Photo Op with Mayor Daley

On Saturday I got up early for my photo op with Mayor Daley. First we went to Parkview Pet Supplies and I got 2 lamb ears. Mmmmmmmm! Lamb ears!! I got some beef puffs too! Mmmmmm! Beef puffs! Then we walked across the street to Bromann Playground to wait for the Mayor. Here's a picture of me at Bromann Playground.I'm waiting outside the playground. Why? Because dogs aren't allowed inside the playground. No, really. Here's a picture of me next to the sign that say dogs aren't allowed.Huh? I don't see why not. Some people ignored the sign and took their dogs in anyway. We waited a long time. I was bored. I wanted to go across the street and get another lamb ear. Or two. Finally Mayor Daley showed up. Here's a picture of me with Mayor Daley. He didn't stop. Here's a picture of me outside the park wondering why the hell we just stood around for an hour.I think I was snubbed. I'd rather be at the beach anyway. We went to the beach. Here's a picture of me on the beach.See how much happier I look? Here's a picture of me running out of the water with a big stick.It was really big. After I went in the water I rolled around in the sand. It was nice and cool. Here's a picture of me after I rolled in the sand.What's so funny? I didn't want to go home. I wanted to stay at the beach. Here's a picture of me refusing to leave the beach.No! I'm not going. They made me go. I got to the park. Look! There's still sand here! Let's stay here for a while. Here's a picture of me lying on the sand in the park.They made me get up. No! I don't want to go home! There are too many cats there! It's so nice outside. We got all the way to our block. NO! I'm putting my paws down – all four of them! Here's a picture of me refusing to go home.Do you have something to do? I don't! I can stay here all day! They made me go home. I'll get sand and lake water all over your couch! They made me go home anyway. Sigh.

Prairie Wolf Dog Park

Last weekend I went for a long car ride. I like car rides, but then I thought we were going to work again. No thank you! But instead we went to Prairie Wolf Dog Park. Hey! It smells good out here! I was really excited. Here's a picture of me right when we got inside the park. I can go anywhere? Really?? Oh boy! Here's a picture of me sniffing some weeds. See the mud? I walked right thru it! Then I walked in a big puddle and nobody tried to stop me! Here's a picture of me in the big puddle. I'm so happy!! Then we found snow!!!!! SNOW!!!!! I didn't think I'd ever see snow again. Here's a picture of me by the snow. There was just a little, but still – SNOW! We walked thru a really big field and guess what we found? MORE SNOW! Here's another picture of me in the more snow. Here's a picture of me saying hi to another dog – in the SNOW!! I'M SO HAPPY!!!!!!! There were lots of places with streams and grasses too. And I got to walk right thru them! Here's a picture of me in a big muddy stream. I'm thinking of crossing it, but I don't want to get told no. Here's a picture of me walking thru the muddy stream. Look at all the mud on the other side! I got to walk right thru it!! It felt squishy in my toes. Then I got to run thru the woods. Here's a picture of me running thru the woods. It's an action shot. Here's a picture of me standing in the trees. I'm pretending I'm hunting with my pack. We're deep in the woods on the trail of a fat moose! Mmmmmmmmoooose! Here's another picture of me in the park. Does this picture make my tail look big? Prairie Wolf Dog Park was SO MUCH FUN!! I even got sticks stuck in my fur and mud on my belly! I give Prairie Wolf Dog Park 4 PAWS! But it's a lot of work keeping track of my humans when they're off leash. I have to keep looking back to see where they are and make sure they don't get lost. They would both die in the wild. No, seriously. They have no sense of hearing or smell and half the time I don't think they can see very well either. They make so much noise. They couldn't catch a wounded two-legged squirrel. I have to keep an eye on them all the time. It's exhausting. Here's a picture of me looking around to make sure they're still right behind me. Here's another picture of me looking for them. Don't wander off!! Keep up!! After an hour I couldn't take it anymore. You people wear me out! I headed for the parking lot gate. Wait! I only have one human with me! Where's the other one? She found a stick. Hey! Where are you going with that? Come back here! I had to go after her. Then she threw the stick. Sigh. Okay, I'll go get it. Here's a picture of me running with the stick. It's not my best angle. She threw it again. No! I'm tired. We're leaving. NOW. I went to the gate and watched them to make sure they followed me. Here's a picture of me waiting for them at the gate. See how far behind me they are? Hpmh! We stopped to see Joe at Parkview Pet Supplies on the way home and I got treats and a lamb ear. Then we went home. I was so tired.

More snow!!!

This morning it was snowing again! I was so happy! I could've stayed outside all day. First I saw my friend Maggie. Here's a picture of me and Maggie.

