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!!!!!)

Back to Prairie Wolf Dog Park!

A couple of weeks ago I went back to Prairie Wolf Dog Park. There was snow on the ground! I went with a whole pack of dogs. Here's a picture of the whole pack.

It's me, Chyna, who usually growls at me, but we got along just fine, (yeah, not so tough without the leash holding you back, huh?), Kayla, Dude and Bailey. There was so much to smell! Here's a picture of me and Dude smelling stuff.

I moved before he peed on my head. (Only my friend Roethke gets to do that!) We all got separated in the brush trying to avoid the big mud swamp - well, the humans were trying to avoid it, I was trying to get in the middle of it - and look what I found, a new pack! Here's a picture of me coming out of the brush with my new pack.
It was really crowded at the dog park. Here's a picture of me and some of my new pack and a whole bunch of other dogs.

There were lots of bushy tails there, but mine was the bushiest!

The Power of Prayer and Practicing My New Tricks!

Last week at my tricks class I started learning to pray. You know what I prayed for??? SNOW!!!! And it worked!!! Here's a picture of me learning to pray in my tricks class.
And here's a picture of me yesterday in the SNOW!

It's not a picture of what I'm doing, it's a picture of what I'm NOT doing - I'm NOT going inside! I wanted to stay out all day! I wasn't allowed. I'm so excited about this praying thing! Know what I'm praying for next?? BACON! And rabbits! Fat, juicy whole rabbits!! And more snow!!!!! I can't wait!

Last night my humans had a party. There was so much food! It smelled so good! It was a perfect time to practice my new paws up trick! Here's a picture that Yvette took of me next to the food table.

This is after I used my paws up trick to eat half a plate of salami and half a wheel of brie. MMMMMMMMMore please! I kept waiting for the humans to leave the room so I could get some more, but they didn't. My human said I couldn't have any more food, but I think she was really proud of me for using my new trick. Later they had a Gladiator Gift Exchange. Hey, where's mine? I didn't get a gift, but when everyone was distracted, I used my paws up trick to lick some blue cheese dip off a plate! I guess they weren't that distracted because here's a picture of me licking the plate.

See how my paws are up on the coffee table? My human must be so proud!

Ruff Haus!

Last week I went to Ruff Haus. They had lots of treats there. I got some sweet potato and chicken treats and some beer biscuits. MMMMMMMMMMMM!!! My human bought me a wool ball made by A Cheerful Pet. It's the best ball ever! It's soft and purple and it smells sooooo good! Here's a picture of me getting my ball at Ruff Haus.They had cats there too. See the one on the counter? I took my ball out and played with it with my friend Roethke. He liked it so much he rolled on it and now it smells even better! Here's a picture of me with my ball on the couch.

It's totally posed. Stop looming over me with that camera! I give Ruff Haus and my Cheerful Pet ball Four Paws!

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?