Saturday, March 29, 2008
Ikea

Ok so I had another fun filled evening with the folks and dogs of Arizona Goldens LLC. Annie and her human joined us on our little outing too. As usual I goofed off more than I should have and Annie proved to be the better behaved dog. That's right girl, you owe me one. I make you look good!

We went to Ikea and all us dogs had to practice patience while the humans snaked on cinnamon buns and chatted. Did I get any? No, of course not so I began to plot my revenge.

It didn't take too long for me to find my opportunity to make my human look silly before all those witnesses. She asked me to fetch a yellow shopping bag, and then put it back where I found it. I decided to do one better and jump in to the bin holding the bags and really get it in there securely. It worked my human was stunned; everyone else thought I was very cute and then I realized I was stuck. So maybe my plan wasn't thought through as thoroughly as I had thought. Try saying that five times fast.

Thankfully Brian lifted me out from my self imposed imprisonment and we continued on through the store. My human let others use her scooter so she could work with me and so the other young dogs could learn to heel with an electric scooter. This one is much faster and more maneuverable than the carts provided at places like Wal-Mart and Home Depot.

After tooling around the store, weaving in and out of the furniture and working on drawers, tables and counter skills we headed out to the parking lot and to my silver chariot. I mean my humans van.

She let the young pups see it in action and work on loading and unloading. Then she closed them in with the trainers and one of the pups did not like that one bit. She was scared of the noise and the part moving all without human help. I admit, it was a little paranormal the first time I saw the van in action but you get used to it. She didn't get used to it so the humans agreed that they would try that again next time.

I guess it's a good thing my human has all these toys. The pups in training need to be exposed to as much as possible so they can adapt quickly to their new homes when they are placed with a disabled person in the future. I knew my human was good for more than just treats, food, belly rubs, pulling burs from my paws, my education, my heath care, taking me on walks, brushing my coat, chilling on the sofa and all the other stuff she does for me.

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