen cherries my poop is the pits. Huh? I don't get it. Whatever.

I got to go to the beach a lot this summer too. Here's a picture of me at the beach.

So much fun!! We should go there every day. After I hunt for rabbits in the gardens.

Wait, did I not go to Ribfest this year? Why didn't I go to Ribfest????!!! Hmph!! At least I get to go Trick or Treating soon because it's almost Halloween. i know it's almost Halloween because my human made me do this.

What do you mean dogs don't Trick or Treat? Going door to door and begging for treats? That's definitely something a dog would do! Dress up? Costume? Uh, nevermind. I'll just send my human out for steaks. Or Popeye's! Yeah, steaks and Popeye's! And make it a double!!

Doing Stuff With Roethke

The past month Roethke has gone to agility with me. We carpool. I don't get that. I see a car, but I don't see any pool. My human takes pictures of us in the car. Not in the pool. Again, no pool.

Here's a picture of us in the car.

We're hoping for treats. We didn't get any.

We also went to Home Depot together. It was kind of boring. There was a hot dog stand. I could smell it, but I didn't get any hot dogs. Sigh.

Here's a picture of us at Home Depot.

It's blurry. No wait, I'm blurry! Maybe it's because of the no hot dog situation. I get blurry when I don't eat.

We went for a long walk in the park. Here's a picture of us in the park.

Pretty self-explanatory.

We hung out on the back deck too. Here's a picture of us on the back deck.

Yeah, good times.

You say Restoration Hardware, I say Pottery Barn

A few weeks ago (yes, my human is so slow), we went to Pottery Barn. My human went to pick up some candles she put on hold. I went to get pets and treats. Here's a picture of me in Pottery Barn.

It's blurry and I didn't get any treats. And my human didn't put anything on hold at Pottery Barn. She meant Restoration Hardware. She didn't figure that out until we were halfway home, so I didn't get to go to Restoration Hardware. I bet they would have had treats. Sigh. I give Pottery Barn 2 Paws because they gave good pets, but they had all wood floors and no treats. Seriously, treats are very important.

Walking the Cat(DOG)walk for Safe Humane Chicago

So life is good. Summer was…less hot. I've been doing a lot of this.

And some of this.

My human is building a catio. Um. I'll still be able to go in the yard, right? Good. Here's a picture of me on the catio. It's not done yet.

Last week I walked the catwalk at Bloomingdale's in the Doggies & Denim Fashion Show to benefit Safe Humane Chicago. Wouldn't that be a dogwalk? Yeah, just try walking a cat thru Bloomingdale's. Here's a picture of me waiting for my turn on the DOGwalk.

It's blurry. Here's another (blurry) picture of me at Bloomie's.

My human made me pose there. I don't see why. She says it's "descriptive."

And here's a picture of me in the fashion show.

It was taken by Josh Feeney. That's why it's not blurry!

I got lots of treats and 2 Sprinkles' cupcakes. My human spent most of the time being annoyed. Not me! Did I mention the 2 cupcakes!?! Mmmmmmmmmm!!! I give Bloomingdale's 4 Paws! They always have cupcakes, right?

New, new, and …..RABBIT!!

My blog did not move, but I did! Here is a picture of me at my new house.

I'm in the backyard. MY yard. Mine. Mine. MINE! And it has lots of RABBITS! Big, fat, juicy rabbits! And little, warm, crunchy baby rrrrrabbits! So far I've caught one baby rabbit. And a squirrel. I could have caught more, but my human gets in the way. A lot. I also like to chase robins. I don't really care about other birds, but robins sounds like rabbits, so there.

Here's another picture of me in my yard.

Do I look happy? SO HAPPY!!

Look! I found a cool place under the deck!

My human didn't like my new spot. She blocked it off with a bunch boards. But I was nice and cool there! Hmph!

I found a new cool spot.

No, wait! Even better! Can you see me? The rabbits can't!

Good luck blocking that!

I like the inside of the house too. Here's where I sit and watch for rabbits coming into my yard.

Sometimes I bark at them. Get out of MY YARD! GET. OUT!

Here's where I like to lie down sometimes. I can keep track of who's on what floor from here.

This is exhausting. I just want to lie in the yard. All day. Every day. Please??

Thank you!!!

Best. Winter. Ever!

It's been so long since I wrote on my blog - time flies when there's a Polar Vortex! I never heard of a Polar Vortex before, but can we have one every year? Please?????

Here is a picture of me enjoying the nice cool weather in the park.

Do I look happy? I am SOOOOOOO HAPPY!!

And here's a picture of me walking in the backyard of my new house.

