Dog Day on the Green

Today I went to Dog Day on the Green at Montrose Harbor. It was hot! We walked around to all the booths. I thought they would have treats, but nobody gave me any. My human brought treats, so I got some of my cheese puff treats. I like them, but I get those all the time. I think that if you go to a dog event, you should bring treats. Period.

Then my human took me to the agility course. A woman walked around and gave me cheese when I followed her. Here's a picture of me stepping through a big round thing and eating string cheese.

There aren't too many places I wouldn't go if there is string cheese in front of me. Here's a picture of me going through a tube.
It's not my best angle. It was cool inside the tube, so I decided to lie down. Here's a picture of me trying to ignore the string cheese so I can stay inside the cool tube.
Here's a picture of me trying to reach the string cheese without leaving the cool tube.

No! It's hot! Why are you people tormenting me with cheese?! Here's a picture of me sitting on the edge of the tube for the string cheese.

It was too good to resist. I made it through the whole course. I would have been happy just to eat cheese. I don't see why I had to walk all over the place for it.

After the agility course we sat around for a long time doing nothing and I was really hot. It was boring. Then one of my humans took me over to the Robinson's Rib tent. Mmmmmmm! Ribs! I was so excited! He didn't get ribs, he got a cheeseburger. MMMMMMM! Cheeseburgers!! Here's a picture of me waiting for some cheeseburger.

It was sooooo good!!

Then we went into a tent for the Safe Humane Chicago presentation and I sat up at the front of the tent where everyone could see me. There were supposed to be lots of kids there to come up and pet me, but there weren't any. Some people took my picture and said I was pretty. After that we went over to another tent and I was the only dog there – except for some fake dogs. Why? I don't know. Here's a picture of me with one of the fake dogs.

I sat around and got treats while children came up to pet me. Here's a picture of me being petted by a little girl.

Here's a picture of a little girl saying hi.

Here's a picture of her petting me.

After they pet me, the children got lollipops. Hey, those smell good! Here's a picture of me trying to get a lollipop.

I wasn't allowed.

My human said she would take me to the beach later, but we didn't go to the beach, we just came home. That's okay with me. I'm exhausted. At home I got a peanut butter frozen dogurt! MMMMMMMM! Dogurt! Zzzzzzzzzz.....

Ugh!

I've been really tired since Rib Fest and it's been really hot out. Hot and muggy. Sometimes hot is okay, but muggy is always bad. And my humans turned off the air conditioning today because they think the breeze is nice. It's not nice! It's HOT and MUGGY!! My human gave me a frozen dogurt today. Yeah, like that makes everything okay. I like dogurt, but I'm still hot. I miss snow. Here's a picture of me in the snow.

I was happy then. I'm not happy now. I'm hot and muggy. What this place needs is a walk-in freezer. I'd walk in one right now.

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.

National Barbeque Day!

Yesterday I got to go to Parkview Pet store. I was hot, but it was worth it. When we came home we had barbeque. Mmmmmm! Ribs!! Then last night there were fireworks. I don't get fireworks. I mean if you like loud noises and having someone shine bright lights in your face, but I don't. And they smell really bad too. The cats don't like them either – they hid under the bed. But after the fireworks I got a beefy bone, so I guess it was okay. My human tried to take me for a walk late last night, but I wouldn't go. The whole place stank like fireworks.

This morning I went for a short walk. I could still smell the fireworks and I was tired and hot. When I was awake at noon we went out and I could still smell the fireworks a little, but that didn't matter because the whole neighborhood smelled even more like BARBEQUE!!! We walked in the park and there were barbeques EVERYWHERE! I tried to go over and get some but my human wouldn't let me. I don't see why not. I get food off the grill at home and I'm sure the people would have shared with me. I think my humans felt bad about not letting me go over to any of the barbeques (there were so many!!), because when we got home they gave me a homemade frozen dogurt (mmmmmm! peanut butter and yogurt! mmmmmm!) and then when they had lunch I got ribs and macaroni and cheese. MMMMMMMM! You know what would be really good? Cheese ribs!!!! MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM! And maybe they could put some bacon bits on top! MMMNNGH!! SOOOOOO GOOOOOD!!!!

There were lots more fireworks today, but they were smaller and further away. Other than the fireworks I think the 4th of July is the best holiday because it is all about barbeque. Why don't they call it National Barbeque Day? I would. I would lose the fireworks and just throw some sausages into the air instead. That makes more sense on National Barbeque Day. Next year I want S'mores.

Stormy Wednesday

Today it was really hot again. And it was raining. My human didn't even try to walk me at 7:30 which was fine with me. We waited until almost 11 when it had almost stopped raining but was still cloudy out. I walked down to the park and stood under a tree and smelled things. I could smell a barbeque and lots of damp squirrels. Damp squirrels smell sooooooo goooood. Then we came back inside and I slept. Hot weather makes me tired.

Later my human made cat food and I got some raw beef liver. At first I didn't like the way it felt on my tongue and I spit it out on the floor, but then I tasted it and it was gooood, so I ate it and went in the kitchen for more. I still don't like the way it feels on my tongue.

This evening my human raced me outside just as it started to rain. I went halfway down the block and peed and then came back home. There was lightening and I could hear the thunder. I'm not scared of thunderstorms, I'm just smart enough not to go out in one.

Before bed I had a homemade frozen dogurt pop – mmmmmmmm, peanut butter and yogurt! It was salty and tangy and gooooood! I ate the whole thing!