Hard at Work...or Work is Hard

Last week I went to work with my human. Twice. I didn't mean to. I thought we would go someplace fun. Here's a picture of me at work.
Does this look fun to you? It wasn't. It was boring. It made me long for Nordstrom. First, I was barricaded between two desks. What the hell? Why can't I walk around? Why can't I sleep over there? I wanted out. I snuck out under the desk. My human chased me and brought me back to the dog fort. She put bags in the way so I couldn't go under the desk again. But I found another way! Here's a picture of me working on my escape.
I'm just inching my paws out. Here's a picture of me making my escape.
I got caught again. It was such a long day. The next morning I pretended to be asleep so I could stay home.

My human kept leaving the house every morning and coming back really late. I don't like that. Stay home! Where are you going without me? Take me with you. Please! Oh, please!? I went to work again. Huh? No, wait! I don't want to go here! I want to go to the park! I want to go see Joe! Dammit! I got stuck at work. Again! I was barricaded between the desks. Again! Here's a picture of me in my dog fort.

Again! No! I don't wanna lie on the rug! It was a little better. This time a nice man fed me bacon. Mmmmmmmm! Bacon!! There wasn't any bacon last time I was here! I got other stuff too. I got cheese and potato chips and popcorn! Mmmmmmm! Popcorn!! I like to chew my popcorn. It makes my human laugh. I don't see why. Here's a video of me chewing a piece of popcorn.

More, please!! And I got Cheetos too! MMMMMMMM!!!! Cheetos!!!!! I met lots of humans. Here's a picture of me with one of the humans I met.

He had lots of tattoos. I have a tattoo too! Where? I'm not telling! It was another really long day at work. When we got home I ran up the stairs. Dinner!! It was way past my dinner time. I don't like work. And I don't see why they call it bringing home the bacon. We didn't bring any bacon home. Next time I'll need more bacon. Mmmmm! Bacon!!!

Lots of Stuff

It's been a really long time since I wrote on my blog. That's my human's fault. I've been doing lots of things.

I've been going to roll calls at police stations with Safe Humane Chicago. They talk a lot and show pictures on a screen and then I get to do some tricks and get petted. I don't know why they call it roll call since they don't have any rolls there. I was really looking forward to some rolls; sweet rolls, cinnamon rolls, dinner rolls. But I never got any. I was told there'd be rolls.

Then I went to a pet store protest. Here's a picture of me at the protest.

My human made me wear a sign for the picture.

And I've been going to the beach and on really long walks since it's getting nice and cool out – finally!

Today I went for a car ride. We went to see Joe and I got lamb puffs! Mmmmmmm! lamb puffs!! Then we went to Dunkin Donuts. My human said she was getting me something, but they lie to me a lot, so I wasn't sure. But when she got back in the car I could smell something wonderful! It smelled like sausage and pancakes and maple syrup and MMMMMMMMMM!!!! I had to wait until we got home to get any of my treat. It was really hard because the whole car smelled like it!! My special treat was sausage pancake bites. MMMMMMMMMMMMNNNGH! They were sooooo gooooood! Here's a picture of the sausage pancake bites.

There were 3 of them! Here's a picture of me eating one.

MMMMMMMMMMMMMORE, PLEASE!! I think whoever runs Dunkin Donuts must have a dog, but if Dunkin Donuts was run by a dog instead of a human, the sausage pancake bites would have bacon in them too. Mmmmmmmmmmm! Bacon! I give sausage pancake bites 3 Paws. If they had bacon I would give them 4 Paws.

Grizzly Day 2010!

Today is the one year anniversary of when I came to live with my humans. They call it Grizzly Day. I was very excited for Grizzly Day because it is MY day so I had it all planned out. First I was going to go to the beach. Then I was going to go to the bank and Starbuck's for treats and a cup of water. Next I was going to the pet store to see Joe and get more treats. Then I was going to go to Rib Fest! I think it's so great that they are having Rib Fest on Grizzly Day. I was SO excited! Mmmmmmmm! I'll have the Kansas City Special, please! Mmmmmm! And honey mustard, and sweet and spicy, and mmmmmmm! One of everything, please!!

But that's not what happened. First, this morning I got only half my normal food for breakfast. WHAT!? I get LESS food on Grizzly Day?! What's good about that?! Then, my humans went to Jack's for breakfast WITHOUT ME! Huh?? I was starting to think that Grizzly Day really sucked.

Then when my humans came back from Jack's, they had a doggy bag with them. I could smell the pancakes as soon as they opened the door. My human made me Griddlycakes. Those are special pancakes just for me. They're silver dollar pancakes topped with peanut butter and chopped Canadian bacon and drizzled with molasses. MMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!! More, please!! I got three, but I could have eaten a dozen! MMMMMMM! Here's a picture of the Griddlycakes.

And here's a picture of me eating the Griddlycakes.

I tried to eat them all before my human could take a picture, but the peanut butter slowed me down.