So much snow!!! I'm heading to where the rabbits live! I almost caught one. Again. Then I got put on leash and taken out of the yard. Huh? It's my yard, right? My human says no running the rabbits out until it's warm and they can find someplace safe to go. Um…I wasn't planning to run them out. Just eat them! MMMMMMMM!!!! Rabbits!!

This has been such a good winter. But my best friend, Roethke moved away and I really, really miss him. Here's a picture of us from last year when he came home for a visit.

We had so much fun!!

I did make a couple of new friends, but I don't see them as often. Here's a picture of me playing with my new friends, Chavo and Rocco.

Here's another one.

Body slam!!

And one more…

Yeah!!!!!

The rest of the winter has been pretty much the same. Snow and cold, cold and snow! I got to take lots of snow naps while my human shoveled.

Can it be like this all year?

Oh, and then there's this.

Dog shaming. Not a fan. Next time I'd like some ham with my loaf of bread. And some cheese too. Yeah, lots of ham and cheese.

The Nose Knows!

Last year I was taking nose work classes - or as I call them, nose FUN classes - with Emily Stoddard of Canine Sports. Then my human stopped taking me. I don't know why. But now I'm taking them again!

My human wasn't sure I would remember how to find birch. Do I get cheese if I find it? Then of course I remember!! Here's a video of me doing my nose work with the birch scent.

See? Totally remembered! Cheese, please! Mmmmmmmm!!! Cheese!

My Photo Shoot!

A few weeks ago I had a photo shoot with FurTography by Di Kulka. My human picked out her favorites for me to post on my blog. We started out in the park, but it was too hot. You think I'm chasing a ball out here? It must be 100 in the shade! My human said it was only 50 out, but I'm pretty sure it was hotter. How about I just stand here and look pretty? Here are some pictures of me in the park.

 I'm lying down here because I'm so hot.

 I don't remember what my human said, but it was hilarious!

Ok, I'm going to the beach now, with or without you! We went to the beach.

Here's a picture of me at the beach.

Ahhhhhhhhh. SO much better!

Here are some more pictures of me at the beach.

 Ok, now I'm ready to play!

 Throw it! Throw the stick! Throw! Throw! Throw!


NNNGGAAAAHHHHHH!!!!

 SO fun!



Happy face!

Here's a picture of me taking a break after playing fetch.

 My human calls this one a beauty shot.

But seriously, aren't they all? Yeah, they are.

When we were done, Di hung out with me on the beach and gave me a much appreciated massage. Here's a picture of us hanging out.

 Here's a picture of me getting my post shoot massage.

Yeah, that's the spot right there! I give Di Kulka 4 Paws!

Collar and Leash Revisited!

The other week I went to Collar and Leash. Last time I was there I had to stand outside. We were protesting with The Puppy Mill Project because they were selling dogs from puppy mills. But now they get all their dogs from rescues so we could go inside and get treats! MMMMMMM!!! My human bought me a really good treat too! Here's a picture of me with the woman from Collar and Leash and Cari Meyers from The Puppy Mill Project.

They're blurry. I'm not because I know how to pose for a picture. And I'm smiling like the signs says to. It was really crowded so we didn't stay long. I give Collar and Leash 3 Paws for being carpeted, having good treats and helping homeless dogs find homes!

Winter Montage

I haven't written anything in awhile. That's my human's fault. I've been doing lots of fun things since January. To bring everyone up to date, here are a bunch of photos from the past two months. Um, and maybe a video. Or two.

Here's a picture of me and Roethke playing with sticks.

My human says we look like mad flautists. Did you say flautas? Mmmmmm! Yes, please! I'll have the chicken flautas and the pork flautas and the beef flautas - and make it a double!

Here's a picture of me and Roethke sharing a stick.

Yeah. It was a really good stick!

Here's a picture of me in the front yard enjoying the snow.

No, I'm not ready to go in yet.

Here's a bunch of pictures of me at Prairie Wolf Dog Park.

Hey! You're not Roethke! Who they are? I don't know. I got to chase the big red one.

Here's a video of me and Roethke playing in the snow!

Here's a video of me practicing my Nose Fun in the snow!

MMMMMMMMMM! Duck foot!

Here's a picture of me napping with my cat brother Enoki.

It's blurry. He was only with us for a few months and he died from FIP. I liked Enoki a lot. He tossed treats off the counter for me. My humans don't feed me enough - I need those treats!

Now the snow is all gone and it's getting warm. I want more snow and cold! I went to the beach today and got to walk in the cold water. It felt so good! Then I found a big patch of snow in the park. I was so excited I rolled on it and barked. Then I took a nap in the snow. I could have stayed there all day, but my human made me come inside. Can we move to Alaska? I'm pretty sure there's still snow there.