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!

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.
 

Winter is BACK!!

It's been a long time since I posted on my blog, but I've been doing lots of fun stuff. I go to nose fun class every week. How does nose fun class work? It's pretty easy. I sniff a bunch of boxes and my human has to guess when I'm sniffing the one that has the birch scent or treats in it. My human is kind of slow, so I have to give her hints like sticking my head in the box really far or pawing at it and shoving it around. When she thinks it's the right box, she says "Yes! Good girl!" and I get treats. I get lots of treats! Here's a picture of me at nose fun class giving my human a really big hint that this is the right box.
Oh boy! Treats!!

Last week I went to a nursing home to visit. Everybody was so nice and they gave me LOTS of milkbones! Mmmmmmmmmmmilkbones!! Can we go back soon? Please???

This week I went to a tricks class. I learned to put my paws up an things like chairs and steps. Here's a picture of my doing my "paws up" trick. Hey! That will come in really handy at coffee tables and counters where they have food!

I also went to a school with Safe Humane Chicago this week. I got petted by lots and lots of kids. Don't I get string cheese for this? I didn't get any string cheese.

But today was the best day of all. Why? SNOW!!! That's why! I was so excited when I smelled the snow. I could have just laid down in it all day, but instead I got to play with my friend Roethke! His sister Ariel died this week, so I've been playing with Roethke a lot so he doesn't get too sad. I liked Ariel. We all went to the beach last week and it was lots of fun. Here's a picture of me playing with Roethke in the SNOW today!
Here's another picture of us playing.
In the SNOW! He brought his ball and we played lots of games. Here's a picture of us playing "Jaws of Death!" where I hold the ball between my teeth so Roethke can't get it.
Here's a picture of us playing "Blink!" where we see who's going to get it first.
There's a lot of paw slapping in that game! Here are some pictures of us boxing.
They're action shots. It looks like I'm hurting him, but I'm not. Here's a picture of us about to play "Dare!" where I dare Roethke to try and take the ball away.
And here's a picture of us playing "Dare!" without my human distracting us.
Go ahead - I dare you! I double dare you! We played so much we both got tired. Here's a picture of us resting.
Do we look happy? We are SO happy!

I could have stayed out all day, but my human made me go inside because she was cold. Huh? It's not cold out here! I got to roll in the snow before she made me go inside. Here's a picture of me rolling in the snow.
It's a close up. It's going to snow some more, right?

Visiting Yvette!

Today I went to Northwestern Hospital to visit Yvette. She was really surprised to see me. Is it good to surprise someone in the cardiac ward? It was. My human said Yvette almost died. She seemed fine to me. Maybe she just needs to eat more - there wasn't any food in her room at all! Well, there were some peanut butter M&M's, but I only got to smell them. Mostly I just slept on the floor, but I got some pets, too. Some doctors and nurses came in the room and I heard the crinkling of packaging - is that string cheese I hear? It wasn't. Seriously, where's the pound cake? Here's a picture of me and Yvette at the hospital.

See how happy she looks? I'm wearing my Safe Humane vest inside out so it's all black. Why? I don't know. My human called the hospital before we went and got approval for me to go there, but she says a dog in a vest is like a human with a clipboard - no questions asked. Um, I have a question...what the hell does that mean??

After we left the hospital I went to my nose fun class. I was the only dog again! No complaints here! I got lots and lots of treats just for smelling stuff. I love my nose fun class! It was a long day, though and I'm tired. My human says tomorrow is going to be a big day. Um, I really don't know what that means either so I'm just going to go to bed now.

Busy Week!

On Wednesday I went to my nose work class. My human says I can't call it "nose work" anymore...some kind of technicality. She calls it scent work class. I call it nose FUN class! I never did understand why they call it work. I was the only dog at nose fun class. Even Scruffy wasn't there. That may have been my fault...Scruffy was supposed to stay with us for a week while his humans went to Puerto Rico to adopt another dog, but I didn't allow it. We just had Knuckles here for a weekend and now Scruffy? What, are we running a hostel? That's not what I signed up for! NO MORE DOGS! I may have been a little growly and I may have kind of squashed Scruffy on the floor...and my mouth may have been open at the time. So Scruffy left. Was it my fault? I don't think so. But anyway, I was the only dog at nose fun class. Oh, is it my turn again?? Oh boy! I like being the only dog! More treats for me!

Then on Friday I went to Andersonville to visit the Fido To Go truck! Here's a picture of me waiting to order.
Hey! The line starts behind me - no cutting! Here's a picture of me ordering my Fido To Go treats.
I'll have the sampler, please! I didn't get the sampler. I got a honey bone and a beef puppizza! Mmmmmmmmmm! Here's a picture of me sitting for my treats.
Now, please! I wanted them both right then but I only got a bite of the bone and I had to wait to eat my puppizza at home. My human says Fido To Go isn't coming back for awhile. Why not? I don't want Fido To Go - I want Fido To Stay!!!

Nose Class!!...Sort of.

I love Wednesdays!! Why? Because it's Nose Work Day! I was so excited that I ran around on the beach for a really long time. I rolled in the sand and it got in my eyes! Ow!! That hurts! Good thing I know what to do when stuff gets in my eyes - rub my face on the ground to get it out. No, wait!! That made it worse!! More sand in my eyes than before! I wanted to go back in the water to get the sand out of my eyes, but I wasn't allowed. We went home instead. My human wiped my eyes with a cool cloth. Yeah, that feels much better! Then I took a long nap. I was really tired after all that running around. My human thought I was too tired to go to my nose work class. Huh??!! No I'm not! We didn't go. We had fake nose work class at home. Nose work class at home is kind of good because I get all the treats and don't have to share the class with anyone else. But I like going for a car ride and going to Canine Crews - so many good smells there! Here's a picture of my from my nose work class last week at Canine Crews.
See all the boxes? I like to check them all just in case there are any crumbs. Here's another picture of me from last week.
Found it! Here's another picture from last week.
Found it! And another one.
Found it! And here's another one.
Found it again! Last week my human brought polish sausage for my nose work treats. MMMMMMMMMMM!!! There isn't much I wouldn't do for polish sausage! Here's a picture of me from my fake nose work class at home.It's blurry. See the box that's knocked over on the right? The treat was under there. Tonight my human used fig newtons for my nose work treats. MMMMMMMMMMMMM!!! FIG NEWTONS!! So good! Here's another picture of me from my fake nose work class.It's really blurry because my human put the treat up high so I had to stand on a box to get it. I didn't want to stand on a box, so I grabbed the treat and took it on the floor to eat it. Whatever. It was a fig newton, so it was worth it! Last week Scruffy came to my nose work class. Hey! I know him! Here's a picture of Scruffy finding a treat at nose work class.I think they made it easy. I hope next week we go back to Canine Crews. Know what would be a good nose work treat? Bacon!! And ribs! And peanut butter! And MMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!