Her human is petting my head. I got to lie around in the snow for a long time, but eventually my human made me go inside. We were inside for hours. Why?? I don't know. Finally we went out again. We walked all the way to Starbuck's. Oh boy, whipped cream! I didn't get any whipped cream. Huh? I'll have a venti whipped cream, please. What do you mean they don't make those? Okay, two grande whipped creams then. I still didn't get any. Then we went to the beach. There was a tennis ball on the beach. It was frozen! Here's a picture of me with the tennis ball.

It tasted icy! I played with the tennis ball for a long time. Here's a video of me playing with the tennis ball.

It was so much fun! Let's stay here all day! I wasn't allowed. The beach was so snowy. Here's a picture of me on the beach in the snow.

It looks just like Norway. Then we went home. I didn't want to go inside but they made me. Hmph. At least I got a lamb ear when I got upstairs. Mmmmmm! Lamb ears!! Mmmmmmm.

BLIZZARD!!!!!!

SO! HAPPY! It started yesterday with my walk to Parkview Pet Supplies to see Joe. Here's a picture of me on my walk.
See how snowy I am? It was already snowing and we were the only ones there. I got lots of lamb puffs. Mmmmmm! Lamb puffs! Then my humans stood around talking and I got bored so I went over and helped myself to a lamb ear. SO GOOD!! MMMMMMMM! Lamb ears! Another please! They wouldn't let me get another. If I'm not supposed to help myself, why is the basket of lamb ears where I can reach it? Huh? They didn't have an answer for that.

When it was time for my late walk, it was really windy and snowy out. We walked down half the block. I fell in a snow drift and then there was lightning. Huh?! It's not supposed to do that! I'm going inside – NOW! I peed and ran back home. All night I could hear the wind and snow. Once all the lights went out. My humans went around lighting candles. Whatever. I just went to sleep. But the lights came back on.

This morning I was so excited! It was cold and windy and there was so much snow on the ground! First we went to the park. I had to jump through lots of snow drifts. I thought there would be lots of dogs in the park, but we were the only ones there. Here's a picture of me in the empty park.
Hello? Um. Hello? Where is everyone? Then my friend Barry came out. I was so happy to see him that I even played with him a little. Here's a picture of me and Barry.
He's bigger than he looks in this picture. Here's a picture of me playing with Barry.
I'm rolling in the snow. I don't know what Barry's doing. Then we headed back home. The snow was so deep that we walked down the middle of the street. Here's a picture of me walking in the street.
There were only a few cars out. When we got home I didn't want to go inside so I sat in the yard while my human shoveled the snow. Here's a picture of me in the yard.
Here's another picture of me in the yard.
Just shovel around me, please. It was snowing again. Here's a picture of me after just a little while in the snow.
It was like a snow blanket. It felt so good!!!

Soon lots of people were out shoveling. I just stayed in the yard and guarded the front gate. Here's a picture of me guarding the gate.
Our new neighbor dog came out, so I had to leave the yard. He's not friendly. Whatever. I went and hung out in the middle of the street with my friend Kona. She found a stick. Here's a picture of me and Kona playing with her stick.
Here's a picture of me taking the stick away from Kona.
It's blurry because it's an action shot. The stick broke so she still got a piece of it. Here's a picture of me and Kona playing with our pieces of the stick.
Mine's bigger. She found another stick. Here's a picture of us playing with her new stick.
She wouldn't let go. Here's another picture of me and Kona in the middle of the street.
There was no room for cars, so we didn't have to get out of the way for anyone. It was our street. Here's a picture of me in the middle of my street.
It should be like this all the time.

Then my human made me go inside. I didn't want to. But we only stayed in for a little while and then we went back out again. This time we walked all the way to Starbuck's. We didn't go through the park though – we walked right down Lake Shore Drive! Here's a picture of me with my human in the middle of Lake Shore Drive.
There were other people walking on Lake Shore Drive too. We had to jump out of the way for snow plows a couple of times. Hey! You're going the wrong way! They didn't care. We sat outside Starbuck's for awhile since it was so nice out. I got some whipped cream. Mmmmmm! Whipped cream!! And cinnamon coffee cake! Mmmmm! Coffee cake! It was lowfat. I don't care – it still tasted good. A bunch of people took my picture. I look good in the snow. Then we walked all through the houses toward Parkview. I wanted to go see Joe, but I wasn't allowed. My humans said he was closed. I don't know what that means. When we got home I still didn't want to go inside, so I sat in the yard again while my humans shoveled some more. Here's a picture of me in the yard.
The snow was really deep. My human is shoveling in the background. I even took a nap on the sidewalk out front while they shoveled the yard. Here's a picture of me on the sidewalk.
Look at all the snow! Then my human got tired and we took a nap together. Here's a picture of us taking a nap in the yard.

Here's another one.

He's squinting because the sun is coming out. Eventually my humans said we had to go inside. No! I don't wanna! Here's a picture of me refusing to go inside.

They made me. Whatever. It was still the best day ever! The only thing that could make it better is if there were sausages...I said, the only thing that could make it better is if there were sausages...Hello? Um. Hello? Sigh.