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!

BLIZZARD!!!!!!

SO! HAPPY! It started yesterday with my walk to Parkview Pet Supplies to see Joe. Here's a picture of me on my walk.
See how snowy I am? It was already snowing and we were the only ones there. I got lots of lamb puffs. Mmmmmm! Lamb puffs! Then my humans stood around talking and I got bored so I went over and helped myself to a lamb ear. SO GOOD!! MMMMMMMM! Lamb ears! Another please! They wouldn't let me get another. If I'm not supposed to help myself, why is the basket of lamb ears where I can reach it? Huh? They didn't have an answer for that.

When it was time for my late walk, it was really windy and snowy out. We walked down half the block. I fell in a snow drift and then there was lightning. Huh?! It's not supposed to do that! I'm going inside – NOW! I peed and ran back home. All night I could hear the wind and snow. Once all the lights went out. My humans went around lighting candles. Whatever. I just went to sleep. But the lights came back on.

This morning I was so excited! It was cold and windy and there was so much snow on the ground! First we went to the park. I had to jump through lots of snow drifts. I thought there would be lots of dogs in the park, but we were the only ones there. Here's a picture of me in the empty park.
Hello? Um. Hello? Where is everyone? Then my friend Barry came out. I was so happy to see him that I even played with him a little. Here's a picture of me and Barry.
He's bigger than he looks in this picture. Here's a picture of me playing with Barry.
I'm rolling in the snow. I don't know what Barry's doing. Then we headed back home. The snow was so deep that we walked down the middle of the street. Here's a picture of me walking in the street.
There were only a few cars out. When we got home I didn't want to go inside so I sat in the yard while my human shoveled the snow. Here's a picture of me in the yard.
Here's another picture of me in the yard.
Just shovel around me, please. It was snowing again. Here's a picture of me after just a little while in the snow.
It was like a snow blanket. It felt so good!!!

Soon lots of people were out shoveling. I just stayed in the yard and guarded the front gate. Here's a picture of me guarding the gate.
Our new neighbor dog came out, so I had to leave the yard. He's not friendly. Whatever. I went and hung out in the middle of the street with my friend Kona. She found a stick. Here's a picture of me and Kona playing with her stick.
Here's a picture of me taking the stick away from Kona.
It's blurry because it's an action shot. The stick broke so she still got a piece of it. Here's a picture of me and Kona playing with our pieces of the stick.
Mine's bigger. She found another stick. Here's a picture of us playing with her new stick.
She wouldn't let go. Here's another picture of me and Kona in the middle of the street.
There was no room for cars, so we didn't have to get out of the way for anyone. It was our street. Here's a picture of me in the middle of my street.
It should be like this all the time.

Then my human made me go inside. I didn't want to. But we only stayed in for a little while and then we went back out again. This time we walked all the way to Starbuck's. We didn't go through the park though – we walked right down Lake Shore Drive! Here's a picture of me with my human in the middle of Lake Shore Drive.
There were other people walking on Lake Shore Drive too. We had to jump out of the way for snow plows a couple of times. Hey! You're going the wrong way! They didn't care. We sat outside Starbuck's for awhile since it was so nice out. I got some whipped cream. Mmmmmm! Whipped cream!! And cinnamon coffee cake! Mmmmm! Coffee cake! It was lowfat. I don't care – it still tasted good. A bunch of people took my picture. I look good in the snow. Then we walked all through the houses toward Parkview. I wanted to go see Joe, but I wasn't allowed. My humans said he was closed. I don't know what that means. When we got home I still didn't want to go inside, so I sat in the yard again while my humans shoveled some more. Here's a picture of me in the yard.
The snow was really deep. My human is shoveling in the background. I even took a nap on the sidewalk out front while they shoveled the yard. Here's a picture of me on the sidewalk.
Look at all the snow! Then my human got tired and we took a nap together. Here's a picture of us taking a nap in the yard.

Here's another one.

He's squinting because the sun is coming out. Eventually my humans said we had to go inside. No! I don't wanna! Here's a picture of me refusing to go inside.

They made me. Whatever. It was still the best day ever! The only thing that could make it better is if there were sausages...I said, the only thing that could make it better is if there were sausages...Hello? Um. Hello? Sigh.

