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!!!!!!!

Another Summer Day

A few weeks ago I went to the beach. It was so much fun! There were lots of waves. Here's a picture of me getting hit by a wave.
It felt good! Here's another picture of my in the waves.
It's hard to see, but I'm smiling! Here's a picture of me jumping in the waves.
Can we live at the beach?? I don't see why not. Here's a picture of me in the water with another dog.
I'm telling him to go away. He listened. I found a big stick to play with. Here's a picture of me with my stick on the beach.
It's blurry because I'm shaking it. Here's a picture of me bringing my stick out of the water.
I may have dropped it a couple of times because it was so big. Here's another picture of me with my stick in the water.
The next time I went to the beach, my stick was gone. I really don't see why we can't live there.

Books and Rabbits...maybe

The other day I went to Ravenswood Used Books. It was really small with lots and lots of books. There was hardly any room for me at all. Know what it reminded me of? A rabbit warren! I bet there's rabbits in here! I can't smell them because of all the books. I wanted to go look for rabbits, but I wasn't allowed. Here's a picture of me in one of the little cubbies of books.
See how little it is? Here's another picture of me in the bookstore.
There must be thousands of places for rabbits to hide! Here's a closeup of me in a book cubby.
Oh please can I go look for rabbits? Please??? I still wasn't allowed. I tried to lie down, but my human thought I might get stepped on. I think Ravenswood Used Books would have been fun if my human hadn't been there. I give Ravenswood Used Books 2 Paws because it smelled good.

Keeping Busy

Last week I went for a long car ride - I love car rides! Where are we going? Will there be food there? We went to Val's Halla Records in Oak Park. And there was food! Val gave me treats right away! Here's a picture of me in Val's Halla Records.
It's blurry. Here's another picture of me by the counter where I got treats.
It's blurry too. I liked Val and the record store had lots of good smells. But my human stood around talking for hours! Hey! Let's go already! Or give me more treats. I didn't get any more treats. We were there so long I had to lie down and take a nap. I give Val's 2 Paws.

Then on Wednesday I went for another car ride. I thought we were going to Waggin' Wednesday, but we didn't. We went to Canine Crews. My human said it was for a 'nose class'. Huh? Um...this place smells like a boarding house. I was ready to go - I don't want to be boarded! Then we went upstairs to a big room. Um...still not liking this! There were a couple of other dogs there too. They didn't look nervous, but still...Emily was there with her dog Kayla - hey, I know them from Safe Humane Chicago! Emily went in the other room and got out a bunch of boxes. I went into the room and she gave me treats! Mmmmmmmm! Buddy Biscuits!!! Then she hid treats in the boxes and I had to find them. I got to eat every one I found! Oh boy! I like this game!! Then I had to go out into the big room and another dog went into the room with the boxes. Hey! He's eating my treats! Let me back in there!! It was driving me crazy! I whined and pulled at the leash and even barked, but my human made me stay with her. Finally I went back in the room with the boxes again and got more treats. I only got to do it a few times and I didn't like having to share it with the other dogs one bit. But I give the Canine Sports Dog Training 'nose class' at Canine Crews 4 Paws! Can we go back next week? Can we? Please???????!!!!!!