DEER!!!!

MOST. EXCITING. DAY. EVER!!!!! Yesterday I went for a walk in the park by Foster and Lake Shore Drive and guess what I saw? DEER! Two of them!!! Oh my god!! I had no idea they had those things here! Lemme at 'em! I smelled it first, but I couldn't believe my nose. And then I saw it! It was just lying under a tree trying to pretend it wasn't there, but they can't fool me. I took one look and I knew it was a real deer. Mmmmmmm! Venison!! Here's a picture of the deer trying to hide under the tree.
Hey! I see you! It saw me too and it jumped up and ran. I tried to run after it because I forgot about the damn leash! Let me go!!! My one human held me back and the other one went and took more pictures. Here's a picture of the deer after I scared it away.
Doesn't it look delicious?! Here's a picture of it sitting under another tree with the second deer.
Can you say smorgasbord? I can't, but I know what it means! I tried and tried to get away from my humans so I could go get at least one deer, but they wouldn't let me. Here's a picture of me trying to head back toward the deer.
They're right under those trees! Arrrgh! SO Frustrating!! I'm a hunting dog! Let me hunt!!!! We could eat off those things for days! Weeks, even! They wouldn't let me. I was pulled and dragged down the muddy sidewalk and back onto Foster. For a while I thought I could just head around the back way and get them there, but my humans were on to me. We went to Starbuck's. (Mmmmmmm! Whipped cream!) And then we saw Joe at Parkview. (MMMMM!! Lamb puffs! Lamb ears! Pig ears!) It was all good, but I had a plan. I tried to go to the park on the way home. It didn't work. My humans took me home. You people suck!! You just turned the most exciting day ever into the biggest disappointment ever! But I have another plan…and I'm not telling anyone! Hmph!

Buckingham Fountain

I've been soooo busy this week! I volunteered for Safe Humane Chicago twice. On Wednesday I went to Ruggles Elementary School and on Thursday I went to Finkl Elementary School. Here's a picture of me at Finkl in the office after our presentation.
I'm wearing my purple vest, but you can't really see it. Here's another picture of me at Finkl with another Ambassador Dog, Pudge.
You can see my vest. On Wednesday I got groomed at Soggy Paws. I don't really like being groomed. I don't think it's necessary. I like to do my own grooming at the beach. First I soak in the cold water. Ahhhh, cleansing. Then I roll in the cool sand. Ooooh, body scrub. Then I lie in the front yard for several hours. It's called air drying. Then I shake really well and my fur gets all fluffy. See, totally self-grooming. Clippers? Who needs nail clippers? Not me! Hey! I got clipped. Hmph! The only good thing about getting groomed is that I always get a frozen treat in the car on the way home. This time it was a peanut butter and soy milk pupcicle with molasses. Mmmmmmm! On Thursday after I left Finkl Elementary I went to Buckingham Fountain. Whoa! It's huge! Where do I go in? I wasn't allowed. But I'm thirsty! And hot! Here's a picture of me in front of Buckingham Fountain.
My tongue is hanging out because I'm so hot and thirsty. Here's another picture of me in front of the fountain.
My tongue is still hanging out. I bet I could fit between those fence posts. I wasn't even allowed to try it. Then we walked down to the gardens by Lake Shore Drive. There was so much to smell! Here's a picture of me by some tulips.
Tongue still hanging out. Then we went by another fountain. Here's a picture of me by another fountain.
Hey, there's no fence! Does that mean I can go in? It didn't. Are we almost done here? My human tried to take me in another part of the park, but I wasn't allowed. Here's a picture of me by the sign saying I'm not allowed.
Whatever. Can we go now? We left. I give Buckingham Fountain 1 paw. I mean, what's the point? Then we went to Jackson Park Harbor. My human tricked me down onto the dock with treats. Hey! I don't want to be here! I don't like it when the ground moves around like this – it's not safe! We left the dock and went up on the grass for a little while. I just wanted to go home and sleep. It's been a long day. Finally we went home. My humans tried to take me for a walk later, but I wouldn't go. Can't you people see I'm tired? Sigh.

