HOT

Yesterday was so hot. I didn't think it could get that hot. I had a fundraiser to go to called Divas & Dogs: A Pink Tie Affair, so my humans drove me to Parker's pet store to find me something to wear. Really? Yeah, they really did. They bought me a pink leash. Um...pink's not really my color. While we were there I snagged a corkscrew pig something or other. Mmmmmmm! Pig! It was delicious. Then we drove to the University of Chicago campus and went for a walk in the gardens on the Midway. Here's a picture of me in the garden.
I'm broiling. Why don't you just take me home and shove me in the oven? I turned around and headed back to the car. Here's a picture of me heading back to the car.
My human is still trying to take pictures; I'm just trying not to die of heat exhaustion. When we got home, my humans brought a kiddie pool out and filled it with water. They got me to stand in it. Here's a picture of me standing in my kiddie pool.
Um...now what? Actually, it felt pretty good. It tasted good too! Here's a picture of me drinking in my kiddie pool.
Ah, refreshing! Can we go back in the air conditioning, please?

Then we went to the BARC benefit at Grossinger car dealership. Why was it at a car dealership? I don't know. BARC is the group that sent out an email with my picture when I was in the pound and that's how my humans found out about me and rescued me. I was wearing my new pink leash and some stupid flower thing my human put on my collar. Here's a picture of me with the pink leash and flower thing.
It's gigantic and it kept falling down under my chin. SO annoying. There were some booths at the benefit. I know what that means - treats! Here's a picture of me at one of the booths waiting for my treat.
See the flower? It's like some huge growth on the side of my neck. Here's a picture of me eating my treat.
Mmmmm! Chicken strips! Can I have another? I wasn't allowed. Here's a picture of me at another booth waiting for a treat.
It's a really bad picture. They had treats for humans too. They smelled SO good. Here's a picture of me watching the chef from Foodie University make treats for the humans.
See how low the counter is? Know what I'm thinking? Apparently my humans did too, because they didn't let me get close enough to grab anything. They gave me some when no one was watching though. I got some tortilla chips and potato wedges. Mmmmmmm! I also got some bean dip that someone dropped on the floor. Mmmmm! I got my portrait taken (don't ask me why) and there was a guy walking around with a camera who took a bunch of pictures of me and my humans. They hugged me and squished their faces next to mine. Cut it out! You're stifling me!! I got to meet lots of people who told me how pretty I am and petted me. And I got to meet Tina. Tina is the woman who sent out the email with my picture when I was in the pound. THANK YOU, TINA!!! Here's a picture of me with Tina.
Can we go home now? It's past my dinner time and I'm all pictured out. We went home and I got dinner - finally! Maybe tomorrow I'll try that pool again...

Grizzly Day 2011!

On Friday I went to the beach for a really long time. My human went swimming. He went pretty far out. I stood on the beach and watched. Um....I hope you don't expect me to come out there and get you, because I'm pretty sure that's not going to happen. He didn't. When we got home I was exhausted. It's hard work standing on the beach. And it was hot.

Yesterday was the anniversary of the day I came to live with my humans. They call it Grizzly Day. It's usually a pretty good day. First I went for a car ride. Are we going someplace fun? Will it be air conditioned? We went to the Whole Foods Market Sauganash store. Why? I don't know, but there were a lot of dogs there. Some of them got baths, but not me. I got a hot dog! MMMMM! Hot dogs! It wasn't air conditioned, but that hot dog was really good. Here's a picture of me waiting for some hot dog.
. More please! I didn't get any more. Here's a picture of me saying hi to another dog.Hi. He was there with One Tail At a Time hoping to get adopted. One of my humans stayed outside with me and the other one went in the store to get food. I got lots of pets and a lady took pictures of me and posted them on the Whole Foods Market Sauganash Facebook page. Here's one of the pictures she took.
Here's another one.It's a profile shot. When we were waiting for my human to come out of the store some black fluffy dog tried to bite me. He had his open mouth on my haunch! What the hell?! I spun around and gave him what for! He went right down on his belly. Then some bulldog kept barking at me. Whatever. I ignored him. I mean, what's he going to do, wheeze on me?

