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!

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.
 

New Year's 2013

Today is New Year's Day. It doesn't feel any different from the old year to me. My human wanted to take me to a park for my Winter Parks Tour. I wanted to go to the beach. Here's a picture of me at the beach.

It turns out my human won't actually pick me up and put me in the car like she threatened. We stayed at the beach for a long time. The sun and cold felt SO GOOD! Here's a picture of me enjoying myself at the beach.

Do I look like I want to go home? No, I don't. My human made me go home. I took the long way. Then I laid down in the yard. Here's a picture of me in the yard.

What? You said we were going home. The yard is home. My human says next time someone asks what kind of dog I am, she's going to say 'stubborn and lazy'. The next time a dog asks me what kind of human she is, I'm going to say 'annoying'. Here's a picture of me in the yard ignoring my annoying human.

I'll go inside when I'm damn well ready! Happy New Year!

Summer...Already??

Last week I went to work with my human on "The Rosie Show". Here's a picture of me in her office.
Why is there a baby gate on the door? I do not need a baby gate! It hampers my ability to get to the kitchen! Her office has lots of windows and a rug. My human does payroll. I would work for peanuts, but I'd much rather get paid in rolls! I didn't get any rolls. Here's another picture of me in the office.
Do you see any rolls there? Me neither. Sigh. Someone came and fed me a piece of string cheese. Mmmmmmmm!!!!! String cheese!! More, please! I didn't get any more. I met Rosie, but she didn't feed me anything. Why not? Here's a picture of me in the office later on.
Being an office dog is hard work. I'm over it. Can we go home now?

When we went to work it was warm outside. When we left, it was hot. Huh? This isn't Chicago - it's Costa Rica! Here's a picture of me from this weekend.

I'm panting and there are flowers blooming behind me - who stole Chicago and replaced it with Costa Rica? And how so I steal Costa Rica and replace it with Norway? Or Siberia? Really, any frozen tundra will do. Here's a picture of me from just the other day.

I'm with my friend, Lucky. See what's on the ground? SNOW!! And here's another picture of me in the park on the same day.

See what I'm lying in? SNOW!!! If I'd known that we were moving to Costa Rica, I would have stayed outside all day in the snow. Hmph!

This weekend I went to the beach. At least the water is still cold. Here's a picture of me in the water.

Ahhhhhhh! So cool! I didn't want to get out. Here's a picture of me on the dog beach with some orange dog.

Do I look like I want to play with you? No. I don't. Here's a picture of the orange dog going to the other end of the beach like I told him to.

Good dog. Here's a picture of me lying on the beach near my humans.

I'm making sure none of the other dogs come to our end of the beach. Guarding the beach is hard work. But I got corned beef leftovers when we got home, so it was worth it! Mmmmmmmmm!!!! Corned beef!!! More, please! I didn't get any more.

We're Running a Hostile

No, I didn't misspell that. Right after Knuckles left Roethke showed up. With his bed. That used to be my bed. Why do these interlopers always have to bring their furniture? And he doesn't even sleep on it - Ivan does. Whatever. I like Knuckles and I like Roethke. I especially like seeing them outside. Here's a picture of me and Roethke at the beach.
Oh boy! I love the beach! I love rolling in the sand and running around of leash. What do you mean I have to stay on leash? So what if Roethke's on leash - I'm not Roethke. Huh? I don't get it. If I can't run around off leash, then I'm not running around. Period! I sat down by a bench with my human and my other human ran around with Roethke. Humph.

Did I mention that Roethke eats breakfast after his morning walk? What do you mean I'm eating after my morning walk? I don't think so! I don't like walking before I eat and here's what I'm doing about it! Here's a picture of me protesting morning walks before breakfast.

I'm not moving and you can't make me! Roethke is chewing on a stick. Here's a picture of me trying to ignore the insanity going on nearby.

I had to turn away. Here's a picture of me turning away.

I can't watch. It hurts my sensibilities. Seriously, dogs are very sensitive. And we can smell crazy a long way away. Here's a picture of me trying to enjoy the cold morning in the park - even though I'm starving.

Here's a picture of Roethke being crazy.

I think Roethke got annoyed that I was annoyed because he made me wrestle. Hey! I was annoyed first! Here's a picture of us wrestling.

Here's another picture of us wrestling.

Um, okay, I may have actually enjoyed it. But it was still too early and I want my breakfast - NOW! We went back inside and had breakfast. The next morning we had breakfast before our morning walk. My house, my rules!

Knuckles...Here and Gone.

Last week was extra long because Knuckles was with us. He needs to go on lots of walks - like 3 a day! And he walks the whole time. And runs and jumps. On Thursday I had some time away from home - just me, no Knuckles. I went to Walter Payton College Prep to volunteer for Safe Humane Chicago. It was really hot, but I got some treats and lots of pets. Here's a picture of me with Cynthia from SHC.

She was really happy to see me. I was expecting string cheese. I didn't get any. On Friday Knuckles went to visit the cat shelter (don't ask me why) and I went to play with Roethke. I didn't play very much. Why not? Too much walking - I'm exhausted! But at least the weather is finally nice again! Oh boy - snow! And cold! So happy!!! On Saturday I went to the beach (with Knuckles). Here's a picture of me and Knuckles on the beach.

It was so nice and windy. Can we just lie down here for a few hours? We couldn't. We went inside. Something about Everybody being cold. Who's Everybody? Why doesn't Everybody dress warmer? I don't like missing out on winter!!! Last night we hung out in the living room and watched tv. Knuckles was being really needy. Here's a picture of Knuckles being really needy on the couch with my human.

Pathetic. I like Knuckles, but he can be annoying. When he hears sirens, he howls. What the hell is that!? And he always hits me in the face with his tail. Here's a video of Knuckles hitting me in the face with his tail.


My human didn't even try to stop it. Sigh. Knuckles went home last night. This morning I spent almost my whole walk lying in the park. Ahhhhhhhhhhh.

Christmas 2011!

Is it Christmas already? Oh boy! What did I get?! What did I get?! I got beef liver treats, mmmmmmmm and thumpers MMMMMMMMMMMM and chicken sausage treats MMmmngghhhmmmmm!!!! More please!! I didn't get more. After all the presents were open I got to go to the beach! Here's a picture of me on the beach on Christmas.

See how nice and cool the water looks? I was just getting comfortable when my humans said it was time to go. Huh? We just got here! Here's a picture of me asking to stay.

Please???? How could anyone say no? They didn't! Here's a picture of me napping on the beach with my human.

Hey! I'm not furniture! Then my humans said we really had to go. I went to the end of the beach. It's called a compromise. Here's a picture of me compromising.

My humans made me get up. But it's CHRISTMAS! When we got to the street, I put my paws down. Actually, I put all of me down. I'M. NOT. LEAVING! Here's a picture of me NOT leaving.

As long as there's sand, it's still the beach! My humans made me get up - again. Hmph! I better get some more of my presents when we get home! (I did! MMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!)