Prairie Wolf Dog Park - Take Two!

On Saturday I went for a long walk. First we went to Parkview Pet Supplies to see Joe. I got fed treats and stole a lamb ear. Mmmmmm! Lamb ears! Actually I managed to steal two, but one was taken away from me. No fair! I worked hard for that. I tried to steal a pig ear instead, but they took that away too. My human gave Joe a poster with me on it. It's supposed to be a joke. Here's a picture of it.
I don't think it's very funny. I think my humans should be on a poster like this for not feeding me enough. Then we went to Starbuck's. I was prepared to be disappointed again, but my human came out with a coffee lid of whipped cream just for me! Mmmmmmmm!! Whipped cream! Here's a picture of me eating my whipped cream.
I have some on my chin. Don't worry, I'll get that later.

On Sunday my human got me up early and we went for a walk. A little dog named Obie followed me all the way down our sidewalk. I tried to walk faster but he ran to catch up. Go. Away. He wouldn't. He was cute, but I was tired. I saw Roethke and Duchess and I ran after the ball once with Roethke and then I was done. Later my human got ready to go out again. Um, where are you going? Are you taking me with? Yes, she was! We went in the car. It was a long ride, so I got to sleep some more. We drove to Prairie Wolf Dog Park again! Oh boy! I bet they have rabbits there this time! They didn't. We met Dundee Boy and Scruffy and their humans, Frank and Yvette. Right away Yvette stopped and gave us hot dogs. MMMMMMM! Hot dogs!!! Here's a picture of me getting my hot dog.

Another dog is already lining up for his. We don't know who he is, but he wanted hot dogs too. I like Yvette. We walked around for a little while. It was muddy. Before long it was time for more hot dogs! Mmmmmmm! Here's a picture of me and Scruffy and Dundee Boy waiting for our hot dogs.

The red dog is an interloper. He didn't get any. My human told me not to be pushy and to sit stay for hot dogs. Fine. Here's a picture of me 'being good' for hot dogs.

Do you see any of the other dogs sit staying for hot dogs? No, you don't. If I'm pushy and I get more hot dogs then I must want them more. Hmph! Then we walked around some more. My human told me I had to keep an eye on Dundee Boy. Huh? Apparently he isn't allowed off leash very often because he runs away. Here's a picture of me trying to keep an eye on Dundee Boy.

He ran way ahead of us. I don't think I like this job. Here's a picture of me and Scruffy.

You can see DB running around in the background. Here's a picture of all of us climbing up to the outlook.

I'm still keeping an eye on DB. I don't know who the yellow lab is next to me. He wanted to join our pack. We didn't let him. I'm keeping an eye on my human too. Here's a picture of me looking around for my human.

See how much work this is? As soon as I turned my back DB ran off again. Here's a picture of him running around while I try and enjoy myself.

Sigh. Dundee Boy ran down the other side of the outlook. Hey! Where are you going? Here's a picture of me going after him.

Then he ran off into the brush. Here's a picture of me telling him to get out of the brush and stop running off.

He listened. Sort of. Here's a picture of him not running off.

I'm looking around for my human. Again.

Finally we got to a big field. I ran around after a stick a few times. I got really muddy. Then you know what time it was? Hot dog time!! Here's a picture of me with Scruffy and DB waiting for my hot dog.

Here's a picture of me eating my hot dog.

MMMMMMM! HOT DOGS!!!!! Here's a picture of Dundee Boy about to try and play with me.

You better not put that muddy paw on my back, DB! He didn't. We had been running around for a long time, so we stopped for a water break.

Here's a picture of us taking a water break. I didn't have any. I like my own water bowl, thank you. Then my human made me stop so she could pull stickums out of my paw feathers. Here's a picture of her pulling stuff out of my fur.

See how good I'm being? Here's a picture of my paws.

They're muddy. After all that, me and Scruffy were ready to go home. DB still wanted to run around some more. Me and Scruffy won. Here's a picture of us heading home.

Here's a picture of me stopping to say hi to some other dogs.

My human says we'll go back to Prairie Wolf Dog Park again soon. I hope it isn't too soon. I'm tired. And next time I'm not working! And I'll require more hot dogs. Mmmmm! Hot dogs! Can we bring Yvette? Please???

Camp Dogwood!

Today my humans drove me to Camp Dogwood! I had to get up really early, but I got to sleep in the car. When we got to the camp there were so many new smells, I didn't know what to smell first! We had breakfast and my human gave me part of a cinnamon bun. Mmmmmm! My other human said not to, but I got it anyway.

First we went to the beach. Here's a picture of me lying in the water.

Ahhhhh, cool. I got to play with a tennis ball. Here's a picture of me in the water with my tennis ball.

I left it there. I don't really like tennis balls that much because they get all soggy and sandy and they feel gritty on my tongue. Here's a picture of me jumping on the beach.

I can jump really high.

Then we went up to a big field and did some recall training. It didn't make much sense to me and my human kept getting confused with which way to go. Nobody asked me if I recalled anything. But I got lots of treats and the trainer fed me hot dogs. Mmmmmmm! Hot dogs!

Then we walked all the way across camp and I did some tracking. My human walked away and put a flag in the ground with a glove and then hid in the bushes and I had to find the glove she left behind. It was easy to find the glove because she put chicken on it and I can smell chicken from miles away! Mmmmmm! Chicken! My human wasn't very good at hiding either. And she wore an orange shirt. Um, here's a tip, if you want to hide in the woods, don't wear orange.

Then we went to the Lure Coursing field. We walked onto the field and a plastic bag came shooting at me. I don't like that! It tried to get me! I ducked and did a tail tuck. Then they took the plastic bag away and tied a pice of fur on the wire and dragged it around. I didn't see the point and I didn't like all the noises the pulleys made. Can we go please?

We took a break for lunch and I got some steak. MMMMMMM! Steak!! After lunch my humans took me into a big room and I took the Canine Good Citizen test. Hey! Nobody told me there would be a test! Hmph! I passed, but I still think I should have been told.

After I passed my CGC test, my one human went to get a massage. What about me? I like massages too! Did I get a massage? No. I had to go with my other human to a seminar on grooming. At least I got to sleep through most of it. I was really tired. I think my humans were tired too, because after that we went home.

On the way home we stopped at Dunkin Donuts and my human gave me a piece of pumpkin donut. Mmmmmm! I liked Camp Dogwood because there were lots of other dogs and lots of smells and I got lots of treats. And I liked the beach even though there were lots of weeds in it. I give Camp Dogwood 3 Paws, but it would be better if I didn't have to get up so early to go there. And next time I want a massage.