Then in the afternoon we went for a long walk. It's hot! Where are we going? I think I'd rather be home in the air conditioning. Wait a minute...is that ribs I smell?? It was!!!! MMMMMMMMM! RibFest take two!!! It was the Windy City RibFest in Uptown! And they had it on my Rescue Day! Here's a picture of me at the entrance to RibFest.
Can we skip the picture and just go in please? First we tried Aussom Aussie ribs. They were nice and meaty, but pretty lean. Here's a picture of me waiting in line at Aussom Aussie.
See how crowded it was? Then we tried the Teas Thunder ribs. Here's a picture of me waiting in line at Texas Thunder.
Oh boy!! The Texas Thunder ribs were just okay. We got an end piece and it had hardly anything on it! Is that why they call it a rib off? Oh, rip off...never mind. Next we got a Hawaiian Shaved Ice. I wasn't so sure about that. My human got the tropical flavored one. Don't they have rib flavored? They didn't. She gave me a bite of her shaved ice. UUUUUnnnngghhhmMMMMMMMMM! SO GOOD!!! More please!! Here's a picture of me asking for more shaved ice.
See how big it is? There's plenty to share! Here's a picture of me eating the shaved ice.MMMMMMM!! So good and icy!!! Can I have another?? I couldn't. Then we went to the Barbecue Co. here's a picture of me standing in line at the Barbecue Co. booth.
It's a really bad picture. I'm barely in it and I'm not even looking at the camera. And my human was so busy taking the picture that she let four people cut in front of us. Hey!! What if they run out of ribs?! They didn't. I got almost a whole rib all to myself and they were sooooooo goooood! Nice and moist and fatty and mmmmmmmmm! Best ribs so far!! I even got to lick the rib dish. Here's a picture of me licking the rib dish.My human thought this was funny. I don't get it. What do you mean we're going home? But there are more booths! I want another shaved ice! I didn't get one. And I had to walk home. Don't they have taxi's here? Apparently not. It was a long day and I was really tired. I give Windy City RibFest 3 Paws! It was good, but not as good as last year. Are we coming back tomorrow?

That was easy!

The other day my human took me to Soggy Paws. No! I don't want to be groomed! I wasn't groomed. They were having a fundraiser for the Dog Saving Network. Chris Dignan was there and my human signed me up for the "5 Minute Trainer Challenge" to learn how to hit a Staple's Easy Button. Really? Um...okay. I didn't get it at first. I have to do what? How about you just give me the treat and we'll call it a day? Sigh. It wasn't so bad. I got lots of treats! Mmmmmm! Here's a video of me learning to hit the Easy Button. Grizzly - Trainer Challenge Yeah, it was easy. Here's a picture of me with Chris Dignan.
Fran and Freddie are behind us. We saw Freddie spin the wheel for prizes. Here's another picture of me and Chris.
It's blurry.

After Soggy Paws we went to the beach. Or maybe that was another day; I don't remember. It was a long time ago. On the way there I saw my friend Star. He was with his human and her other dog Doodlebug. No, really, that's her name. Here's a picture of me saying hi to Star and Doodlebug.
They're really little. Here's a picture of me at the beach.
Ahhhh! The water felt so good! Here's another picture of me in the water.
I got hit by the waves. The water was nice and cool, but the beach was hot. I'll just be under here in the shade if anyone needs me. Here's a picture of me under the beach ramp.
My human thought this was funny. I don't get it. Here's another picture of me under the ramp.
See how dark and shady it is? Here's a close up of me under the ramp.
I'm ignoring my human because she wants me to come out. No! I wanted to stay there. I wasn't allowed. We had to go home.

Today I went to the beach again. There were lots of dogs there. I like it when it's just my beach. A couple of dogs tried to chase me and a little red dog ran at me and bared her teeth. I wasn't in the mood. Did you say something? I didn't think so! They went and played somewhere else. My beach! No ruff housing! Hmph! Maybe tomorrow it will be less crowded. I'm going to bed. Hey, turn out the light!