Play Day!

This morning I went for a long walk. I got to roll in the snow. It felt so good! Here's a picture of me rolling in the snow.

I could do this all day. Then I saw my friend Dude. Here's a picture of me with Dude.

We don't really play together, but I like seeing him. Then I saw my friend Rothke. Rothke is my favorite friend. We play a lot. Here's a picture of me and Rothke playing.

He's stealing my stick. The other dog in the picture is Ariel. Ariel doesn't play. Period. Here's a picture of me chasing Rothke.

Here's another picture of me chasing Rothke.

Come back here with my stick! Here's a picture of me about to get my stick back.

Here are some pictures of me and Rothke wrestling.

Here's a picture of us boxing.

Here's another picture of us boxing.

It looks like we're dancing, but we're not. I'm biting his arm. I was really tired after playing with Rothke. I just wanted to lie in the snow and take a nap, but my human made me walk all the way home and climb stairs. I can barely move. I need pizza. Delivered.

Grandma's Memorial

On Saturday I went to Grandma's. There were lots of people there and lots and lots of food. I hardly got any! Some kids spent a lot of time petting me and rubbing my belly. I liked them. Here's a picture of me with Sidney.

She wanted to take me home with her. Do you have sausages there? I'll go if you have sausages. Or bacon. Sidney gave me some cheese doodles. Mmmmmm! Cheese doodles! Here's a picture of me with Ann.

See the table full of food behind us? It was too high for me to reach. Hmph! I liked Ann a lot. She gave me food – real food, not just dog treats. My human yelled at her. My human is stupid. I'm a big dog and they don't feed me enough. They even took me to the vet on the way to Grandma's to weigh me. Huh??!! I'm underweight! I'm supposed to be big. My humans gave me some treats after everyone else left. Finally! It was sooooo good! I got cheese and roast beef and bread and salmon and mmmmmmmmm!!!! It still wasn't enough. When I got home I was exhausted. Begging is hard work.

Then on Sunday it was snowing! I went out and rolled in the snow a lot. Then we saw my friend Rothke. I got to chase him and play for a long time in the park. We played with a ball and a stick. I like the stick best. Last night I was too tired to go out. Maybe I'll go to Parkview and see Joe today. I haven't been there in months.

CHRISTMAS!!!

Christmas was really good this year! First I got to eat a pig heart. Mmmmmmm! Pig hearts! There were about six of them in the bag, but I only got to eat one. But then I got a bag of mini sausages. Mmmmmm! Sausages! It would have been better if they were really big sausages, but they were still really good. I was so happy that I didn't even mind when my humans stuck a felt bucket on my head and called it a Christmas fez. Here's a picture of me wearing the Christmas fez (felt bucket).
I don't even know what a fez is, but it was worth it to get more sausages. The cats got presents too. Ivan and Shadow Cat got into a slap fest over one of their new toys right under the Christmas tree. They're so bad! Here's a picture of them being bad under the Christmas tree.
If my humans hadn't been in the way I would have given those cats what for. After everyone was done opening their presents I went for a really long walk. We walked all through the park and down to the dog beach at Montrose. There weren't a lot of dogs there, so it was okay. I liked the park best. Here's a picture of me making a snow angel in the park.
Aaaahhhh! Snow! After my walk I was really tired and I slept all day. I got to go in the room with Grandma's cats. Here's a picture of me in the room with Lolita on her new catnip mat.
It's blurry. Marta is behind us on the cat tree. I don't trust her.

The next day we drove to Clark and Diversey. I was going to go to the PetSmart, but it was gone! Huh? Where'd it go?? So we went to The Body Shop instead. They let me come in and were really nice. It smelled good in there too. They gave me some treats. They were treats my human brought with, but that's okay; I just like getting treats. I don't have a picture of me in The Body Shop because my human forgot the camera, but I give The Body Shop 3 paws. Then we went to Walgreens. I wasn't allowed in Walgreens. I don't see why not. I give Walgreens 0 paws. Then we walked around in the park for awhile. The snow was really deep there. Then we came home and I got some of my Christmas sausages. Mmmmmmm! I like Christmas!