Bark in the Park

I went to Montrose Beach for Anti-Cruelty's Bark in the Park. It was just a week ago, but it feels like a lot longer. I was working at the Safe Humane Chicago table. Here's a picture of me in front of the table.
It's blurry. Lots of people came by to see what we were all about, but there weren't very many kids. We were right next to a table filled with dog treats. Mmmmm! Treats! Can I have one? Please? My human made me stay in front of our table. All I had was a little bowl of water and lots of other dogs came by and drank out of it. No thank you! I don't like community water bowls. Unless I'm really thirsty. Then maybe. We were there for a long time. Finally my human took me for a walk around the park. We saw the High Hopes table. Oh boy! Cupcakes! It was the nice lady who fed me cupcakes at Soggy Paws – and she remembered me – and she fed me cupcakes! Two of them!!! Here's a picture of me eating one of my cupcakes.
MMMMMMMM!!! Then we went to another table where they had Stella & Chewy's treats. Yes, please!! Mmmmmm! So good! Here's a picture of me waiting for my treat.
See how patient I'm being? Then we stopped at the Kriser's table next to ours. Oh boy! More treats! Here's a picture of me getting a treat at the Kriser's table.
I have no idea what they gave me, but it was good! Then we went back to our table. I kept staring at the Kriser's table – I couldn't help it. They felt bad for me and fed me more treats. Anyone can see I'm under fed! On the way home, my human saw the Fido to Go truck. She went over to talk to them and guess what? They gave me a treat! It was a blueberry bagel! MMMMMM!!! Here's a picture of me eating my bagel.
I'm looking away from the camera because I'm chewing my bagel. It was huge! All that eating made me tired. Hey, maybe the Fido to Go truck can give us a ride home! My human said we had to walk…something about calories and exercise, but I wasn't really listening. I was remembering all the treats I had! I give Bark in the Park 3 paws. Next year maybe we can hit more tables with treats! MMMMMMM!

Pawz for Japan

Last week I got to go to Aunt Alyenne's for Easter dinner. She made ham! MMMMMMM! HAM!!! I sat really close to the table in case something fell on the floor. My cousins Sidney and Alex came over. Oh boy! Kids! I love kids - they feed me! They gave me lots of ham!! When we got home I was really thirsty, but it was worth it.

Then on Thursday I went to another roll call for Safe Humane Chicago. Still, no rolls. But I did find a steak house! Mmmmmm! Steaks! Can we go in? I wasn't allowed. They had a big statue out front. Here's a picture of me with the big statue.
It's a bull. If it was real I could have had steak after all. Sigh.

On Saturday my humans got dressed up. They usually leave me at home when they get dressed up, but this time they took me with them! We went to the Drake Hotel for the Pawz for Japan benefit. Oh boy! A soiree! I bet they'll have lots of appetizers - like prosciutto wrapped melon balls, bacon wrapped peanut butter balls, pork chops! I was getting hungry just thinking about it! I drooled on my human's suit. I can't help it! SO excited!! When we got there I had my portrait taken with my humans. Then we went into a big room with lots of chairs. Is this where the food is? There wasn't any food. Huh???? I was promised prime rib!! My humans said I wasn't. Yes I was!! Here's a picture of me in the big room.
See the tables behind me? You would think they'd have food on them. Here's another picture of me in the big room.
See how happy I look? I still think there'll be food soon. There wasn't. We walked around for awhile. Lots of people came over to say hi and pet me. Some of them took my picture. Steve Dale put my picture on his blog. Here's a link to my picture on Steve Dale's blog. Then my humans sat down and the concert started. It was kind of loud. I laid down behind the chairs. Here's a picture of me lying down.
At least the carpet was really comfy. Just wake me up when it's over. Then a little girl came over and started petting me. Here's a picture of me with the little girl.
Here's another picture of me with the little girl.
Then her mom came over and I got a belly rub! Here's a picture of me getting a belly rub.
Ahhhh! The little girl was tired. Here's a picture of us taking a nap.
I think she was expecting food too. After the concert was over they served cookies. Finally!! I only got a few. Huh? But it's way past my dinner time! I'm starving!! Before we left I got my picture taken with Tokiko Takeuchi. She's the human who put the benefit together. Here's a picture of me with Tokiko.
My eyes are glowy. Then we went home and I got fed. I give Pawz for Japan 2 Paws.

