Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Barktoberfest

No that's not a typo, that's really the name of the event. It only makes sense to me, if humans have an Oktoberfest we dogs should have our own version too. Granted we don't get the beer and dancing that you humans get but we did have treats and lots of butt sniffing. That's kinda the same, right?

This event was in Gilbert and because we had just gotten Atlantis back the night before it was decided that I would be the only dog from this house to go; which was fine with me because that meant I got most the goodies!

Oh and were there ever goodies. One vendor even brought doggie muffins made with all human grade foods. Oh they were so good! I admit it; I did drip a little drool over those tasty snacks. From there we found ourselves as another food vendor but apparently this one was for humans because my human didn't share it with me.

When my leather jacket and doggles came out I knew something embarrassing was about to happen but I've learned that it's best to just let it happen. Fighting with my human simply doesn't work. So I got all dressed up and entered a contest. Thankfully many dogs there had far more embarrassing costumes than I so I didn't feel as silly.

Once that even was over my human thankfully let me get out of the jacket and strut around in the buff once again. As usual my human took lots of photos, and she now has her mother trained to do the same. They took photos of the dogs, the people and everything.

When the Gilbert Police K9 unit came out the whole place got quiet and everyone sat to watch the demo. Who doesn't love watching a well trained dog try to bite someone over and over and over again.

We were going to stick around for one other contest but at this point the humans and I were tired and let's face it, with that many dogs in one area with virtually no potty manners the place was getting a bit stinky.

Looking forward to going again next year!