Later I went for a walk. Is this when we go to Rib Fest? No. I didn't get to go to Rib Fest. My humans wouldn't take me. They said it was too hot. It was really hot out, but I wouldn't even notice the heat if I had ribs. I could smell them too. I don't know where they were, but they were close by.

My human says that the important thing about Grizzly Day is that it's the anniversary of my rescue. It's not the anniversary of my adoption day because I started out as a foster dog and my humans didn't decide to adopt me until I had been with them for almost two months. This is the picture my human saw of me in the email that said I needed rescue.

I was at Crawford County Humane Society.

Here's a picture of me on the first day that I came to live with my humans.

My fur was really matted and there were lots of ticks and stuff stuck in it. My tummy didn't feel good either. I was happy to be in a home, but I still didn't know what was going on. And they didn't tell me there would be stairs. Lots and lots of stairs. The next day my human took me to the groomer and he shaved all my fur. Here's a picture of me without fur.

It felt weird.

It took me a while to get used to my humans. But now I love my humans and I'm happy I live with them. Even if they don't take me to Rib Fest on Grizzly Day. Rib Fest goes on all weekend, so maybe they'll take me tomorrow…or Sunday. I think next year I'm going to ask if I can have Grizzly Day in the winter. Then at least I could have snow. That might even be better than ribs. Maybe. Ummm…yeah…maybe.

For dinner I got less food again. But then I had a peanut butter frozen dogurt for dessert. Mmmmmmmmm! Here's a picture of me eating my frozen dogurt.

I guess it was a pretty good day even without Rib Fest. But I'm pretty sure Rib Fest would have made it better.

Restaurants

This morning my humans left me at home and went to Jack's Restaurant for breakfast. I've never been to Jack's because they don't allow dogs. I don't see why not. I went to a restaurant with my humans once. It was Charlie's Ale House in Andersonville. We sat outside. There wasn't room for me. When I tried to lie down I blocked the sidewalk and the tables were tiny and it was dirty under them so I spent a lot of time standing. We were there for a long time and then my humans ate and didn't even give me any. Not even one french fry. I like french fries. I like tater tots too. Mmmmmm! Tater tots! I think if I go to a restaurant I should be able to eat there and not be stuck under a little table or in the middle of the sidewalk. I give Charlie's Ale House 1 Paw but only because the waitress was nice. My humans brought home a doggy bag from Jack's and I got pancakes and bacon! Mmmmmmm! I like pancakes and bacon! You know what would be really good? Cheese pancakes and bacon! MMMMM!

This afternoon was really, really, REALLY hot out so I went to the beach. Mostly I just lay down in the water and barked at dogs and chased them to let them know it was my beach, but I also played with my new toy. Here's a picture of my new toy.


I give it 3 Paws. Then when we came home, my humans took me in the backyard and sprayed me with a hose! I don't get it. I'm already wet, why did they have to use a hose? I didn't like it.

That's all I did today because it was too hot to do anything else.

George's

This afternoon I went for a walk to Andersonville and we stopped at George's for ice cream. I didn't actually get any ice cream, but my one human snuck me some whipped cream and it was good. I wanted to go inside and try some ice cream samples, but I wasn't allowed. So I only give George's 2 Paws.

When we got home I was really hot and tired. But after dinner I got bacon bits smothered in peanut butter - MMMMMMM!!!!!!!! I give peanut butter bacon bits 4 PAWS!

I hope this heat wave ends soon so I can go more places. Or maybe I can go to some places with air conditioning. I like air conditioning. Sigh.

More adventures

This morning my human got up really early. She fed me and then tried to walk me, but I wouldn't go. It was too early and I don't like going out when it's early. We went for a walk later and I met a new dog that I liked and saw my friend Barry. Sometimes I like Barry, but today I didn't want to be bothered. He put his paw on my back and it made me mad. Then I went home and slept some more. Being an adventure dog is hard work and I need lots of sleep.

Later I went for a car ride. We just drove someplace and my one human got out and I stayed in the car with my other human. I didn't like it and I cried because I could see her outside with other dogs and then she came back smelling like peanut butter but I didn't get any. I like peanut butter. Sometimes, sometimes my humans give me peanut butter cookies, or just plain peanut butter, but the best thing ever is peanut butter pretzels. Mmmmmm. There's pretzel, and then when I bite it, there's peanut butter inside. I would do almost anything for a peanut butter pretzel. It would be even better if they made them with bacon bits. Then I went for a walk to the dog beach. I met a big dog and went in the water.

Here's a picture of me meeting the big dog.

Here's a picture of me in the water.

Here's another picture of me in the water.

My human threw a stick, but I didn't feel like chasing it. I could see it floating around behind me, but I pretended like I didn't. Here's a picture of me in the water with the stick.

Here's a picture of me coming out of the water. I think it would make a good postcard.

Today I give the beach 2 paws.

A few minutes ago my human tried to take me for a walk. Rrrrrmmf! Don't wanna! I walked into the living room instead. Maybe tomorrow they'll give me some peanut butter pretzels.