Rainbow Beach Earth Day Health Fair

For Earth Day I went to Rainbow Beach for the Health Fair to help Safe Humane Chicago. It feels like it was months ago. Here's a picture of me in front of the Safe Humane Chicago table.
Okay, bring on the kids! There weren't very many kids there. That's okay, I smell food! Let's go find it. My human said no, we had to stay by the table. But I smell pretzels!! We had to stay by the table. Hmph! We were there for a long time and there were just a few people. FINALLY my human said we could walk around. Oh boy! I know where I want to go! Here's a picture of me in front of the pretzel table.
Hurry up and take the picture already! I'm starving! They were giving out samples! Mmmmmmmm! Pretzels!! They had regular pretzels and gluten free pretzels. I ate them both. The regular pretzels were nice and warm. I liked those best. Can I have more please? My human said no. I give Kim & Scott's Gourmet Pretzels 3 paws. Their sign said they make stuffed pretzels, but they didn't have any samples of those. I don't see why not. I want to try a cheese and sausage and bacon and peanut butter stuffed pretzel! They don't make those? I don't see why not. Then we went back to our table. It was almost time to go when a little girl came over. Oh Boy! She sat down and petted me for a long time. Here's a picture of me with the little girl.
I bet she would give me stuffed pretzels. Here's another picture of me with the little girl.
I'm distracted because I smell potato chips. Mmmmmm! Potato chips! Here's another picture of me with the little girl.
She's trying to get my attention, but the person with potato chips is right in front of me. Gimme!! You know what would be really good? If I could eat potato chips while being petted! I didn't get any. After the little girl left my human finally gave me some potato chips. Mmmmmm! I'm pretty sure they were healthy potato chips. I liked Rainbow Beach!

Lincoln Park

After the disappointment of Wicker "Park", my humans took me to a real park - Lincoln Park. It smelled great! I took a long time walking around and sniffing everything. We walked over to North Pond Cafe. It smelled delicious! Can we go inside? We couldn't. They were closed.
Here's a picture of me outside North Pond Cafe. I'm starving. Then we walked by the pond. I was ready to jump in, but my humans wouldn't let me. Here's a picture of me looking for a good place to jump from.
See how nice the water looks? We saw some ducks and a goose. I tried to jog over and catch them but they went in the water. Hey, if you let me go in the water I can still catch them! They wouldn't let me. Here's a picture of me watching the ducks and goose swim away.
Hmph. We started to walk down a hill to another good spot to go in the water when a tree hissed at me. What the hell?! I didn't like it one bit! Then I saw the big goose up in the tree. Here's a picture of the goose in the tree that was hissing at us.
My human was still trying to go down the hill. Uh uh. No way! You'll have to go without me! I stood my ground. Here's a picture of me refusing to go anywhere near that goose tree.
I'm starting to rethink the whole catching a goose thing. Let's just go home and take a nap. We went home and took a nap.

Wicker "Park"

On Friday I was really excited because my human said we were going to Wicker Park. Is it going to be like Prairie Wolf Dog Park? No. It isn't. In fact, it wasn't a park at all. There was no grass, no trees, just lots of noise and cars and a big confusing intersection. My human said there is an actual park, but we didn't go there. Huh? I don't see why not.

We stopped by Rapid Transit Bike Shop. Here's a picture of me in the bike shop.

There were lots of bikes. Here's another picture of me in the bike shop.

I'm standing by a cart that gets pulled on the back of a bike. Um…do they make these in dog sizes? Here's a picture of me outside the bike shop.

I'm happy in this picture because at this point I still thought we were going to a park.

Then we went to Starbuck's. We had to cross so many streets to get there, but I could see it straight ahead. Why can't we just go straight ahead? I don't get it. Then we had to cross all the streets again just to go back to the car. And I didn't even get whipped cream. Mmmmmm! Whipped cream! Sigh. Wicker "Park" was a bust. And for the record, I didn't see any wicker either.