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.

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.

Day of the Dog Festival

Today I went to Found Chicago's Day of the Dog Festival. I was there as a Safe Humane Chicago Ambassador Dog. It was fun because I got to do practically nothing but sit or lie down and my human gave me lots of treats. A lot of people came over to meet me and pet me. A man at the booth next to ours gave me some treats after I stared at him for awhile, but there were lots of other tables with yummy smelling treats on them and I didn't get to go to any of them. And I smelled popcorn and cotton candy and I didn't get any of that either. Hmph! My human was excited because I got my Safe Humane Chicago vest today. Here's a picture of me and another SHC dog, Toby in front of the SHC booth wearing our vests.

I like it because it's purple and I look good in purple. I'd rather not wear anything, but it's better than the giant rain vest my human sometimes makes me wear when it's raining. Toby's human was really nice and bought me a giant cookie! Thank you Linda! (My human didn't buy me anything!) Here's a picture of me and Toby eating our cookies. Mmmmmmmm! Cookies!! The Day of the Dog Fest was fun, but it would have been better if I had gotten more to eat. I give it 2 Paws.

When we got home we went straight out for a walk to Starbuck's and Parkview Pet Supplies. Joe wasn't there, but I still got lots of treats! Mmmmmmm! Lamb puffs! It was a good walk because it was nice and cool outside. It was a pretty good day.

Beach!

Today I went for a walk and got to go to the beach!! I haven't been to the beach in forever! I was so excited! I rolled around in the sand and then I ran into the water and lay down. It felt so goooood! I chased some sticks and had lots of fun. I was the only dog there. I didn't want to leave because my humans might never let me come back again like last time. But then we walked to Starbuck's and I got to go to Parkview Pet store and they gave me lamb puffs! Mmmmmmm!

When we got home my human took me in the back yard and I thought we were going for a car ride, but we didn't. She hosed me off. I don't get it – I'm already wet! Then we went upstairs and I took a long nap.

For dinner I only got a little food again, but then I got the rest of my chicken cheesecake from Dundee Boy's Party – MMMMMMMM! Thank you, Dundee Boy!! I was tired so I just went to bed. My human dragged me downstairs really late and I refused to do anything. Why don't you just let me sleep? If I need to go out, I'll let you know.