No Sausage Day.

Today I stayed home and slept. Then in the afternoon I went for a car ride. We went to Gethsemane Garden Center. I got to walk through the plants and around all the outdoor furniture. Here's a picture of me by some dog statues.

I don't know why my human took this picture. She thought it was funny. I don't get it. Some people who work there came over to pet me and asked me if I wanted any water. I didn't, but it was nice of them to ask. Here's a picture of me by all the shelves of flowers.

I give Gethsemane Garden Center 3 Paws.

Then we went to Lincoln Square. There was a sausage shop there. We didn't go to the sausage shop. I don't see why not. Here's a picture of me by a Nuts for Pups sign at Stanley Brown Jewelist.


My human says they give money to help homeless animals. Apparently they don't actually give nuts to pups though. I could've used some nuts...cashew nuts, honey roasted peanuts. Mmmmm! We walked around for awhile. Here's a picture of me by a fountain.

You can see the Chicago Brauhaus in the background. They serve sausages there. Did I mention I didn't get any sausages?

Then right before bed my human gave me another slice of chicken cheesecake! MMMMMMMM!! That almost makes up for not getting any sausages.

Dundee Boy's Rescue Day Party!!!

This morning my humans took me for a long walk to Starbuck's and Parkview Pet store. Joe gave me lots of lamb puffs at the pet store. Mmmmmm! Lamb Puffs!

I took a nap and then later we went to Dundee Boy's Rescue Day Party. I was SO excited!!! I was a little nervous too but then I met Dundee Boy and Scruffy. They were both nice. I like them. My human took my leash off so I could walk around the yard. Here's a picture of me with Dundee Boy.

He isn't looking at the camera because he's drinking water.

I thought there was going to be a hoagie pool, but there wasn't. There was a doggie pool. I didn't go in the pool and I was kind of disappointed that there weren't any hoagies. My human says she always said 'doggie' pool, never 'hoagie' pool. I say, I'm a dog; I have excellent hearing.

There were cats at the party too and they had an outside cage. Here's a picture of me with Amigo in his outside cage.

My human took me inside. I didn't think I would like it inside because they have tile floors, but then Yvette gave me a meatball on a stick! MMMMMMMMMM! Sooooo goooood! Here's a picture of me getting my meatball.

I met Bucky Bloo inside. He's another cat. Here's a picture of me with Scruffy and Bucky Bloo.

It's not a very good picture. My human took it. I like Bucky Bloo. He talked a lot.

Then we went back outside and I tried to mooch food with Scruffy. Here's a picture of me and Scruffy mooching.

It's not a very good picture either. My human gave us both beef liver treats, but she wouldn't let me have any chips.

My human sat on the patio but most of the time I lay down in the doorway. Here's a picture of me in the doorway.

I was just making sure that Bucky Bloo didn't get out.

Then it was cheesecake time!! Here's a picture of Dundee Boy's cheesecake.

And here's a picture of Dundee Boy and Scruffy waiting for the cheesecake.

I think they were hoping it would fall on the ground so they could eat all of it. It was from Famous Fido's and it was chicken flavored. Mmmmmmm!

Here's a picture of me about to get my piece of cheesecake.

MMMMMMMMMM! It was soooooo goooood! I ate the whole thing in one bite. (It was a small piece. It just looks big in the picture because of the camera angle.)

We stayed at the party for a long time. Everyone was really nice and pet me a lot. I fell asleep by the doorway. Cheescake makes me sleepy.

When we left Yvette gave me a piece of cheesecake to take home for later. THANK YOU, YVETTE!!!!! I give Dundee Boy's Rescue Day Party 4 PAWS!!

When we got home the cats sniffed me a lot. I think they were jealous. For dinner I'm pretty sure I got less food than normal. I don't think that's right. My human says I'm fat. I'm not fat; I'm full figured and I have lots of fur!! I'm tired and my chest hurts. I'm going to go to sleep now. I better get my cheesecake tomorrow.

Loooong Day

Today I went for a walk with my humans. We walked to Dunkin Donuts. I was so excited!! I LOVE donuts!! Here's a picture of me waiting outside Dunkin Donuts.



See how happy I look. It's because I think I'm getting donuts. Mmmmmmm! But I didn't get donuts. My human got coffee and a bagel and I got nothing! HUMPH! I thought maybe I could walk to the pet store for treats. I kept trying to walk toward the pet store, but my humans wouldn't go that way. They walked me to Buttercup Playlot. It was okay, but the pet store would have been a lot better. I give Buttercup Playlot 2 Paws. Then we walked all the way down to the park and I stood in the shade and my human brushed me with the Furminator. Here's a picture of me after my brushing.


