Sunday, February 24, 2008
Dog Days of Winter

Today was a busy day. My human was going to leave me home and go to a bird fair but as usual plans changed and this time they changed in my favor. I put on my service dog vest and we loaded in to the van. First to Scottsdale to see a friend; then we were off to Tempe to check out the Dog Days of Winter event. I think this was the first year for the event and while it was small there was a good turnout.

We, and by we I mean my human, chatted with the vendors, event organizers and other spectators. Everyone was very friendly and she was pleasantly surprised there was no entry fee. Normally these types of things cost $20 or more just to go in. Feeling the need to give something back my human made a few donations to the charitable vendors. As we made the rounds people kept giving my human stuff, nothing was actually for her, it was all for me. I feel so special.

I wasn't allowed to socialize much with the people or the dogs because I was wearing my vest, and I knew this but sometimes it was sooooooooo hard to be good. Still I managed to make it only breaking with command once.

I spent a lot of time lying next to the scooter while we watched the obedience demonstration, then the agility and finally the disk dogs. Towards the end of the demonstrations I was getting a little too excited so my human decided to leave early. Plus she had to get lunch for both of us, meet with her aunt and then get me to my class in the evening.