It's about time! See all the fur on the ground? That's just the stuff that didn't blow away. I don't really like being brushed all that much, but I felt a lot cooler after.

I saw a squirrel on the grass out in the open and he didn't notice me. I was thirsty and squirrels may look furry and hot, but they're really juicy and very refreshing. The squirrel saw me and started running around in circles. I tried to run after him but my leash stopped me. I would have caught that squirrel if I didn't have a leash on! I started running around and jumping because I almost caught a squirrel and it made me really excited. Then I was hot and tired and we went home.

At home I got a special treat – I got a TriPom chicken chew! Mmmmmmm! I LOVE TriPom Chews! Here's a picture of the giant bag my human got me.


It was my special Grizzly Day present. I like the ones with molasses best. MMMMMMMM! I give TriPom Chews 4 Paws! Mmmmmmore please!

Later I went down on the deck with my human. I only went down because I thought I was going to get fed outside. But I didn't get anything.

Then after that my humans took me down to the corner of our street and we stood there with some other people for a long time. I didn't see the point. My human says it helps keep the neighborhood safe. Huh? She calls it 'positive loitering.' I call it boring. I was glad when we went back home. My dinner was late from standing outside so long.

Then later my humans headed out the back and I wanted to go with. I LOVE car rides! And this was a goooood car ride – we went to Popeye's! MMMMMMMM!!! Fried chicken!!!! Biscuits!!! French fries!!! Mac and cheese!!! MMMMMMMMMMNNGHHH!!! We went to the drive thru. I LOVE big bags of food! It smelled sooooo goooood!! I got so excited. My human gave me a french fry. MMMMMM!!!! When we got home I got some of everything – except the coleslaw. I probably would eat the coleslaw, but I wouldn't like it as much as fried chicken and french fries and MMMMMMMM!!!!! I give Popeye's 4 Paws! The only thing that would have made it better is if I had a donut for dessert.
My chest hurts. I'm going to bed.

Pet Store Day!

Today I got to go on a car ride to Hyde Park. I went and visited Parker's Pets on 55th Street. Here's a picture of me in the pet store.


I LOVE Parker's Pets! See all the treats? They have soooo many treats there. I was excited when I saw the counter because I know counters mean dog treats! When you see a counter you have to run right up and sit down and look cute and then the person behind the counter will give you treats. Mmmmmmm! (It's really important to get right up to the front of the counter, so if someone else is there just push in front of them.) I give Parker's Pets 3 Paws! I want to go back soon. My human bought some stuff and then we left. I thought we were going home, but we went to Parkview Pet store instead and I got to see Joe and get more treats! MMMMMMM! Then we went home. It was a pretty good day for being so hot out.

Summer? Still?

It was so cool this morning! I thought the heat wave was over. Now it's sweltering again. Huh? If it weren't for the doggie draft I would move back to Norway. Seriously; they draft dogs there. Just Elkhounds, but still. I'm not good with authority. Air conditioning now please!!

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.

Uptown Rib Fest!!

Today I finally got to go to RIB FEST!! It was soooo good! Here's a picture of me by the entrance.

We walked all the way through Rib Fest and lots of people stopped to say how pretty I am and pet me. I don't care! I know I'm pretty – I want ribs!! On the way over to the rib stands there was a guy handing out scoops of kettle popcorn and my human gave me a whole scoop! It was really good. I tried to eat the pieces on the ground, but I wasn't allowed. Then I got to try the ribs. First we went to Famous Dave's. Here's a picture of me waiting in line at Famous Dave's.

Here's a picture of me getting my first bite of ribs!

MMMMMMMM! I was so excited I almost got a taste of finger too! I liked Famous Dave's ribs because they were fatty and had lots of sauce on them. Then I tried Uncle Bub's ribs. Here's a picture of me standing in line at Uncle Bub's.

They were good, but not as good as Famous Dave's because they were lean and had less sauce. Lean ribs? Hunh? Then I tried Chicago BBQ Company ribs. Here's a picture of me waiting in line at Chicago BBQ Company.

They were really good! I think they had the most fat of all! MMMMMNNNNGGGHHHH!!!!! Here's a picture of me doing a trick for Chicago BBQ Company ribs.

I'm waving. It's blurry because it's an action shot.

After that we went home. I was really thirsty and I didn't think I could make it up the stairs. My chest hurts. I'm going to go lie down. This was the best day EVER! I give Rib Fest 4 Paws!! Mmmmmm! Rib Fest!